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Conference giadev::decstation

Title:DECstation PC Conference
Notice:register note 2, see notes 3 & 4
Moderator:TARKIN::LININD
Created:Tue Jan 10 1989
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:7470
Total number of notes:34994

7455.0. "Media Player freezes Venturis GL 6200?" by 2903::FLEISCHER (without vision the people perish (DTN 381-0426 ZKO1-1)) Wed May 28 1997 16:13

I have a Venturis GL 6200 running Windows NT Workstation 4.0+SPx (now SP3).
It has the factory-shipped SoundBlaster 16 PnP (CT2940) sound board.

Audio output works fine most of the time.

However, if the Media Player is launched, the system freezes for about 10
seconds.  It will the act normally for one or two seconds and freeze again.
This process usually repeats indefinitely until Media Player is killed
(which is hard to do when the system is unresponsive 90% of the time!).

One time I tried shutting down/restarting NT -- the system hung in the power up
sequence! I had to power cycle to return the system to operation.

Is this a familiar problem to anyone?  Any suggestions (other than avoid Media
Player!)?

Thanks,
Bob
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7455.1Media Player questionsPCBUOA::GKELLEYThu May 29 1997 10:098
    Was this problem present prior to installing SP3?
    
    What type of media files are you attempting to run with media player
    (audio, video, etc.)?
    
    regards,
    
    glen kelley
7455.22903::FLEISCHERwithout vision the people perish (DTN 381-0426 ZKO1-1)Fri May 30 1997 18:0614
re Note 7455.1 by PCBUOA::GKELLEY:

>     Was this problem present prior to installing SP3?
  
        Yes, I've had this problem as long as I've had the system
        (about 5 months).

  
>     What type of media files are you attempting to run with media player
>     (audio, video, etc.)?
  
        Audio.

        Bob
7455.3re: -1PCBUOA::GKELLEYMon Jun 02 1997 16:215
    I'll send this on to the Celebris folks and see if they've seen
    anything like this.
    
    regards,
    glen
7455.4Latest drivers?PCBUOA::GKELLEYMon Jun 02 1997 17:209
    Question:
    
    Have you tried loading the current SB drivers from the SB web site? It
    may be that the drivers are causing the problem. 
    
    We'll see if we can put together a system with the SB.
                        
    regards,
    glen