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    Crazy CPU Usage with WMP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Age99, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. Age99

    Age99 Newbie

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    I'm running into some a lot of problems while running Windows Media Player. Even on smaller, 300mb avi files, the CPU will sometimes hit 100 (both). MKV files are a complete write-off. Any ideas?

    I have 4GB ram (yes, I know I can only use 3.5) and 2x2.3 processors.
     
    Age99, Nov 4, 2008
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  2. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Which codecs are you using? That's where I would start and try different ones. I have had great success with the K-lite Coded pack.
     
    atbnet, Nov 4, 2008
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  3. Delboyko

    Delboyko Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the same problem... its not a 100% usage but around 20-50% usage.
    And yes I use the klite codec pack.

    I dont know about age99 but Im talking about music listening not video playback. I have Vista
     
    Delboyko, Nov 5, 2008
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  4. alienmadness

    alienmadness Notebook Guru

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    I had the same problem with my old compaq with XP after I reinstalled WMP it was all fine.
     
    alienmadness, Nov 5, 2008
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  5. ShinyFalcon

    ShinyFalcon Notebook Consultant

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    I recall doing this for some reason:

    File > Tools > Options > Library Tab > "Delete files from computer when deleted from library"

    It did alleviate the CPU usage, but what I'm thinking that WMP is doing is that it's searching for media files. This happens if you ran WMP for the first time or recently updated it.
     
    ShinyFalcon, Nov 5, 2008
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    tential Notebook Consultant

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    Full specs of your PC would be nice for starters however.
     
    tential, Nov 5, 2008
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    ljhfasfdadds Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do you have media library sharing enabled?
    It could be a problem relating to this from my experience
    try disabling it
     
    ljhfasfdadds, Nov 6, 2008
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