100% CPU when playing music.

[worldpease]

A few weeks ago I upgraded to 640MB RAM, and sudently I could do anything on the PC,
but lately, whenever I play music, either in MediaPlayer or Winamp, the computer gets very slow, and when I check the CPU usage on the "windows task manager", it says 100% CPU usage, and some times it even gets stuck...
Is there any setting I could modify, anything?

My system specs:

Intel Celeron D. 2.5 GHz
640MB RAM
HD 80GB
Windows XP Pro
Winamp

[tesco]

driver problem? tried reinstalling or updating them?

[enoughfakefiles]

Don`t the visuals suck a load of your CPU in media player.Try turning them off.???

[worldpease]

driver problem? tried reinstalling or updating them?

The driver thing seems to have worked!,
I just de- and re-installed the drivers and now it seems to be fine, I'll keep testing.

and "enoughfakefiles": Im using winamp, but about the visuals on Media Player,
you're right, they take a heavy toll on speed and memory,
and they aren't even atractive, exept the new one with the bars.

[worldpease]

crap, still the same problem.
So far, I've only manage to isolate somethin: that when I use "Real Player" (that I dld for a moment necesity), the CPU Usage is almos non existing, meaning very low, so I can work without truble on my PC, but as soon as I use WinAmp, it starts again.
I also went to the Control Panel's 'Sound and Audio Devices', 'Audio Tab', 'Advance button on Sound Playback', then 'Performance tab', and once there, I reduced the "Hardware Acceleration", but as soon as I start playing something, it goes to maximum again.
By the way, on "Default Device", it says 'Realtek AC97 Audio'.

The one thing Im planing on trying next is, re-instal Windos Media Player, may be it will re-set something... but thats just me.

Any sugestions so far?, anything?
*except trowing my PC to the garbage or something of the sort. .

[DarthInsinuate]

could it be a codec problem? do you only play mp3?

[fkdup74]

uhmmmmm...........
if winamp is sucking all the CPU, why reinstall WMP?
sounds like a software issue to me, like, winamp sux
that would be like all the ppl who've had trouble with soulseek reinstalling BT to fix it

-edit- oops i see that it was in WMP too, srry