I haven't listened to CDs on my computer in a while (I usually rip and use MP3s) but I wanted to listen to some tonight and found that there are problems with MC when trying to skip to a new part of a song. When using Direct Sound output, I get a "broken record" effect (repeated sound) for several seconds after adjusting the position slider before the song resumes normal playback. With Wave output, I don't get the broken record effect, but I do get a several second pause before playback starts again.
At first I was afraid that this might be a hardware issue, but I tried the same CD (and others) in Windows Media Player and they all worked fine -- just MC has this issue. I also confirmed that the IDE channel is set to DMA. I tried this on another system and got the exact same results.
Is there some setting I'm unaware of in MC that might explain this? I use "gapless" and "immediate" settings for playback. One system is WinXP, the other is Win2000.
Thanks,
Larry