Hello,
I had been using MC 18 (although I bought MC 19 last year), but finally upgraded to MC 19 about a week ago.
Just today I have been having a very bizarre problem. When I add a new MP3 to my library and play it, it cuts off about 5 or 6 seconds before the end. I know that the end actually is there, because I have played the MP3 with Windows Media Center and I have looked at the MP3 and played it using Audacity. Then, after I add another MP3, the previous one suddenly will play to the end, but the new one cuts off about 5 or 6 seconds before the end.
This behavior has me stumped. At first I thought there was a problem with the MP3 (because the first one I noticed it with was an MP3 that I had created by editing with Audacity). However, the fact that I can play them perfectly well with the other two programs -- and after I add another MP3 to MC then the first one then plays just fine -- tells me that isn't the case. Furthermore, I added a "regular" MP3 -- one that I had not edited -- and got the same behavior.
I spent a little time looking around for someone else reporting a similar problem, but couldn't find anything. However, I couldn't think of an obvious keyword to search on, so I may have missed something.
I am confident that this behavior is new today. I have added new MP3s to my database since I upgraded and I didn't see this behavior before today. And when I add new MP3s to the database, I almost always play them to make sure that there aren't any problems with the MP3, which is why I saw the problem today.
I am running MC 19.0.158 under Windows 8.0. I have an HP Inspiron 15-R, which is less than 2 years old.
Any help would be appreciated. If you can't help me, then I need to know how to return to MC 18, since this behavior doesn't work for me at all; I am a DJ and use my computer for "spinning", I need to be confident that when I play an MP3, there won't be any problems.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Sluizer
p.s. For some reason, your system is changing the J.R.M.Cs (I'm typing them without the periods) that I type into MCs, which is incredibly irritating. I would expect what I type to appear in my post as I've typed it.