Microsoft KB Archive/889394

= FIX: You hear loud sounds when you play audio content that contains encoding errors in Windows Media Player in Windows CE 5.0 =

Article ID: 889394

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE 5.0

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, when you use Microsoft Windows Media Player to listen to audio content that contains encoding errors, you may notice occasionally very loud sounds.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Windows Media Player is trying to play back the errors as sound.



Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 5.0 Core OS QFE 889394. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement
After you install this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu. You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information
This update does not replace any other updates.

File information
The English version of this package has the file attributes or later file attributes that are listed in the following table:   Date         Time   Size     File name

23-Nov-2004 23:28  449,024  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-armv4i.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  452,096  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-mipsii.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  452,608  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-mipsii_fp.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  453,120  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-mipsiv.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  454,144  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-mipsiv_fp.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  446,464  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-sh4.msi 23-Nov-2004 23:28  434,688  Wincepb50-041123-kb889394-x86.msi The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size     File name -

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:44  184,350  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:44  121,134  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:45  188,116  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:44  119,338  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:45  188,522  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:45  119,648  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:45  191,658  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:45  119,876  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:45  192,098  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:45  120,338  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:45   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:44  168,518  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:44  109,716  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug 17-Nov-2004 18:44  157,698  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail 17-Nov-2004 18:44  108,662  Mp3dmod.lib 17-Nov-2004 18:44   94,208  Mp3dmod.pdb



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB889394

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