Speed of voice playback

I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten rebooted.
Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and sound
was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid seventies.
Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play sound
clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie play
slightly too fast although still intelligible.
Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers?? Thanks
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Peter Bell

Touch
Mon Mar 17 10:17:56 PDT 2008


"Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
news:DFD0CE0D-8F06-4BAA-A206-E2ED6C7A2B00@microsoft.com...
>I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten rebooted.
> Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and
> sound
> was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid
> seventies.
> Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play sound
> clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie
> play
> slightly too fast although still intelligible.
> Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers??
> Thanks
> --
> Peter Bell

Right click a blank area up near the words Windows Media Player, select
View, Enhancements, Play Speed Settings, check the option "Snap slider to
common speeds"?

bell
Mon Mar 17 18:21:00 PDT 2008


--
Peter Bell


"Touch Base" wrote:

>
> "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
> news:DFD0CE0D-8F06-4BAA-A206-E2ED6C7A2B00@microsoft.com...
> >I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten rebooted.
> > Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and
> > sound
> > was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid
> > seventies.
> > Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play sound
> > clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie
> > play
> > slightly too fast although still intelligible.
> > Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers??
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Peter Bell
>
> Right click a blank area up near the words Windows Media Player, select
> View, Enhancements, Play Speed Settings, check the option "Snap slider to
> common speeds"?
>
>
>
> Thanks for that....problem is that it won't work for say internet radio broadcasts or video interviews I may want to load down. I can use that facility to play a sound file I keep on disk.....if I set the setting 1.5 notches back it's just about right but after the file completes it flicks back to the previous setting. Thanks for your help ...any other thoughts?

Touch
Tue Mar 18 05:00:57 PDT 2008

Are you running onboard sound or a third party PCI sound card? To find out
go to Start/Run type dxdiag and have a look under the 'Sound' Tab

"Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
news:EA523970-F6D3-4E25-9328-78A6DA46F58F@microsoft.com...
>
> --
> Peter Bell
>
>
> "Touch Base" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:DFD0CE0D-8F06-4BAA-A206-E2ED6C7A2B00@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten
>> >rebooted.
>> > Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and
>> > sound
>> > was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid
>> > seventies.
>> > Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play
>> > sound
>> > clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie
>> > play
>> > slightly too fast although still intelligible.
>> > Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers??
>> > Thanks
>> > --
>> > Peter Bell
>>
>> Right click a blank area up near the words Windows Media Player, select
>> View, Enhancements, Play Speed Settings, check the option "Snap slider to
>> common speeds"?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for that....problem is that it won't work for say internet radio
>> broadcasts or video interviews I may want to load down. I can use that
>> facility to play a sound file I keep on disk.....if I set the setting 1.5
>> notches back it's just about right but after the file completes it flicks
>> back to the previous setting. Thanks for your help ...any other
>> thoughts?

bell
Tue Mar 18 17:53:00 PDT 2008


--
Peter Bell


"Touch Base" wrote:

> Are you running onboard sound or a third party PCI sound card? To find out
> go to Start/Run type dxdiag and have a look under the 'Sound' Tab
> Thanks for the trouble you are taking, "Touch Base". The Sound device (default) is REALTEK AC97 and the system tells me it's working OK.....it passes the test OK....do you know if there is any way of adjusting the speed of the Realtek audio device?
> "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
> news:EA523970-F6D3-4E25-9328-78A6DA46F58F@microsoft.com...
> >
> > --
> > Peter Bell
> >
> >
> > "Touch Base" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:DFD0CE0D-8F06-4BAA-A206-E2ED6C7A2B00@microsoft.com...
> >> >I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten
> >> >rebooted.
> >> > Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and
> >> > sound
> >> > was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid
> >> > seventies.
> >> > Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play
> >> > sound
> >> > clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie
> >> > play
> >> > slightly too fast although still intelligible.
> >> > Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers??
> >> > Thanks
> >> > --
> >> > Peter Bell
> >>
> >> Right click a blank area up near the words Windows Media Player, select
> >> View, Enhancements, Play Speed Settings, check the option "Snap slider to
> >> common speeds"?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for that....problem is that it won't work for say internet radio
> >> broadcasts or video interviews I may want to load down. I can use that
> >> facility to play a sound file I keep on disk.....if I set the setting 1.5
> >> notches back it's just about right but after the file completes it flicks
> >> back to the previous setting. Thanks for your help ...any other
> >> thoughts?
>
>
>

bell
Tue Mar 18 20:38:02 PDT 2008


--
Peter Bell


"Peter Bell" wrote:

>
> --
> Peter Bell
>
>
> "Touch Base" wrote:
>
> > Are you running onboard sound or a third party PCI sound card? To find out
> > go to Start/Run type dxdiag and have a look under the 'Sound' Tab
> > Thanks for the trouble you are taking, "Touch Base". The Sound device (default) is REALTEK AC97 and the system tells me it's working OK.....it passes the test OK....do you know if there is any way of adjusting the speed of the Realtek audio device?
Thanks for all your help, "Touchbase".......EUREKA!!......the problem is
solved; I update the driver for the REALTEK and everything now works
fine...thanks again
Peter Bell
> > "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:EA523970-F6D3-4E25-9328-78A6DA46F58F@microsoft.com...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Bell
> > >
> > >
> > > "Touch Base" wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> "Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
> > >> news:DFD0CE0D-8F06-4BAA-A206-E2ED6C7A2B00@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I recently had no sound on my XP, uninstalled the driver and ten
> > >> >rebooted.
> > >> > Windows recognised new hardware, loaded new (and different) driver and
> > >> > sound
> > >> > was restored to me! Pretty good, and I'm a non techo in his mid
> > >> > seventies.
> > >> > Current problem is that I now have Windows Media 11 but when I play
> > >> > sound
> > >> > clips(speech & Video) from the internet the voices are high pitched ie
> > >> > play
> > >> > slightly too fast although still intelligible.
> > >> > Can any of you stars out there give the old guy some advice, pointers??
> > >> > Thanks
> > >> > --
> > >> > Peter Bell
> > >>
> > >> Right click a blank area up near the words Windows Media Player, select
> > >> View, Enhancements, Play Speed Settings, check the option "Snap slider to
> > >> common speeds"?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for that....problem is that it won't work for say internet radio
> > >> broadcasts or video interviews I may want to load down. I can use that
> > >> facility to play a sound file I keep on disk.....if I set the setting 1.5
> > >> notches back it's just about right but after the file completes it flicks
> > >> back to the previous setting. Thanks for your help ...any other
> > >> thoughts?
> >
> >
> >

Touch
Wed Mar 19 16:34:01 PDT 2008


"Peter Bell" <bell@three.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> --
> Peter Bell
>


Good to hear problem is solved.
Thanks for the feedback I'm sure it can assist others.