[geeks] Windows Sound Question

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Eric Railine wrote:
>> I'm running Windows XP here, and I've just changed my "Windows Start"
>> sound to something fairly long.  (It's the opening theme to "Monty
>> Python's Flying Circus".)  The problem is that the machine stops playing
>> the WAV file about 2/3 of the way through it.  Does anyone know of a way
>> to get Windows to Do The Right Thing(tm)?
> 
> Not sure myself, but this link:
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Windows/XP/Q_20845144.html?qid=20845144
> seems to suggest that it's the size of the file that determines how
> long it plays.
> 
> <quote>
> "the limitation seems to be based more upon the *size* of the file, as
> opposed to the length.  My original WAV file was 38 seconds long, and
> about 7.4 MB in size.  If I saved it as a Compressed WAV file, it was
> still the same 38 seconds long - but it was now about 3.2 MB in size -
> and it played properly."
> </quote>
> 
> HTH.

Thanks, Eric!  Compressing the WAV using MP3-compression worked just fine!

Peace...  Sridhar