Hi Martin, > MPlay32 is included in Windows; this ought to be quick'n'easy to try, and it > uses just the > basic MCI APIs. > I just tried MPlay32 and it behaves the same as Cubase and Wavelab: It only plays without dropouts whenever the Media Player has been playing before and with the WMP still loaded but stopped. So it looks like the WMP sets a setting that MPlay32 does not.... I'll start digging into the SDK and DDK docs and look for it. > For kernel-mode, please read the documentation on ExSetTimerResolution in the > Windows > DDK. > I don't think it can be kernelmode in my driver because it is the same driver showing or not showing the problem depending on a user more state. Or is there a user mode API (in the form of an ioctl) to call ExSetTimerResolution? Sounds quite dangerous to me if there was.... Regards, Bart ****************** WDMAUDIODEV addresses: Post message: mailto:wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe Unsubscribe: mailto:wdmaudiodev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe Moderator: mailto:wdmaudiodev-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx URL to WDMAUDIODEV page: http://www.wdmaudiodev.de/