FIX: You may experience poor audio quality when you play WMV and WMA files in Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows CE 5.0

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SYMPTOMS

You have Windows Media Video (WMV) or Windows Media Audio (WMA) files that were synchronized from Microsoft Digital Video Recording (.dvr-ms)-formatted files on a Windows Media Center Edition-based desktop computer. When you play these files in Microsoft Windows Media Player in Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, you may experience poor audio quality.

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RESOLUTION

Software update information

A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 5.0 Core OS QFE 889391. 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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/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
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   Path: Signed
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,552,384  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-armv4i.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,568,256  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-mipsii.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,568,768  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-mipsii_fp.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,574,912  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-mipsiv.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,575,424  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-mipsiv_fp.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,535,488  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-sh4.msi
   23-Nov-2004  23:07  1,413,632  Wincepb50-041123-kb889391-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
   19-Nov-2004  00:23  1,832,644  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:23    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:23  1,414,396  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:23    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:24  1,847,406  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:24    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:24  1,391,928  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:24    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:25  1,847,980  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:25    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:25  1,392,840  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:25    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:27  1,866,922  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:27    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:26  1,393,086  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:26    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:28  1,864,750  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:28    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:27  1,389,726  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:27    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:22  1,710,024  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:22    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:21  1,307,102  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:21    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug
   19-Nov-2004  00:21  1,544,386  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:21    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

   Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail
   19-Nov-2004  00:20  1,277,212  Wmt_splitter.lib
   19-Nov-2004  00:20    421,888  Wmt_splitter.pdb

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