I used window media player to listen MP3 files. recently I found some strange things happening. when I opened the mp3 file, it took a long time for the player to open it. the mp3 file is very small, about 3Mb. it didn't happen before. What did the window media player do when loading and opening the music? why took so long to do it? anyone get some thougts about it?
maybe it's looking up the information online? try to disconnect your network, see if that get things move on faster. If you really want to know what's going on. Install process explorer to check what's mediaplayer is busy with, and use wiredshark to monitor network traffic. did you try other player?