I have the exact same problem, the music just wont work. Sometimes it's fine for a few minutes - the issue only occurs when I get into a battle. One, two battles work fine. Then it starts to lag, then it starts to chirp, then I quit and try to resolve the issue. Codec packs, uninstalling codec packs, disabling FFDshow, FRAPS, VLC, etc, the problem persists. I even tried the simple 'set MP3's to WMP by default trick. None of this helped. For now I am just going to live without music. Although I was thinking of trying that 'No Battle Music' glitch just so I can have *some* atmospheric music. I know it's a codec issue, if not that it's my onboard Sound Card... or maybe Nvidia is behind it. If I ever do find a solution I'll be sure to make note of it and post it here. If some one else has found a fix for this I would be forever indepted. I am a very musical person and having none is... difficult for me. Especially since I have something of a hearing related injury from Basic (I be military) That makes my ears ring in total silence (well, makes the ringing audible). Oh, this is my first post, I suppose I ought to say hello and thank every mod developer out there for the amazing work they have done, you are the ones that have inspired me ot get into computer programming next semester.