Media Player OCX can't handle 56kb/s MP3s

Hello,

I'm running Windows XP Pro, and am using the Media Player OCX in my application. When I try to play some badly encoded MP3s using the OCX, I get garbled sound. If I play the same MP3s in Windows Media Player itself, it sounds fine.

Is there a way I can account for this through some coding? I still want to use an embedded MP3 player in the application, not just call Media Player externally.

Thanks!
Kosta