No, I never figured out how to fix it. Also, I never knew that "Now Playing" was supposed to have a waterfall effect. I thought it was supposed to be just static images that slowly changed. I'm using a 256MB Nvidia GTS8600 card - not exactly state of the art but no dinosaur, either. Perhaps these effects require a card with half a gig or more of memory, or a more recent GPU.
I also have a problem when listening to play lists where the songs cut out for a fraction of a second about 20 seconds or so from the end before the next one starts. If I play a single song it does fine.
Vlad
HTPC: Intel D945PVS mobo, Liquid Cooled 3.0 GHz Pentium D, 4 gig ram + 4 gig Ready Boost, Windows7 Home Premium 64 bit, 3x300GB + 1x1.5TB hard drives, Origen X15e black case, HDHomerun + 2 x Avermedia A180 (total 4) QAM tuners, Hauppage WinTV-PVR-500 dual tuner analog card, Lite-On 1693 DVD R/W driver, AnyDVD, Samsung UN55B6000 55" LED backlit LCD flat panel, TOSLINK to 5.1 surround sound