Tiny sound file could not be played.

Hi.
Why could not play the tiny sound file? (such as mp3 or wav files of 500ms duration)
It worked fine with iPhone SDK 2.1, but not with iPhone SDK 2.2
Of course, normal sound file(i.e, about 3 seconds ) works normally.
And all codes have not any errors, just voice is not heard.
I am using Audio Queue Services to play sound file.
Isn' it a buf of iPhone SDK 2.2?

Thank you for you reply - much appreciated.
I am a bit confused - if I do not have a player installed, how come that everything is OK when I use Google Chrome as a browser?
Many thanks,
Jimmy

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