CD Player has no sound.

I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound for me. Even
after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound! What's the big deal with
CD Player?

I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work properly. It
seems to me that this might have been the cause, but I may be wrong. I've
also got a Creative CD Player that came with the sound card, and even it
doesn't play sound!

Windows Media Player (WMP) has sound *when playing an audio CD*, but CD Player does
not....is that what you are stating?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/


"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound for me. Even
after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound! What's the big deal with
CD Player?

I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work properly. It
seems to me that this might have been the cause, but I may be wrong. I've
also got a Creative CD Player that came with the sound card, and even it
doesn't play sound!

Correct. WMP plays CD's inserted in the computer's CD ROM drive as well as
local hard drive media files. However, the Windows CD Player does not play
sound when an audio CD is placed in the CD ROM drive. It plays (because I
can see it's counting the time on the current track) but no sound is heard at
all. I do have WMP as my default player for playing CD's (amung many other
local media formats), but I've even tried setting the Windows CD player as
the default for audio CD's...still nothing!

"glee" wrote:

Windows Media Player (WMP) has sound *when playing an audio CD*, but CD Player does
not....is that what you are stating?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/


"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound for me. Even
after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound! What's the big deal with
CD Player?

I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work properly. It
seems to me that this might have been the cause, but I may be wrong. I've
also got a Creative CD Player that came with the sound card, and even it
doesn't play sound!

Oh, I should mention that WMP is NOT open when Windows CD Player is trying to
play the CD. So there should be no conflict.

"Paradoxdb3" wrote:

Correct. WMP plays CD's inserted in the computer's CD ROM drive as well as
local hard drive media files. However, the Windows CD Player does not play
sound when an audio CD is placed in the CD ROM drive. It plays (because I
can see it's counting the time on the current track) but no sound is heard at
all. I do have WMP as my default player for playing CD's (amung many other
local media formats), but I've even tried setting the Windows CD player as
the default for audio CD's...still nothing!

"glee" wrote:

Windows Media Player (WMP) has sound *when playing an audio CD*, but CD Player does
not....is that what you are stating?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/


"Paradoxdb3" wrote in message
...
I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound for me. Even
after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound! What's the big deal with
CD Player?

I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work properly. It
seems to me that this might have been the cause, but I may be wrong. I've
also got a Creative CD Player that came with the sound card, and even it
doesn't play sound!

=?Utf-8?B?UGFyYWRveGRiMw==?= wrote:

Oh, I should mention that WMP is NOT open when Windows CD Player is
trying to play the CD. So there should be no conflict.

"Paradoxdb3" wrote:

Correct. WMP plays CD's inserted in the computer's CD ROM drive as
well as local hard drive media files. However, the Windows CD Player
does not play sound when an audio CD is placed in the CD ROM drive.
It plays (because I can see it's counting the time on the current
track) but no sound is heard at all. I do have WMP as my default
player for playing CD's (amung many other local media formats), but
I've even tried setting the Windows CD player as the default for
audio CD's...still nothing!

"glee" wrote:

Windows Media Player (WMP) has sound *when playing an audio CD*,
but CD Player does not....is that what you are stating?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/


"Paradoxdb3" wrote in
message ...
I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound
for me. Even after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound!
What's the big deal with CD Player?

I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work
properly. It seems to me that this might have been the cause,
but I may be wrong. I've also got a Creative CD Player that came
with the sound card, and even it doesn't play sound!



AFAIK WMP read the sound digitally, through the IDE bus, and directs it
to the soundcard. CD Player just gives the drive the command to play, and
the sound is directed to an analog cable between the drive and the
soundcard.
In your case the cable lacks, or you have muted the analog CD input.

"Ingeborg" wrote in message
...
=?Utf-8?B?UGFyYWRveGRiMw==?= wrote:
snip
AFAIK WMP read the sound digitally, through the IDE bus, and directs it
to the soundcard. CD Player just gives the drive the command to play, and
the sound is directed to an analog cable between the drive and the
soundcard.
In your case the cable lacks, or you have muted the analog CD input.

That's what I was thinking also, that WMP is using digital playback, and CDPlayer
uses analog, requiring an analog cable from the CD drive to the sound card.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/

,,, or a headphone / speaker plugged into CD drive the front panel socket.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"glee" wrote in message
...
snip

That's what I was thinking also, that WMP is using digital playback, and
CDPlayer uses analog, requiring an analog cable from the CD drive to the
sound card.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/

Paradoxdb3 wrote:
| Oh, I should mention that WMP is NOT open when Windows CD Player is
| trying to play the CD. So there should be no conflict.

Going by what Ingeborg & glee have said, ensure all the individual
volume settings are not muted at...

"R-Clk Speaker Icon in Tray, Open Volume Controls"

Use its Options menu to ensure the various controls are all showing,
especially "CD Audio". Or, borrow Richards's headphones after he is done
listening to Yellow Submarine.

| "Paradoxdb3" wrote:
|
| Correct. WMP plays CD's inserted in the computer's CD ROM drive as
| well as local hard drive media files. However, the Windows CD
| Player does not play sound when an audio CD is placed in the CD ROM
| drive. It plays (because I can see it's counting the time on the
| current track) but no sound is heard at all. I do have WMP as my
| default player for playing CD's (amung many other local media
| formats), but I've even tried setting the Windows CD player as the
| default for audio CD's...still nothing!
|
| "glee" wrote:
|
| Windows Media Player (WMP) has sound *when playing an audio CD*,
| but CD Player does not....is that what you are stating?
| --
| Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
| http://dts-l.org/
|
|
| "Paradoxdb3" wrote in
| message ...
| I'm just curious why the Windows CD Player does not play sound
| for me. Even after a fresh install, it doesn't. WMP has sound!
| What's the big deal with CD Player?
|
| I've disabled audio from the BIOS to let a new sound card work
| properly. It seems to me that this might have been the cause,
| but I may be wrong. I've also got a Creative CD Player that
| came with the sound card, and even it doesn't play sound!

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