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I've got the following media players installed:
WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. |
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One possible solution would be to uninstall WMP 9 and just roll back to WMP
6.4 (which I prefer, actually!), and reinstall (if necessary), WMP 6.4 and MP classic. I never was really crazy about either WMP 7 or WMP 9, but your tastes may be different. But I also have MMJB and EZCD on my computer, which makes up for that. :-) "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. |
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Well I'm not a particular fan of WMP9 as I've stated at other times in this
distinguished forum (at least until my text hit the page), but love it or hate it, you do need it to play the latest generation of embedded videos, and that was the only reason I upgraded. So I think for me keeping 9 would be one of the defining parameters of the problem. O.T. If it's strictly a GUI issue, you can download a skin for 9, "Compact Classic v1.1", complete with Spanish tooltips, that puts you back in the time machine to 6.4. (and you can maximize it full screen too). I've got it installed right now, although I don't use it as a "default", and one nice thing about it is that when you close it in the maximized position it will open fully maxxed if you've set it up right. Someone can correct me on this, and if past is prologue surely will, but I think I read once that it was part of the early 9 download package but was taken out. I just did a Google search and came up with only one entry, at this URL, but I can't vouch for what you'd be downloading (although this is likely where I got it from), so caveat: http://www.skinz.org/files////23/6698/ . At least this way, you can now watch those great CNN videos, preceeded by those great CNN ads, preceeded by those great CNN ads.... Bill in Co. wrote: One possible solution would be to uninstall WMP 9 and just roll back to WMP 6.4 (which I prefer, actually!), and reinstall (if necessary), WMP 6.4 and MP classic. I never was really crazy about either WMP 7 or WMP 9, but your tastes may be different. But I also have MMJB and EZCD on my computer, which makes up for that. :-) "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. |
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Roger Fink wrote:
Well I'm not a particular fan of WMP9 as I've stated at other times in this distinguished forum (at least until my text hit the page), but love it or hate it, you do need it to play the latest generation of embedded videos, and that was the only reason I upgraded. So I think for me keeping 9 would be one of the defining parameters of the problem. Won't Media Classic Player, or Zoom Player, work instead? Or maybe you need the codecs that you can ONLY get if you install WMP9, but I'm not sure that that is correct, either, come to think of it. You might still be able to get around that. I know that there were some MS version 9 codecs that were available for the WMP 6.4 player, to allow it to still play at least some of the newer stuff. O.T. If it's strictly a GUI issue, you can download a skin for 9, "Compact Classic v1.1", complete with Spanish tooltips, that puts you back in the time machine to 6.4. (and you can maximize it full screen too). It's still more of a resource hog, IIRC. And nowhere near as instantaneous on loading, like WMP 6.4. I don't use "playlists", so that's not a concern. But then again, I'm not trying to load the most current video stuff, like you are. For one thing, I'm on dial up. For another, I'd rather get it off line, if I really want to see it (like a DVD), or just watch what comes in cable TV! I've got it installed right now, although I don't use it as a "default", and one nice thing about it is that when you close it in the maximized position it will open fully maxxed if you've set it up right. Someone can correct me on this, and if past is prologue surely will, but I think I read once that it was part of the early 9 download package but was taken out. I just did a search and came up with only one entry, at this URL, but I can't vouch for what you'd be downloading (although this is likely where I got it from), so caveat: http://www.skinz.org/files////23/6698/ . At least this way, you can now watch those great CNN videos, preceeded by those great CNN ads, preceeded by those great CNN ads.... Hey, I can watch CNN on cable TV. What do I need to see it on-line for? And *especially* on dial up, LOL. :-) Bill in Co. wrote: One possible solution would be to uninstall WMP 9 and just roll back to WMP 6.4 (which I prefer, actually!), and reinstall (if necessary), WMP 6.4 and MP classic. I never was really crazy about either WMP 7 or WMP 9, but your tastes may be different. But I also have MMJB and EZCD on my computer, which makes up for that. :-) "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. |
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Bill in Co. wrote:
Roger Fink wrote: Well I'm not a particular fan of WMP9 as I've stated at other times in this distinguished forum (at least until my text hit the page), but love it or hate it, you do need it to play the latest generation of embedded videos, and that was the only reason I upgraded. So I think for me keeping 9 would be one of the defining parameters of the problem. Won't Media Classic Player, or Zoom Player, work instead? Or maybe you need the codecs that you can ONLY get if you install WMP9, but I'm not sure that that is correct, either, come to think of it. You might still be able to get around that. I know that there were some MS version 9 codecs that were available for the WMP 6.4 player, to allow it to still play at least some of the newer stuff. O.T. If it's strictly a GUI issue, you can download a skin for 9, "Compact Classic v1.1", complete with Spanish tooltips, that puts you back in the time machine to 6.4. (and you can maximize it full screen too). It's still more of a resource hog, IIRC. And nowhere near as instantaneous on loading, like WMP 6.4. I don't use "playlists", so that's not a concern. But then again, I'm not trying to load the most current video stuff, like you are. For one thing, I'm on dial up. For another, I'd rather get it off line, if I really want to see it (like a DVD), or just watch what comes in cable TV! I've got it installed right now, although I don't use it as a "default", and one nice thing about it is that when you close it in the maximized position it will open fully maxxed if you've set it up right. Someone can correct me on this, and if past is prologue surely will, but I think I read once that it was part of the early 9 download package but was taken out. I just did a Google search and came up with only one entry, at this URL, but I can't vouch for what you'd be downloading (although this is likely where I got it from), so caveat: http://www.skinz.org/files////23/6698/ . At least this way, you can now watch those great CNN videos, preceeded by those great CNN ads, preceeded by those great CNN ads.... Hey, I can watch CNN on cable TV. What do I need to see it on-line for? And *especially* on dial up, LOL. :-) Bill in Co. wrote: One possible solution would be to uninstall WMP 9 and just roll back to WMP 6.4 (which I prefer, actually!), and reinstall (if necessary), WMP 6.4 and MP classic. I never was really crazy about either WMP 7 or WMP 9, but your tastes may be different. But I also have MMJB and EZCD on my computer, which makes up for that. :-) "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. I gave up on Cable a long time ago - money grubbing monopolists gotten bloated, lazy and reactive due to high margins and no competition, and now fighting to stave off lower priced alternative systems of content delivery. Uh oh.... But to your other points. MPC or not, I do believe it's not possible to watch newer Windows streaming video without WMP9 installed even if you NEVER open it. And MPC is terrific but it's not perfect. For instance, while it will play most videos sometimes the subject matter isn't framed right (to the point of genuine distraction) with shockwave, mpg or wmv files. And maybe six people (or less) have been able to get it to play streaming RealAudio files. But anything that gets Quicktime off your machine should be required by law. To me it's an in-your-face critique of the software industry - I don't want four media players any more than I want a Panasonic for channels 2-12 and a Sony for 13 to 99. |
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"Roger Fink" wrote in message
I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. How do you want to have it working? iow, which player to open the CD? I remember when you first installed WMP9 and were working through different things and we talked about this and that concerning it: http://tinyurl.com/buut3 Using and having 'all' the major media players custom installed and working well together has always been a fun thing to do of mine, and you can make them behave anyway you want if you're into it. You can even have v9 use some of it's icons for the wmv things and use 6.4 to show all it's unique ones too so that each different type of audio/video file has its own icon like 6.4 used to have them do until v9 wanted to make them all one, etc... but I prefer to have them be individual; and having each other major players show their particular file type icons and play only it's audio files for that too... Any bad mannered aspect of any player can be tamed as you like. What player do you want to have open the CD then? ..6.4? It'll always have to be one or the other depending on how you set options. (I'll be away for the weekend and have a tight schedule at work so might not always be able to answer right away these days, but I always will) Rick |
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Rick Chauvin wrote:
"Roger Fink" wrote in message I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. How do you want to have it working? iow, which player to open the CD? I remember when you first installed WMP9 and were working through different things and we talked about this and that concerning it: http://tinyurl.com/buut3 Using and having 'all' the major media players custom installed and working well together has always been a fun thing to do of mine, and you can make them behave anyway you want if you're into it. You can even have v9 use some of it's icons for the wmv things and use 6.4 to show all it's unique ones too so that each different type of audio/video file has its own icon like 6.4 used to have them do until v9 wanted to make them all one, etc... but I prefer to have them be individual; and having each other major players show their particular file type icons and play only it's audio files for that too... Any bad mannered aspect of any player can be tamed as you like. What player do you want to have open the CD then? ..6.4? It'll always have to be one or the other depending on how you set options. (I'll be away for the weekend and have a tight schedule at work so might not always be able to answer right away these days, but I always will) Rick Hi Rick. First the inevitable corrections which arise out of posting at 2:00 a.m. (and most other times) while serving as your own proofreader. For the sake of accuracy, I've been able to play streaming RealAudio on MPC but, even if it's not opened, RealPlayer had to be installed to get streaming to work, at least for me. I've sort of made peace with all these media players and what I've tried to do is arrange things so that MPC is the default for all audio except ra and wma audio streams, and WMP9 and RPE the defaults for all videos except of course quicktime .mov. So in this case putting things right would merely consist of making media player classic the default for audio cd files. This should have the beneficial side effect of unblocking whatever it is that's preventing the other media players from recognizing cda files. |
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Hi Roger,
Open WMP9, click the Tools menu Options File Types tab: Uncheck the box for Music CD Playback, click Apply/OK, and close WMP9 Open MPC, click the View menu Options. Expand the Player section and click Formats, in the left pane. In the right pane, put a check in the box for CD Audio Track, click Apply/OK, and close MPC. Does it work now or do you still have a problem? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... Rick Chauvin wrote: "Roger Fink" wrote in message I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. How do you want to have it working? iow, which player to open the CD? I remember when you first installed WMP9 and were working through different things and we talked about this and that concerning it: http://tinyurl.com/buut3 Using and having 'all' the major media players custom installed and working well together has always been a fun thing to do of mine, and you can make them behave anyway you want if you're into it. You can even have v9 use some of it's icons for the wmv things and use 6.4 to show all it's unique ones too so that each different type of audio/video file has its own icon like 6.4 used to have them do until v9 wanted to make them all one, etc... but I prefer to have them be individual; and having each other major players show their particular file type icons and play only it's audio files for that too... Any bad mannered aspect of any player can be tamed as you like. What player do you want to have open the CD then? ..6.4? It'll always have to be one or the other depending on how you set options. (I'll be away for the weekend and have a tight schedule at work so might not always be able to answer right away these days, but I always will) Rick Hi Rick. First the inevitable corrections which arise out of posting at 2:00 a.m. (and most other times) while serving as your own proofreader. For the sake of accuracy, I've been able to play streaming RealAudio on MPC but, even if it's not opened, RealPlayer had to be installed to get streaming to work, at least for me. I've sort of made peace with all these media players and what I've tried to do is arrange things so that MPC is the default for all audio except ra and wma audio streams, and WMP9 and RPE the defaults for all videos except of course quicktime .mov. So in this case putting things right would merely consist of making media player classic the default for audio cd files. This should have the beneficial side effect of unblocking whatever it is that's preventing the other media players from recognizing cda files. |
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I thought RealPlayer Enterprise was for WinXP.....that's what I saw at the web page
for it. Do you have an older version? -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. |
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No, no luck. Two things that should have occurred didn't. First, no player
of any kind popped up after I inserted a CD. After that I went into explorer and right-clicked to open one of the cda files on the disk. MPC came up but with the message, "Cannot render the file." glee wrote: Hi Roger, Open WMP9, click the Tools menu Options File Types tab: Uncheck the box for Music CD Playback, click Apply/OK, and close WMP9 Open MPC, click the View menu Options. Expand the Player section and click Formats, in the left pane. In the right pane, put a check in the box for CD Audio Track, click Apply/OK, and close MPC. Does it work now or do you still have a problem? "Roger Fink" wrote in message ... Rick Chauvin wrote: "Roger Fink" wrote in message I've got the following media players installed: WMP9 WMP6.4 RP Enterprise (small, non-intrusive, and worth having, IMO) MP Classic Problem: Of these applications WMP9 is the only one that will recognize and play an audio CD, including retail pre-recorded ones. I believe this all started when I upgraded to WMP9 about 6 months ago, but I'm not really sure. It's not a big deal, WMP9 is fine for this, but it's always nice to have things working the way they're supposed to, so whatever motor neurons are crisscrossed inside the registry, I'd like to hook 'em up right. How do you want to have it working? iow, which player to open the CD? I remember when you first installed WMP9 and were working through different things and we talked about this and that concerning it: http://tinyurl.com/buut3 Using and having 'all' the major media players custom installed and working well together has always been a fun thing to do of mine, and you can make them behave anyway you want if you're into it. You can even have v9 use some of it's icons for the wmv things and use 6.4 to show all it's unique ones too so that each different type of audio/video file has its own icon like 6.4 used to have them do until v9 wanted to make them all one, etc... but I prefer to have them be individual; and having each other major players show their particular file type icons and play only it's audio files for that too... Any bad mannered aspect of any player can be tamed as you like. What player do you want to have open the CD then? ..6.4? It'll always have to be one or the other depending on how you set options. (I'll be away for the weekend and have a tight schedule at work so might not always be able to answer right away these days, but I always will) Rick Hi Rick. First the inevitable corrections which arise out of posting at 2:00 a.m. (and most other times) while serving as your own proofreader. For the sake of accuracy, I've been able to play streaming RealAudio on MPC but, even if it's not opened, RealPlayer had to be installed to get streaming to work, at least for me. I've sort of made peace with all these media players and what I've tried to do is arrange things so that MPC is the default for all audio except ra and wma audio streams, and WMP9 and RPE the defaults for all videos except of course quicktime .mov. So in this case putting things right would merely consist of making media player classic the default for audio cd files. This should have the beneficial side effect of unblocking whatever it is that's preventing the other media players from recognizing cda files. |
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