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Old November 13th 05, 04:00 PM
Roger Fink
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Default Audio CD's

Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error = 80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.



  #2  
Old November 13th 05, 05:36 PM
glee
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Default Audio CD's

Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results ;-)
Try using the easily accessible front end to change these associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box for "Music CD
Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever player you formerly
used. If it does not, open the player you want to use for audio CD playback, and
use their menus the same way, to associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic menus should be
available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one of them grab that
association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on what version you
have...and I don't support that player so I can't give you the specific menus. All
media players will have the options somewhere in their menus.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error = 80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.




  #3  
Old November 13th 05, 10:26 PM
Roger Fink
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Default Audio CD's

Well if WMP9 could assert itself as the default CD player AND disable the
others from ever playing them, even Rob Glazer himself would gaze in
admiration. But I don't think it's as sinister as that. I've got some kind
of computer problem, because I tried everything you suggested and it didn't
help, except to eliminate ways to solve the problem. I also went into file
types and "pro-actively" associated CDA with a different media player but
that had no effect either. I'm starting to think removal and reinstallation
of the other media players may be the only way out, or if I'm lucky
reinstalling them over themselves, neither of which I'm anxious to do (if
indeed reinstallation would actually solve it).

This probably deserves another thread but I also noticed that realplayer in
the "open with" dialog box can't open anything because, as the error message
shows, the path to the executable is wrong (shows the path to the old
installation). In file types however , every file type that opens with
realplayer.exe shows the correct path to it when you click edit. I don't see
any way to delete it from the dialog box (and then re-add it) - any way to
fix this?

By the way I have no hang-up about using WMP9 for CDs, I'm just trying to
get things to work right.


glee wrote:
Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results ;-)
Try using the easily accessible front end to change these
associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box
for "Music CD Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever
player you formerly used. If it does not, open the player you want
to use for audio CD playback, and use their menus the same way, to
associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic menus
should be available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one of
them grab that association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on
what version you have...and I don't support that player so I can't
give you the specific menus. All media players will have the options
somewhere in their menus.

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's
using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media
player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the
error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error =
80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.



  #4  
Old November 14th 05, 04:36 PM
glee
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Default Audio CD's

Based on your sidebar on the RealPlayer issue, I would do an uninstall of RealPlayer
first, then check and set the associations via the WMP options menu. What other
media players are installed?

You may want to take this to a mediaplayer group:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsmedia.player
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ws.mediaplayer

Also have a look through he
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Well if WMP9 could assert itself as the default CD player AND disable the
others from ever playing them, even Rob Glazer himself would gaze in
admiration. But I don't think it's as sinister as that. I've got some kind
of computer problem, because I tried everything you suggested and it didn't
help, except to eliminate ways to solve the problem. I also went into file
types and "pro-actively" associated CDA with a different media player but
that had no effect either. I'm starting to think removal and reinstallation
of the other media players may be the only way out, or if I'm lucky
reinstalling them over themselves, neither of which I'm anxious to do (if
indeed reinstallation would actually solve it).

This probably deserves another thread but I also noticed that realplayer in
the "open with" dialog box can't open anything because, as the error message
shows, the path to the executable is wrong (shows the path to the old
installation). In file types however , every file type that opens with
realplayer.exe shows the correct path to it when you click edit. I don't see
any way to delete it from the dialog box (and then re-add it) - any way to
fix this?

By the way I have no hang-up about using WMP9 for CDs, I'm just trying to
get things to work right.


glee wrote:
Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results ;-)
Try using the easily accessible front end to change these
associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box
for "Music CD Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever
player you formerly used. If it does not, open the player you want
to use for audio CD playback, and use their menus the same way, to
associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic menus
should be available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one of
them grab that association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on
what version you have...and I don't support that player so I can't
give you the specific menus. All media players will have the options
somewhere in their menus.

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's
using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media
player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the
error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error =
80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.




  #5  
Old November 14th 05, 07:22 PM
Roger Fink
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Default Audio CD's

The installed media players are WMP9, RP Enterprise, WMP6.4 and MediaPlayer
Classic.

I uninstalled RealPlayer, but the RealPlayer selection with the wrong
location still remained in the 'open with' dialog box. I've managed to fix
it, if that's what you'd call it, by reinstalling it (Real Player
Enterprise) in the former location where the old RP8 used to be. Fortunately
the executables for both versions have the same name.

glee wrote:
Based on your sidebar on the RealPlayer issue, I would do an
uninstall of RealPlayer first, then check and set the associations
via the WMP options menu. What other media players are installed?

You may want to take this to a mediaplayer group:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsmedia.player

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ws.mediaplayer

Also have a look through he
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Well if WMP9 could assert itself as the default CD player AND
disable the
others from ever playing them, even Rob Glazer himself would gaze in
admiration. But I don't think it's as sinister as that. I've got
some kind
of computer problem, because I tried everything you suggested and it
didn't
help, except to eliminate ways to solve the problem. I also went
into file
types and "pro-actively" associated CDA with a different media
player but
that had no effect either. I'm starting to think removal and
reinstallation
of the other media players may be the only way out, or if I'm lucky
reinstalling them over themselves, neither of which I'm anxious to
do (if
indeed reinstallation would actually solve it).

This probably deserves another thread but I also noticed that
realplayer in
the "open with" dialog box can't open anything because, as the error
message shows, the path to the executable is wrong (shows the path
to the old installation). In file types however , every file type
that opens with realplayer.exe shows the correct path to it when you
click edit. I don't see
any way to delete it from the dialog box (and then re-add it) - any
way to
fix this?

By the way I have no hang-up about using WMP9 for CDs, I'm just
trying to
get things to work right.


glee wrote:
Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results ;-)
Try using the easily accessible front end to change these
associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box
for "Music CD Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever
player you formerly used. If it does not, open the player you want
to use for audio CD playback, and use their menus the same way, to
associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic
menus
should be available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one of
them grab that association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on
what version you have...and I don't support that player so I can't
give you the specific menus. All media players will have the
options
somewhere in their menus.

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's
using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media
player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the
error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error =
80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.



  #6  
Old November 16th 05, 04:46 AM
glee
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Default Audio CD's

Well, that takes care of your "side issue", but your original problem still
exists.....yes?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
The installed media players are WMP9, RP Enterprise, WMP6.4 and MediaPlayer
Classic.

I uninstalled RealPlayer, but the RealPlayer selection with the wrong
location still remained in the 'open with' dialog box. I've managed to fix
it, if that's what you'd call it, by reinstalling it (Real Player
Enterprise) in the former location where the old RP8 used to be. Fortunately
the executables for both versions have the same name.

glee wrote:
Based on your sidebar on the RealPlayer issue, I would do an
uninstall of RealPlayer first, then check and set the associations
via the WMP options menu. What other media players are installed?

You may want to take this to a mediaplayer group:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsmedia.player

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ws.mediaplayer

Also have a look through he
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Well if WMP9 could assert itself as the default CD player AND
disable the
others from ever playing them, even Rob Glazer himself would gaze in
admiration. But I don't think it's as sinister as that. I've got
some kind
of computer problem, because I tried everything you suggested and it
didn't
help, except to eliminate ways to solve the problem. I also went
into file
types and "pro-actively" associated CDA with a different media
player but
that had no effect either. I'm starting to think removal and
reinstallation
of the other media players may be the only way out, or if I'm lucky
reinstalling them over themselves, neither of which I'm anxious to
do (if
indeed reinstallation would actually solve it).

This probably deserves another thread but I also noticed that
realplayer in
the "open with" dialog box can't open anything because, as the error
message shows, the path to the executable is wrong (shows the path
to the old installation). In file types however , every file type
that opens with realplayer.exe shows the correct path to it when you
click edit. I don't see
any way to delete it from the dialog box (and then re-add it) - any
way to
fix this?

By the way I have no hang-up about using WMP9 for CDs, I'm just
trying to
get things to work right.


glee wrote:
Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results ;-)
Try using the easily accessible front end to change these
associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box
for "Music CD Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever
player you formerly used. If it does not, open the player you want
to use for audio CD playback, and use their menus the same way, to
associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic
menus
should be available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one of
them grab that association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on
what version you have...and I don't support that player so I can't
give you the specific menus. All media players will have the
options
somewhere in their menus.

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio CD's
using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media
player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message, saying
essentially that the format is not supported. I won't list all the
error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error =
80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.




  #7  
Old November 16th 05, 01:52 PM
Roger Fink
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Default Audio CD's

Yes it does. Like I said, WMP9 is fine for this so it doesn't present a
serious functional problem, but it's always nice to have Windows working
right when possible, at least for short stretches.

One new wrinkle here is that I noticed after I posted that RPE didn't OFFER
the option of playing CDs, and I still have trouble believing that even as I
write this. But I checked it again during reinstall and I still wasn't able
to find any option for that, either during the install routine or in the
format preferences in the menu. (note: if anyone secretly longs to have a
benign version of RP on their machine for the occasional time when they need
it but can't admit it publically, may I suggest that Enterprise is a good
way to go. RealNetworks says it only works for W2K and up, but that is
complete bs. It's a stripped down 8mb download devoid of ads, corny file
organization schemes, and other hoopla. It does permanently insert the
nefarious tkbellexe in your boot sequence but you can permanently beat it
with Spybot Teatime and some other freeware I've seen)


glee wrote:
Well, that takes care of your "side issue", but your original problem
still exists.....yes?

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
The installed media players are WMP9, RP Enterprise, WMP6.4 and
MediaPlayer Classic.

I uninstalled RealPlayer, but the RealPlayer selection with the wrong
location still remained in the 'open with' dialog box. I've managed
to fix it, if that's what you'd call it, by reinstalling it (Real
Player Enterprise) in the former location where the old RP8 used to
be. Fortunately the executables for both versions have the same name.

glee wrote:
Based on your sidebar on the RealPlayer issue, I would do an
uninstall of RealPlayer first, then check and set the associations
via the WMP options menu. What other media players are installed?

You may want to take this to a mediaplayer group:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...wsmedia.player


news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ws.mediaplayer

Also have a look through he
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Well if WMP9 could assert itself as the default CD player AND
disable the
others from ever playing them, even Rob Glazer himself would gaze
in admiration. But I don't think it's as sinister as that. I've got
some kind
of computer problem, because I tried everything you suggested and
it didn't
help, except to eliminate ways to solve the problem. I also went
into file
types and "pro-actively" associated CDA with a different media
player but
that had no effect either. I'm starting to think removal and
reinstallation
of the other media players may be the only way out, or if I'm lucky
reinstalling them over themselves, neither of which I'm anxious to
do (if
indeed reinstallation would actually solve it).

This probably deserves another thread but I also noticed that
realplayer in
the "open with" dialog box can't open anything because, as the
error message shows, the path to the executable is wrong (shows
the path
to the old installation). In file types however , every file type
that opens with realplayer.exe shows the correct path to it when
you click edit. I don't see
any way to delete it from the dialog box (and then re-add it) - any
way to
fix this?

By the way I have no hang-up about using WMP9 for CDs, I'm just
trying to
get things to work right.


glee wrote:
Using the "open with" trick may not produce the desired results
;-) Try using the easily accessible front end to change these
associations:
Open WMP Tools menu Options File Types tab, and uncheck the box
for "Music CD Playback", and click OK.
That by itself *should* revert the audio CD playback to whatever
player you formerly used. If it does not, open the player you
want
to use for audio CD playback, and use their menus the same way, to
associate the player with audio CD.

In WMP6.4 and probably also MediaPlayer Classic, the same basic
menus
should be available as in WMP9....just check the box to have one
of them grab that association.

RealPlayer has a similar menu, but it's exact location depends on
what version you have...and I don't support that player so I can't
give you the specific menus. All media players will have the
options
somewhere in their menus.

"Roger Fink" wrote in message
...
Ever since I installed WMP9 I've only been able to play audio
CD's using
WMP9. So using "open with" and then selecting realplayer, media
player
classic, or even mediaplayer 6.4, produces an error message,
saying essentially that the format is not supported. I won't
list all the error
messages for now, but here's the one from 6.4:

"Cannot play back this file. The format is not supported. Error =
80040265."

The format is CDA and the CD's are retail prerecorded.



 




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