MP9 "recently patched," now won't play audio files

[Marc Apfelstadt]

I am running on NT 2000 Professional, a "lowly Pentium III
700" with 512 mb RAM and plenty of HD space.

Audio card is a LynxONE (www.lynxstudio.com), drivers are
current.

Updated to MP9 when it came out... recently (like 2 days
ago) updated to the latest Microsoft "patch" to plug a bug.

All worked well for a day or so. For no reason
(detectable), MP9 now 'appears' to play (flashing
animations!), no audio comes out, regardless of file
format/type [mp3, wma, etc.].

The sound card works properly for all other apps (ACID,
MIDI sequencing, DAW multitrack, etc.).

Is an uninstall/reinstall in order of either MP9 or my
sound card drivers? (there IS DirectX support in the
drivers, but I think the standard Windows Media protocol
was in use for MP8. That doesn't appear to be an option
for MP9).

Thoughts?

m

 

[Marc Apfelstadt]

Well, OK...

displaying the appropriate animation for the
visualization, which indicates that the file is being
played "in the mind of the application..."

but no audio comes forth. All the other Audio apps I use
are still functioning properly.

m.

-----Original Message-----

Flashing?
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#vdriver
should fix that... for the audio,
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#dsound
might be the good starting point.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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I am running on NT 2000 Professional, a "lowly Pentium III
700" with 512 mb RAM and plenty of HD space.

Audio card is a LynxONE (www.lynxstudio.com), drivers are
current.

Updated to MP9 when it came out... recently (like 2 days
ago) updated to the latest Microsoft "patch" to plug a bug.

All worked well for a day or so. For no reason
(detectable), MP9 now 'appears' to play (flashing
animations!), no audio comes out, regardless of file
format/type [mp3, wma, etc.].

The sound card works properly for all other apps (ACID,
MIDI sequencing, DAW multitrack, etc.).

Is an uninstall/reinstall in order of either MP9 or my
sound card drivers? (there IS DirectX support in the
drivers, but I think the standard Windows Media protocol
was in use for MP8. That doesn't appear to be an option
for MP9).

Thoughts?

m

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[zachd [ms]]

Yeah, that link explicitly addresses the "but other apps work" fallacy.
Different apps work differently.

-Zach
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the newsgroups*.
--

Well, OK...

displaying the appropriate animation for the
visualization, which indicates that the file is being
played "in the mind of the application..."

but no audio comes forth. All the other Audio apps I use
are still functioning properly.

m.

-----Original Message-----

Flashing?
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#vdriver
should fix that... for the audio,
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#dsound
might be the good starting point.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the newsgroups*.
--

I am running on NT 2000 Professional, a "lowly Pentium III
700" with 512 mb RAM and plenty of HD space.

Audio card is a LynxONE (www.lynxstudio.com), drivers are
current.

Updated to MP9 when it came out... recently (like 2 days
ago) updated to the latest Microsoft "patch" to plug a bug.

All worked well for a day or so. For no reason
(detectable), MP9 now 'appears' to play (flashing
animations!), no audio comes out, regardless of file
format/type [mp3, wma, etc.].

The sound card works properly for all other apps (ACID,
MIDI sequencing, DAW multitrack, etc.).

Is an uninstall/reinstall in order of either MP9 or my
sound card drivers? (there IS DirectX support in the
drivers, but I think the standard Windows Media protocol
was in use for MP8. That doesn't appear to be an option
for MP9).

Thoughts?

m

.

 

[marc apfelstadt]

So what would you suggest... uninstall/reinstall WMP9?

m

-----Original Message-----

Yeah, that link explicitly addresses the "but other apps work" fallacy.
Different apps work differently.

-Zach
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the newsgroups*.
--

Well, OK...

displaying the appropriate animation for the
visualization, which indicates that the file is being
played "in the mind of the application..."

but no audio comes forth. All the other Audio apps I use
are still functioning properly.

m.

-----Original Message-----

Flashing?
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#vdriver
should fix that... for the audio,
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#dsound
might be the good starting point.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,

and
confers no rights.

All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the newsgroups*.

Pentium
III

700" with 512 mb RAM and plenty of HD space.

Audio card is a LynxONE (www.lynxstudio.com), drivers are
current.

Updated to MP9 when it came out... recently (like 2 days
ago) updated to the latest Microsoft "patch" to plug

a
bug.

All worked well for a day or so. For no reason
(detectable), MP9 now 'appears' to play (flashing
animations!), no audio comes out, regardless of file
format/type [mp3, wma, etc.].

The sound card works properly for all other apps (ACID,
MIDI sequencing, DAW multitrack, etc.).

Is an uninstall/reinstall in order of either MP9 or my
sound card drivers? (there IS DirectX support in the
drivers, but I think the standard Windows Media protocol
was in use for MP8. That doesn't appear to be an option
for MP9).

Thoughts?

m


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