can't play .wav file

[Moray Nicol]

Hi,

I'm having a really irritating problem with a program for learning another
language. There are sound (.wav) files in the package that I just can't hear
;

" Error in MCI command 'open "D:\data\audio\o000\o000042.wav" alias
mcic12018 type WaveAudio wait'

No wave device is installed that can play files in the current format.


Of course there is a device that plays wave files, it's my creative sound
card and plays wave files (such as the windows sound scheme) without a
problem.

If I browse to the folder in the CD containing the wave files then I can
play them, but every time I use the program and click on "listen" I get the
error above.

I updated all the drivers for my soundcard, I checked the default player for
wave files ( Windows Media Player) and now I am stuck...

Thanks in advance

 

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/Moray Nicol/ said:

I'm having a really irritating problem with a program for learning another
language. There are sound (.wav) files in the package that I just can't hear
;

" Error in MCI command 'open "D:\data\audio\o000\o000042.wav" alias
mcic12018 type WaveAudio wait'

No wave device is installed that can play files in the current format.

Of course there is a device that plays wave files, it's my creative sound
card and plays wave files (such as the windows sound scheme) without a
problem.

If I browse to the folder in the CD containing the wave files then I can
play them, but every time I use the program and click on "listen" I get the
error above.

I updated all the drivers for my soundcard, I checked the default player for
wave files ( Windows Media Player) and now I am stuck...

Have you queried the folks who created the course? Ask them why sounds
can be summoned from their CD, but won't play when linked via the program.

 

[Moray Nicol]

Yes I harrassed them for a while - all they could suggest was that I
upgraded the drivers for my sound card.. Did that - no effect...

Trouble is I'm not convinced that it's definitely a prob with the software,
because it is working on other PCs with the same OS. I got a different CD
from a classmate and while it was working in her PC, I got the same error
message on mine..

I am using XP PRO with SP1 installed. I've got all the usual codecs ( is it
possible there can be a conflict between codecs or media players ?)

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thanks for your interest