Odd autoplay problem

[jtpryan]

If I put a CD in my drive with no applications running, the cursor
brings up the little CD icon, the light goes on, then nothing. If I
then click on Autoplay, the dialoge box comes up. I select an option
and check off to do it everytime. The action, for example play in
WinAmp, occurs.

I then take out the CD, close WinAmp, right back to square one, look
at AutoPlay and nothing stuck. However, if the application, say
WinAmp, is running then the disk plays. Autoplay is enabled for the
drive, and in group policies.

If I launch Media Player and configure it to rip the CD upon
insertion, that works as well IF it is already open, but it won't
launch it first.

The end goal here is I want to put a CD in this system, have MP rip it
and play it, then eject it, even if MP isn't running already. If the
content is already in my library, just play it. This is a server
(WinXP Pro) I use for media that is connected to my LCD TV and I don't
want to have to power up the TV to play a CD.

-Jim

 

[ju.c]

Try these. Autoplay Repair is what you want, I think. You can make
custom entries too! AutoFix is for when Autoplay doesn't work.
Good luck. Please let us know how it goes.

Autoplay Repair:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

Microsoft's AutoFix: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/AutoplayRepair.html

ju.c

 

[ju.c]

The descriptions and links are opposite, oops.

Should be:

Autoplay Repair: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/AutoplayRepair.html

Microsoft's AutoFix:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en

ju.c

 

[jtpryan]

The descriptions and links are opposite, oops.

Should be:

Autoplay Repair:http://www.snapfiles.com/get/AutoplayRepair.html

Microsoft's AutoFix:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C680A7B6-E8F...

ju.c

Thank you. Before I had a chance to read this I reinstalled Media
Player and now it is working again. However, it doesn't play while
ripping. I'm not sure that it ever did that, but that would be the
best of all worlds. This way, somebody comes over the house with a CD
to listen to and I can pop it in and while we listen to it, it's
ripping as well, assuming I don't already have it in my library.

-Jim

 

[ju.c]

Try this:

Using "Autoplay Repair" http://www.snapfiles.com/get/AutoplayRepair.html create a new entry
with a name like "CD Rip and Play" (or something). Add this as the path:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /device:AudioCD /Task CDAudio

I won't be testing this so you will have to. You can read this page too:

Command Line Parameters for Wmplayer:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb262178(VS.85).aspx

I hope this is what you are looking for, good luck!

ju.c

 

[ju.c]

I remember a program that might work too, check it out:

http://www.autohotkey.com/

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