Tony Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Hi all I am running xp home sp1 with all updates etc... I also have installed Windows Media Player 9 Winamp 3 C-media player that came with my on-board sound. Since yesterday when i double click a mp3 file wmp9 opens but then shuts down immediately (we are talking 1/2 a second). If i open wmp9 it stays open then i goto file/open and select a song, then wmp9 shuts down immediately, the same happens if i drag a song into wmp9. Now if i open Audio Graber and select to play a song from there, it opens wmp9 and plays it fine. Wmp9 plays video files as normal so all is ok there. Exactly the same thing happens if i try to use the C-Media player that came with my on-board sound. Winamp 3 is the only player i have that is acting normally. I have checked the file associations and MP3 is set to open with wmp9. Now maybe i dream-ed this, but was there an update for wmp9 in the last week or so? cos i seem to remember having to tell wmp9 not to connect to the internet for every thing, the same options i ticked when i first installed it. Does anybody have anyideas?? All the best Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 A bit more infoI have just tested a .wav file and wmp9 plays them as normal, so it is looking like it is having trouble playing MP3 files :( Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 dont know if this fix for wmp9 amd mp3 files is any good for you http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;814129 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Cheers ellasI downloaded that little fix, but it did not fix it.So i downloaded wmp9 again in full, installed it over the top, but sadly the problem is staying put. :( Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Have you tried sys restore to 2-3 days ago, possibly winamp holdin on to file associations ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 just out of interest see if you can play the mp3 at the wmp test page,its mainly for wmp7.1 but it may tell you if its a wmp9 fault http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...est/wmptest.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Hi ellasOk went to the test site, but had the same results.So i had a look at the system restore points, and there was one on the 12 March Titled "Windows Media Player Install" so it does look like i was not dreaming about the wmp9 update.Just to be on the safe side i restored to the 11th March, and now all is fine :-) my mp3 files now have the winamp icon (which i can not say if they did before hand or not (can't remember))But it is all working fine now, so i would say that the wmp9 update on the 12th messed things up a bit.Thanks for your helpAll the bestTony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 one of m/softs best moments s/restore,funny I never had a wmp9 update and I have just checked and it says mine is up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 Yer i just went back to windows update and there is nothing to do with wmp9 there, just the compatibility one that i got today, so i got that one again.Cheers Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 looks like I have got that update,just using supercleaner and the wmp.exe is in a temp file dated the 12th :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted March 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 I just checked for updates from with in wmp9 and it says that it is fully upto date.This is a strange one.Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 here it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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