wxchick
Tue Jul 01 13:37:09 PDT 2008
Thanks, Neil. That worked. A little convoluted trying to download Super (C)
so I could get at the missing Ac3Dx.ax file. But, hey, I can hear my radio
station again. Thanks!
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
> Luckily, it's fairly easy to fix. WMP11 mono audio (the format used by
> that radio station) is broken by a badly configured AC3 audio filter -
> usually used only for DVD audio playback.
>
> This page has some slightly out of date details :
>
http://www.w3exchange.com/t674-3-a-bug-in-wmp-91011.html
>
> You should be able to follow those steps if you have an older version
> of AC3Filter on your PC. Otherwise, find the AC3Filter install
> directory (eg in windows explorer using Search to find files named
> like AC3*)
>
> More recent versions of AC3Filter have an application ac3config.exe in
> the AC3Filter install directory, which avoids the mucking about at the
> command line in the link above.
>
> Either way, the fix is to disable PCM and MPEG Audio in the config
> tool provided. After that, start WMP up and see if your station plays
> (in mono) again - note that stereo streams are unaffected by this bug.
>
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
>
>
>
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:42:01 -0700, wxchick
> <wxchick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I've been listening to a local radio station via Windows Media Player 11
> >using their link mms://72.236.125.114/wrtt . Yesterday the sound stopped
> >playing. WinMedia Player still connects fine ... no error messages.
> >Everything appears to be playing, but I can't hear a darn thing!
> >
> >Yes, I've checked my earphones, making sure they're still plugged in tight,
> >etc. Rebooted. Reloaded WinMedia Player 11. Etc. Thing is, I can still
> >listen to song samples at Amazon, can still listen to CDs, can still hear
> >everything else using WinMedia Play ... except my radio station.
> >
> >What's wrong?
> >
> >I have both proxy settings set to None.
> >All the network options on the Tools > Options > Network tab are checked. (I
> >unchecked all but HTTP, but then the station wouldn't even connect, so I put
> >the settings back to they way they were.)
> >
> >Help! It's hard to get through the work day without my streaming radio!
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
>
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>