WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing?

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    - Saving music, videos & pictures My son's laptop, running XP Home and approximately eighteen months old, is so full of crap I've decided to reformat and do a clean install of his OS. He has, in his WMP 11 library, close to 30GB of music, videos and pictures he wants to save. I assume all of these are located elsewhere in folders on the laptop. It's my understanding that the WMP library basically contains only links to the files in these folders as opposed to storing these files within WMP itself. What is the best way to save these files? I was thinking that I would simply copy or move them from their current file/folder locations to one of my Desktop external drives and then return them to his laptop once the clean install was finished. My intention is to eliminate the recovery sector on his hard drive and create a single partition. He has an actual installation disk for the XP operating system so he doesn't need the recovery sector. Does anyone have any suggestions, or any criticisms regarding my approach? If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. I'm open to any and all advice and I appreciate any assistance that is given. C.B. -- It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged and unfortunate among us. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262452
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    - Read my music from ... Hi everyone "I've told" WMP 11 to read my music from D:\My music. Kinda simple, right? 1. Now, i have same songs repeated in 3 or 4 timessame folder music 2. I also have folders than i didn't created 3. And i have the same song from another drive than i "told" it to read. Have i done something wrong? Can't imagine. Please help me. Tks in advance Pedro Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262450
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    - WMP disarranje my music library I've ripped all my cd's. After i've installed latest WMP 11, i must have done something somewhere that all my folders are completly disarranjed. Example : House music. I've put all that kind of music in a folder named House. Well, some are there but most of them are in My Music Folder. I'm tired of arranging it. Can i do anything? Tks in advance Pedro Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262449
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    - trying to connect windows media player to xbox360 I have installed windows media player 11 on my pc. During xbox 360 setup I get to a page that gives me and 8 digit number code for security that I need to input during the setup on the pc. I don't know where to input this code as there is no area that says setup. It says go to xbox.com/pcsetup and input there with windows media player. I'm completely baffled by this....Please help Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262447
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    - No video in repeat If I play a video (mpg, avi, wmv) and repeat is on the video will only play for a few seconds then the video stops but file continues to play with audio. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262445
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    - Can't find the specified file help! we have an ftp server with audio files (windows 2k workstation, sp4, with IIS/ftp services running). When you click on the audio file, and open with Windows Media Player (Version 9, windows xp, sp2)you get message: "Windows Media Player cannot find the specified file. Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the file does no exist at the specified location, or the computer where the file is stored is offline" This only happens on PC's with IE 7 -- Firefox works fine, IE6 works fine. any clues would be greatly appreciated thanks, Bill Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262444
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    - AlbumArt_? I am seeing system files such as AlmartArt_{...}.jpg and AlbumArtSmall.jpg in my My Music Folder. Are these files created by Windows Media Player? This is becoming quite a nuisance since i am trying to keep my folder synced clean across multiple computers. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262436
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    - Variable bitrate MP3 files Is there any downside to variable bitrate encoding of MP3 files (other than the extra CPU to record/play them)? I recently came across a huge MP3 file containing 10 minutes of silence, and it seemed likely that variable bitrate could shrink this file with no loss of audio quality. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262422
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    - Library dissapeared and now I cannot add to library or share media Ive encountered some strange issues with WMP11 (on XP) over the past 2 weeks and Im hoping there's someone out there that can help. The problem started with my playlists disappearing from my library. When I noticed this I tried recreating them, but they would not save. A week or so later I noticed that all my music files were no longer in my library. While all this was happening my xbox could continue to see all the various media that was no longer "in" WMP. A few days ago I noticed that no new media was accessible from my Xbox and decided to try and troubleshoot the issue. I started by dropping and then re-adding my media folders to the monitored folders list. However, after hitting OK and then reopening the Add to Library dialog the montiored list was completely empty. I cannot get anything to "stick" in the list. Ive tried various fixes including deleting the WMP DB from %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player as suggested by KB 925718. I've also reinstalled WMP 11 multiple times. I even removed the Zune UI from my computer thinking they may competing for the same files even though they had been coexisting happily for months. At this point I can play music/movies by using File/open but for everything else (library media sharing etc) the WMP is useless. Im uncertain where to go from here. Thanks in Advance for your help. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262418
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    - Media Player 11 & WMA Files Help....... Is there anyone who can tell me what i'm doing wrong? I need to download some files from a digital recorder, then burn them to disc. Firstly it said it didn't know the length, sorted that, then an error occurred COOD117D, saying it didn't recognise a WAV file!!! Any ideas? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262412
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    - Close Captioning/Subtitles Do you require some add in or something to enable close captioning with Media Player 11? I can't seem to get it to display them. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262399
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    - Audio / CPU problems I have had trouble playing audio on my computer, specifically mp3. When i try to play audio (wmplayer, vlc, winamp, so far) the player ramps up to 50+% of my CPU usage and trying to use any other applications makes the audio skip (it actually seems to get worse the longer i run it to the point that it seems to make itself skip). I had thought at first that it was the player but after trying 3 very different players i think it is the system itself. I am not quite sure where to start here so any suggestions would really be appreciated. Cheers -Gaiko Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262396
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    - Microsoft falling, further and further behind Microsoft still insist on providing a maximum artwork resolution of 200x200 (and having the gaul to call it 'hi-resolution'). Worse, with WMP11 they apparently will downgrade any higher resolution artwork you manually add. For some considerably time Apple via the iTunes Store have been providing 600x600 artwork which is _nine_ times the resolution. Well now Microsoft are looking even more pathetic since Apple now offer 1425x1425 resolution artwork which equates to more than _fifty_ times the so called hi-resolution artwork offered by Microsoft. Note: iTunes 600x600 resolution was already the best of all the stores (Walmart and Amazon use 500x500). Now while this is perhaps an absurdly high resolution for its main uses (on an iPod screen or a computer display, or even a Full-HD 1080p TV), it is equally the case that Microsoft's offering of a paltry 200x200 pixels is barely adequate for even a Zune let alone using in Microsoft Media Center on a HDTV. Considering Microsoft have spent so much effort tarting up their graphics for Vista, disfiguring it with such mediocre artwork is a bizarre (but perhaps typical Microsoft) decision. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262395
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    - Is Windows Media Player 11.0 programmable? Does Windows Media Player 11.0 have an object model? Where can I find it? Is Windows Media Player 11.0 programmable? Thanks! Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262392
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    - Strange Connection Problem with new Denon 4308ci Hi Everyone, I have searched a variety of threads, but cannot find any quite like this problem I am having. I will try to make this as less confusing as possible... First...my equipment... PC1...(name is HTPC)....Vista 64...WMP11 version 11.0.6001.3869 (I think...doing this from memory, since I am at work right now) ....Wired ethernet to linksys wrt54g wireless router. PC2...(name is MediaPC)...Vista 64...WMP version 11.0.6001.7000 (just installed Vista SP1 to try to resolve this issue). Wireless connection to my router. Denon AVR 4308ci. wired to Linksys router...2 weeks old, firmware was just updated. The goal here is to have streaming audio from PC2...MediaPC.. since it is left on all the time. Second...the problem... Through the wired connection the Denon can see PC1 ...(HTPC) and plays music fine. PC2...MediaPC.. can see the Denon....log into its Web Page and configure with no problems...So the connection is good. But the Denon does not see PC2...Only PC1. As a test, I disconnected the wired cable from PC1 and used a wireless USB NIC. (Same as what I use on PC2) The Denon Still sees PC1 (MediaPC) But now it says "not authorized" ( I am thinking it sees a different MAC address somewhere...but not sure why this would make a difference) I put back the wired and disconnect the wireless...all is good again. More information.... PC2 can see PC1 in WMP11. But PC1 Does not see PC2 (same as the Denon does not) This makes me believe it is not a problem with the Denon, since PC1 cannot see PC2 either. I have been through every setting on both PC's to make sure sharing, network, etc. are the same. I have checked all firewall, and router (wireless settings). Without patting myself on the back too much...let me say...I just got my Microsoft MCSE 2008 upgrade from Windows server 2003 last week. And I am Cisco CCNA certified...So believe me when I say I have checked anything that I can think of. The only thing I have not done is directly wire PC2 to the router to bypass the wireless and see if that makes a difference. It is a hassle to move the PC2, but necessary at this point. I will do that tomorrow. So in summary...PC1 works fine when hard wired..when wireless is connected to PC1...Denon sees it but says "not authorized" The Denon does not see PC2 at all. So maybe this error message may give someone a clue on where WMP11 is looking? And Maybe by adding or authorizing a MAC address it will allow connection? As I said, I am technically qualified to understand any feedback, but just don't really know where to look. Thanks Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262391
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    - Looking For A Strategy I have about 10,000 .wav files on an external drive and an Access2002 database that has all these .wav files recorded. Can I get these .wav files into WMP 11? a) Do the .wav files first need to be in a bunch of playlists? If so, how do I get the .wav files into categorized playlists? b) How do I gey the .wav files or the playlists into the albums list? I am looking for a strategy here. Thanks! Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262389
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    - DRM? Hi I am running vista home premium and Mediaplayer 11 Having downloaded a music file (.wma) from Tesco.com downloads Mediaplayer refuses to play it. Tesco website help section refers me to a Microsoft article that tells me to re-name the DRM folder to DRMold before visiting their site at http//drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/Indivsite/en/indivit.asp. The problem is that there is no "drm" folder on my system for me to re-name! Any ideas? all help much appreciated Double R Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262384
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    - WMP, custom file extensions & seeking I really like WMP11 as my media player/server but unfortunately it's missing support for the fast becoming cross platform industry standard H.264/MP4 and could not stream my videos to my Xbox 360. Thankfully looking over MSDN I found that it was possible to introduce custom file formats into WMP and I was successful in creating a registry patch which can stream H.264/MP4/M4V & AAC/M4A to my Xbox 360 from WMP11. http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2518DD508BB713E8!156.entry With that out of the way although the primary purpose has been fulfilled I would like to improve on it if possible but here is where I have hit a brick wall. There are two outstanding minor issues that I would love to fix and better tie MPEG4 support into WMP if it is actually possible; 1) The length of audio/video for custom formats is not displayed in the library or during the now playing when you play something from the library. 2) Seeking is not supported (is that the right term?) where you can jump to any point in the video, fast forward/rewind etc when you play something from the library. But.. seeking will work if you open the MP4/M4V/M4A in WMP through explorer or through the File-Open menu in WMP or if the videos end up in the "Other Media" category in the library. The time length of the media file also sort of displays semi properly when you do this too though only for a brief moment if you jump to various points in the file it will display the time length. Why it partially works in one way and not through the other I have not been able to figure out at all & looking over MSDN and the registry I cannot locate anything that points me in the right direction. Ideally I would like to at least enable seeking for MP4/M4A/M4V if playing them through Windows Media Players own media library. (I have also looked pretty much at every WMP MPEG4 add-in pack and splitter, registry tweak that's out there and none have been able to overcome this.) Is it even possible for custom formats to be fully integrated into WMP's own library ? Thanks for any pointers or enlightenment anyone can share. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262383
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    - Any way to tell WMP11 to write ID3v2 only, not ID3v1? Ok, this may seem like an odd request, but is there any way to tell WMP11 to write ID3v2 tags only, not ID3v1, when tagging MP3 files? Long story short, my mp3 player (TrekStor vibez) can play back LAME encoded MP3 files gaplessly with absolute perfection, but only if they don't contain any ID3v1 tags. I've been using Media Monkey to clean out the ID3v1 tags where necessary, but if I want to re-edit any tag data using WMP11, WMP adds back in ID3v1 data. Thx. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262381
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    - xbox sharing - can see files, but not play them Win XP Pro SP2 Windows Media Player 11 xBox 360 (Dashboard version 2.0.6683.0) I've just downloaded and installed WMP 11. I go into Library -> Media Sharing. My xBox is listed. I select it, click "Allow" (default settings). On my xBox, I can now go into Media and select "HOME:Laptop" as a media source. Folders in WMP's default locations (ie: My Documents/My Pictures) are visible, as are the extra monitor folders on my external hard drive that I added to the Library. I can go into these and view file lists. I can list Albums and Genres of music: I can SEE all the stuff in my Library. However, I cannot view or play any files. It just hangs for a bit, trying to load it, and then I'll get the red-circle-with-line-through, or a cross for pics. I'm running Windows Firewall and I can see that the various TCP and UDP ports required for sharing are open. My router - a Thomson Speedtouch - is pretty much default. There aren't any firewall settings that I can see would interfere (and in any case this is all INSIDE the router firewall, right?) The xBox and PC are on the same subnet. My library has over 11,000 items in it - I've seen this mentioned as a possible cause? I've searched the newsgroups and google and either I'm missing something or this isn't common - most queries seem to involve the xBox not being able to see the PC at all. Can anyone suggest anything? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262374
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    - WMP 11 brings up wrong CD data Been ripping CD's with WMP11 (Vista Ultimate PC) .. all working OK. However put in one CD (genuine not a home copy) and it brings up art work & track list for a totally different CD. Although if I click play it does play correct track. I have tried CD on an XP PC and the same issue. Initially I thought that there must be wrong data on CD ... however I then loaded iTUNES .. and brought up correct art work & track list ??? So somehow WMP 11 is getting wrong 'data' for this CD ? Not a big issue for i CD ... but would like to understand how/where WMP 111 actually gets it's art work & track list from, and can I correct it ... do I need to tell WMP to 're-learn' or something ? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262363
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    - windows media player 11 install help needed Hi I get C00D2AFB error code when attempting to install WMP 11. I have included all my logs concerning WMP, please help Logs WMFDist11.log 33.391: DoInstallation: Installing assemblies with source root path: c:\cc9e2cbc60d9d7551533fa5772\ 33.391: Num Ticks for Copying files : 8204 34.078: DoRegistryUpdates:UpdSpInstallFromInfSection Failed for ProductInstall.GlobalRegistryChanges.Install error: 0x5 34.078: INF_REGISTRY Failed 34.078: DoInstallation:DoRegistryUpdates failed 34.094: Access is denied. 34.094: WMFDist11 installation did not complete. Select 'OK' to undo the changes that have been made. 34.094: Starting process: C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallWMFDist11$\spuninst\spuninst.exe /~ -q -z 56.375: Software Update Rollback has completed successfully. The original error message was: 0x1 WMFDist11Uninst.log 22.109: WinMain: DoPostUninstallWrapper failed: 0x578 22.109: RebootNecessary = 0, DontReboot = 1 wmp11.log 33.609: DoInstallation: Installing assemblies with source root path: c:\a5bfb2665c5c5bb1f22a33e3d2d8\ 33.609: Num Ticks for Copying files : 7359 34.906: DoRegistryUpdates:UpdSpInstallFromInfSection Failed for ProductInstall.GlobalRegistryChanges.Install error: 0x5 34.906: INF_REGISTRY Failed 34.906: DoInstallation:DoRegistryUpdates failed 34.921: Access is denied. 34.921: wmp11 installation did not complete. Select 'OK' to undo the changes that have been made. 34.921: Starting process: C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallwmp11$\spuninst\spuninst.exe /~ -q -z 51.406: Software Update Rollback has completed successfully. The original error message was: 0x1 wmp11Unist.log 16.093: WinMain: DoPostUninstallWrapper failed: 0x578 16.093: RebootNecessary = 0, DontReboot = 1 wmsetup.log [*WMC Logging begun. Logging at level: '5'. OS is NT. OSVer is 5.1.2600.0. Setup version 9.00.00.4503.] Registering DLL: 'C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~2\wmpband.dll'. Dll Registration: Succeeded for file 'C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~2\wmpband.dll'. Current command line: '/ShowWMP /SetShowState'. [*WMC Logging begun. Logging at level: '5'. OS is NT. OSVer is 5.1.2600.0. Setup version 9.00.00.4503.] ERROR: WMC_CopyFile: Could not find source file 'C:\PROGRA~1\WINDOW~2\WMPNS.jar'. Error: '0x80070002'. WMC_CopyFile: File 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmpns.dll' is newer than the version to be installed. No copy will occur. Current command line: '/EnsureFileVersions'. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262356
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    - WMA Lossless to MP3 conversion Not strictly a WMP question, but where better to find people who know? I've ended with a lossless WMA file (because my CD was almost unreadable, and EAC extracted the track successfully). I'll keep the file for posterity, but I'd like also to convert it to 192kbps MP3 for my WMP11 library. I can't see a way of doing this in EAC, nor in CDEX, nor in WMP. Have I missed something, or do I need a different program? -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262351
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    - removing dead song links from WMP 11 OK, I've Googled for a while now, and the best solution I've found for removing dead song links from the WMP library is to delete the library entries, and then rescan monitored folders ... basically building the library from scratch. And that's actually a poor solution. Is there really no better way of doing this? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262345
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    - burning disks I have been unale to burn music to a disk(anytype) get a message that I should put a blank disk in the drive am going crazy trying toget it to go what can I do to make it happen??? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262336
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    - E-mails Hi For some reason when I receive an e-mail with a .wmv attachment the attachment is not there, only a load of text, I am using XP Pro and media player 11, it used to be ok, I can play tv shows I have downloaded but no e-mails. I rolled back to original version in add/remove, then re booted and re installed media player 11 from windows update but still same problem Regards Dave Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262334
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    - WMP 11 playlist format I accidentally posted this question in the MAC forum and was hooted off the block. Here is where I should have put it, maybe. I recently bought a CD label maker that included a software package. It only allows importing WMP playlists in .asx, .wax, and .wvx formats. Windows Media Player 11 saves playlists in .wpl format. I assume previous versions of WMP used those old formats for playlists Can I just change the extension to .wax, or is there a conversion routine floating around to change .wpl to .wax? Thanks. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262329
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    - Vista + uiMode="none" fullscreen issue Dear all, I am running into an issue with Vista I haven't with XP. I have an application that embed a WMP activex. When playing a video, the standard behavior (that works well on XP), is to be able to dblclick on video to enable fullscreen mode. However, on Vista, i am experiencing some trouble. Here is the pattern to reproduce the bug: * Start the video * Right click to make appear the contextual menu * Then try to double click on the video => the player stay in normal mode I am only able to reproduce this issue when: * UiMode is set to "none" (i have my own controls) * Autostart is set to false By setting the uiMode to "full" i don't have the bug. To avoid the problem, here is what i tried without results: * Use dblclick event to manually set fullscreen * Override Wndproc to catch double click * Set WindowsLessVideo to true A funny thing is by overriding wndproc or with registering to the wmp doubleclick event, I dont receive any notification over the video, but I receive it over the "black borders" on the top&bottom off the video. So expert, i have a couple of questions for you ;-) * Is the surface renderer different in uiMode=full and uiMode=none? * Can we pragmatically change the video renderer of WMP? * What exactly is the OcxState property? * Could anyone test my bug pattern and confirm that this is reproductable (or not)? * Do you have any idea how to avoid this bug? (PS: I already tried to upgrade my driver to be sure that wasn't a driver issue) Thanks a lot in advance, Az. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262326
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    - Scrolling to the end of a long list of albums Would whoever is in charge of the people who work on Media Player please instigate a rule that all developers *must* have at least 1,000 albums in their library and that they can only ever play/test the *last* dozen or so? That should get the problem fixed in a hurry. If you need some rubbish to fill up the first 988 albums, I'll send you my collection. :-) -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262323
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    - WMP 11 Won't Install I've read the forums but am not getting my issue resolved so hopefully someone can help me. I attempt to install WMP 11 and I get the error C00D2AFB cannot complete Window Media Player 11 setup. wmpsetup.log contains the following errors: ERROR: Package 'WMP11Setup'. Result: 0x80070005. ERROR: Package 'MSDelta'. Result: 0xc00d2afb. ERROR: Package 'Appcompat Shim'. Result: 0xc00d2afb ERROR: Package 'WMFDist11Setup'. Result: 0xc00d2afb. ERROR: Package 'WMP11Setup'. Result: 0xc00d2afb. Ok so I then I look at uspdspapi.log and have the following errors: #E065 Parsing AddReg section [Fraunhofer.Reg] in "h:\df5655234792ef0c2a3c675d891af210\update\update.inf" failed. Error 5: Access is denied. #E064 Parsing install section [ProductInstall.GlobalRegistryChanges.Install] in "h:\df5655234792ef0c2a3c675d891af210\update\update.inf" failed. Error 5: Access is denied. #E008 Setting registry value HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Settings\MP3Encoding\LowRate Any suggestions on how to correct this? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262319
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    - WMP Hangs when opened Hi All, I cannot watch any videos with WMP 11. As soon as I open it, I cannot click on any buttons. When I do, it stops responding. The video will play, but that is all. Chad Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262317
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    - Problem opening URL with a + sign I store wmv video on Amazon S3, and the URLs require signature. Sometimes the signature has a special sign in it, and WMP 11 fails to open URL. Any hint? Here is an example (sorry, 6 hour expiration): Works: http://s3.amazonaws.com/russart/v1739-1.wmv?AWSAccessKeyId=0SQBYEA2QXHRCVHTNYG2&Expires=1204160684&Signature=Q2f4TnpJJ1vK7ku0USvBp1ciWoo%3D Does not work: http://s3.amazonaws.com/russart/v1739-2.wmv?AWSAccessKeyId=0SQBYEA2QXHRCVHTNYG2&Expires=1204160684&Signature=HIKrb%2B42ZUqHf4bAYFkKj2Xxu1g%3D (decoded signature: HIKrb+42ZUqHf4bAYFkKj2Xxu1g=) Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262315
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    - Unable to play audio on multimedia CD Hi All Apologies if this question has been asked before. I recently purchased a music CD. I took it home to load it onto my mp3 player (which I believe I'm perfectly entitled to do ?) only to find it's a multimedia CD and won't play the audio on the PC. On insertion the disc autoruns loads a splash screen with a single button which when clicked links to a website. If I stall the autorun with the shift key and explore the disc no audio files are visible. The CD plays OK on a normal audio player. I'm running XP2 SP2 fully updated, WMP11 fuuly updated and set to download codecs automatically. I appreciate this is possibly not a WMP issue but some sort of copy protection, which p****s me off as if I'd known I couldn't load it onto my MP3 player I'd have downloaded it directly. Thx in advance Ian Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262312
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    - Movie playing but no sound I'm a novice! I've DL'd a movie and when using WMP10 it has no sound. I have checked all the codecs using GSpot and according to that they are fine. I did a render test thing and I could hear the sound of the movie in GSpot - but not in Media Player. Can anyone help me out here? I would be eternally grateful! Anna Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262311
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    - Windows media player won't start When I try to start it, it tells me to log off, log back on, and it will work. Doesn't. I'm running XP sp2, I don't know what version of MP it is. Right clicking on the short cut and looking at the properties doesn't tell me what version it is. Bill Smith Patience, N. A form of despair, disguised as a virtue. Ambrose Bierce Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262309
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    - Sharing more than one Library in WMP11 Hi, I would be grateful for any help on this matter, I am truly at my wits end. I have a Vista PC with which I want to enable sharing with my xbox 360. On my vista PC, I have two user accounts. One for myself and one for my girlfriend. Despite both media libraries having sharing enabled, only my girlfriend's media library is visible on the xbox. Does anybody know why this is? I recently reinstalled vista and previous to this, only MY media library was shared with the xbox...it seems that the first library to be shared after the vista reinstall is the one that makes it through to the xbox... Perhaps it is a permissions thing? I previously used WMP11 on an XP Pro machine to share media to my Xbox and it always gave us the choice of which library to use when browsing our media on the Xbox. i.e. when I pressed X, I was presented with the following choice of media sources: Mediaserver: Dan Mediaserver: Lekki Does Vista Home Premium only allow media sharing with one user account or something? I assume it is a problem with WMP11 on my Vista machine as if I turn my old Xp machine on, the Xbox 360 still gives me the choice of media sources. I will be grateful for any thoughts, anything could help.... Dan Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262302
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    - Disc Unable to Play I just installed Windows Media Player 11 on my Windows XP Professional. I am unable to open any disc. When I go to select a drive is reads "no disc in drive" and does not allow me to do anything. I've tried everything, even purchased the Intervideo DVD XPack thinking that would help play DVD's. Please...help....I am very computer ignorant and need simple instructions...thank you.... -- Father Michael Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262294
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    - Displaying Information in the Main Now Playing Window Hi, How do I display information about what is playing in Internet Radio in the main window? Is there some setting for this? I've see it show up but it seems elusive. For instance...I'm now listening to Radioio....often there is the name of the piece that shows up in the main window........just as often...not! MarcW Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262293
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    - Uncorrupted Cargo by Men at Work I just discovered that there is a patch of noise at offset 2:02 of track 1 of "Cargo" by "Men at work" (Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive). I have an original CBS CD, and no matter how I tried I couldn't get a clean audio file. In desperation, I downloaded a bittorrent copy of the album? and it has exactly the same noise 2:02 into track 1. Is there any way to get a clean copy of this track from somewhere? I wouldn't mind buying another copy of the CD if it had gone bad on me (that's just bad luck) but it seems that the CD was faulty from the day I bought it. I've had similar problems with Pat Metheny CD's (ECM records). ECM stonewalled me when I complained. If you have a track called "James" (it appears on at least two Metheny CD's) then listen carefully to it. It's flawed on both of my CD's, at the same place. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262289
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    - Re: Gapless playback in future version of WMP? Any more thoughts on this? How's the support info look? Thanks. Beans wrote: > Sorry about that, was trying to keep it legible: > > Windows Media Player > Version 11.0.5721.5230 > Operating System > Version: 5.1.2600 System Locale: en-us > Service Pack: 2.0 User Locale: en-us > Build Lab: 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 Geo ID: United States > Type: Workstation DRM Version: 11.0.5721.5145 > Architecture: x86 Indiv Version: 2.8.0.1 > Processors: 1 > > Media Player Binaries > Name Version Name Version Name Version > wmp.dll 11.0.5721.5230 wmpband.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpcore.dll 10.0.0.3802 > wmplayer.exe 11.0.5721.5145 mpvis.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpui.dll 10.0.0.3802 > wmploc.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpdxm.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpcd.dll 10.0.0.3802 > wmpps.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpasf.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmvcore.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > wmpeffects.dll 11.0.5721.5145 wmpshell.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > wmlaunch.exe 11.0.5721.5145 migrate.exe 10.0.0.3802 > > Other Binaries > Name Version Name Version Name Version > ksproxy.ax 5.3.2600.2180 quartz.dll 6.5.2600.3243 CRYPT32.dll 5.131.2600.2180 > MSVCR80.dll 8.0.50727.1433 MSOXMLMF.DLL 11.0.5510.0 WINTRUST.dll 5.131.2600.2180 > sirenacm.dll 8.1.178.0 DNSAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2938 WS2HELP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > iac25_32.ax 2.0.5.53 WINSTA.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WS2_32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > sl_anet.acm 3.2.0.0 WTSAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MFPlat.DLL 11.0.5721.5145 > msaud32.acm 8.0.0.4487 rasadhlp.dll 5.1.2600.2938 SAMLIB.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msg723.acm 4.4.0.3400 wshtcpip.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WLDAP32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > tsd32.dll 1.3.3.7 hnetcfg.dll 5.1.2600.2180 NTMARTA.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 > tssoft32.acm 1.1.1.5 mswsock.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SETUPAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msgsm32.acm 5.1.2600.0 MsnWmpPl.dll 4.2.2625.1 MSIMG32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msg711.acm 5.1.2600.0 urlmon.dll 7.0.6000.16608 Secur32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180 WMDMPS.dll 11.0.5721.5145 iertutil.dll 7.0.6000.16608 > imaadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180 sensapi.dll 5.1.2600.2180 Normaliz.dll 6.0.5441.0 > LCODCCMP.DLL 1.0.0.13 msv1_0.dll 5.1.2600.2180 WININET.dll 7.0.6000.16608 > drmv2clt.dll 11.0.5721.5145 rtutils.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SXS.DLL 5.1.2600.3019 > msnetobj.dll 11.0.5721.5145 TAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 jscript.dll 5.7.0.5730 > msxml3.dll 8.90.1101.0 rasman.dll 5.1.2600.2180 COMRes.dll 2001.12.4414.258 > wmadmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145 RASAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 CLBCATQ.DLL 2001.12.4414.308 > MSNLNamespaceMgr.dll 2.6.5000.5378 mlang.dll 6.0.2900.2180 gdiplus.dll 5.1.3102.2180 > shellextension.dll 1.0.614.10 APETagSupport.dll 1.2.0.0 msctfime.ime 5.1.2600.2180 > SKCHUI.DLL 1.0.1038.0 MPEG4TagSupport.dll 0.5.1.0 xpsp2res.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msi.dll 3.1.4000.4039 FLACTagSupport.dll 1.4.0.0 MSCTF.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > SPGRMR.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 VorbisTagSupport.dll 0.5.4.0 dbghelp.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > MSVCP60.dll 6.2.3104.0 comdlg32.dll 6.0.2900.2180 SHELL32.dll 6.0.2900.3241 > OLEACC.dll 4.2.5406.0 WMPTagSupportExtender.dll 1.4.0.0 WINMM.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > sptip.dll 5.1.2600.2180 mslbui.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MSVFW32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msimtf.dll 5.1.2600.2180 iphlpapi.dll 5.1.2600.2912 VERSION.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > PDM.DLL 7.0.9466.0 SSDPAPI.dll 5.1.2600.2180 OLEAUT32.dll 5.1.2600.3266 > msls31.dll 3.10.349.0 WINHTTP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 SHLWAPI.dll 6.0.2900.2995 > mshtml.dll 7.0.6000.16608 upnphost.dll 5.1.2600.3077 COMCTL32.dll 6.0.2900.2982 > appHelp.dll 5.1.2600.2180 MsPMSP.dll 11.0.5721.5145 ole32.dll 5.1.2600.2726 > PSAPI.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 netapi32.dll 5.1.2600.2976 msvcrt.dll 7.0.2600.2180 > ieframe.dll 7.0.6000.16608 WMASF.DLL 11.0.5721.5238 uxtheme.dll 6.0.2900.2180 > rsaenh.dll 5.1.2600.2161 MSWMDM.dll 11.0.5721.5145 IMM32.DLL 5.1.2600.2180 > wdigest.dll 5.1.2600.2874 USERENV.dll 5.1.2600.2180 GDI32.dll 5.1.2600.3159 > wmnetmgr.dll 11.0.5721.5145 midimap.dll 5.1.2600.2180 USER32.dll 5.1.2600.3099 > KsUser.dll 5.3.2600.2180 MSACM32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 RPCRT4.dll 5.1.2600.3173 > DSOUND.DLL 5.3.2600.2180 msacm32.drv 5.1.2600.0 ADVAPI32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > devenum.dll 6.5.2600.2180 wdmaud.drv 5.1.2600.2180 kernel32.dll 5.1.2600.3119 > l3codeca.acm 1.9.0.305 IMAGEHLP.dll 5.1.2600.2180 ntdll.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > msdmo.dll 6.5.2600.2180 MSASN1.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > > Audio Codecs > Type Name Format Binary Version > ACM Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC 0011 imaadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180 > ACM Microsoft ADPCM CODEC 0002 msadp32.acm 5.1.2600.2180 > ACM Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC 0007 msg711.acm 5.1.2600.0 > ACM Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC 0031 msgsm32.acm 5.1.2600.0 > ACM DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC 0022 tssoft32.acm 1.1.1.5 > ACM Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC 0042 msg723.acm 4.4.0.3400 > ACM Windows Media Audio 0161 msaud32.acm 8.0.0.4487 > ACM Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec 0130 sl_anet.acm 3.2.0.0 > ACM Indeo® audio software 0402 iac25_32.ax 2.0.5.53 > ACM Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced) 0055 l3codeca.acm 1.9.0.305 > ACM Messenger Audio Codec 028E sirenacm.dll 8.1.178.0 > ACM Microsoft PCM Converter 0001 > DMO WMAudio Decoder DMO 0160, 0161, 0162, 0163 wmadmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO 0162 wmadmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO WMA Voice Decoder DMO 000A, 000B wmspdmod.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > > Video Codecs > Type Name Format Binary Version > ICM Cinepak Codec by Radius cvid iccvid.dll 1.10.0.12 > ICM Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50 I420 msh263.drv 5.1.2600.2180 > ICM Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2 IV32 ir32_32.dll 3.24.15.3 > ICM Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 IV41 ir41_32.ax 4.51.16.3 > ICM Intel IYUV codec IYUV iyuv_32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > ICM Microsoft RLE MRLE msrle32.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > ICM Microsoft Video 1 MSVC msvidc32.dll 5.1.2600.0 > ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 5.3.2600.2180 > ICM Toshiba YUV Codec Y411 tsbyuv.dll 5.1.2600.0 > ICM Microsoft YUV UYVY msyuv.dll 5.3.2600.2180 > ICM Microsoft H.263 Video Codec M263 msh263.drv 5.1.2600.2180 > ICM Microsoft H.261 Video Codec M261 msh261.drv 5.1.2600.2180 > ICM Indeo® video 5.10 IV50 ir50_32.dll 5.2562.15.55 > ICM LEAD MCMP/MJPEG Codec (VFW) LEAD LCODCCMP.DLL 1.0.0.13 > DMO WMVideo Advanced Decoder DMO WMVA, WVP2 wmvadvd.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO G2M Session Decoder G2M3, G2M2 G2M.dll 3.0.0.189 > DMO Mpeg4s Decoder DMO mp4s, MP4S, m4s2, M4S2 MP4SDECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO WMV Screen decoder DMO MSS1, MSS2 WMVSDECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO WMVideo Decoder DMO WMV1, WMV2, WMV3, WMVA, WVC1, WMVR, WMVP, WVP2 WMVDECOD.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO Mpeg43 Decoder DMO mp43, MP43 MP43DECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > DMO Mpeg4 Decoder DMO MPG4, mpg4, mp42, MP42 MPG4DECD.dll 11.0.5721.5145 > > MPEG/DVD Filters > Type Name Binary Version > video InterVideo Video Decoder IVIVIDEO.ax 5.0.11.776 > video MainConcept MPEG Video Decoder mcdsmpeg.ax 1.0.0.63 > video CyberLink Video/SP Decoder CLVSD.ax 5.0.0.2023 > video ArcSoft MPEG Video Decoder mpgvideo.ax 2.4.0.19 > video Sonic MPEG Video Decoder SonicMPEGVideo.DLL 2.5.4.1041 > video PP Video Decoder ppGenericVSD.ax 6.0.0.2130 > video CyberLink MPEG Video Decoder PDmmv.ax 6.0.0.805 > audio CyberLink Audio Decoder claud.ax 5.0.0.1816 > audio MainConcept MPEG Audio Decoder mcdsmpeg.ax 1.0.0.63 > audio Arcsoft MPEG Audio Decoder mpgaudio.ax 2.4.1.5 > audio CyberLink Audio Decoder pdaud.ax 6.0.0.1028 > audio Sonic MPEG Audio Decoder SonicMPEGAudio.DLL 2.5.4.1403 > audio PP Audio Decoder claud.ax 6.0.0.2206 > > Plug-ins > Type Name Binary Version > Background HP Tunes Media Player plug-in HPITPLUG.dll 1.0.13.0 > Background M4a/Flac/Ogg/Ape/Mpc Tag Support Plugin WMPTAG~1.DLL 1.0.2.10 > Window Windows Audio Converter ACPlugIn.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > Window Windows CD Label Maker CDLMPlugin.dll 5.1.2600.2180 > Background Windows Live Messenger Music Plugin psmsong.8.1.0178.00.dll 8.1.178.0 > Background WMPTagSupportExtender Plugin WMPTagSupportExtender.dll 1.4.0.0 > > Services > Name Key Binary Version > audible.com Audible > CinemaNow CinemaNow > eMusic emusic > f.y.e. download zone FYE_production > FaroLatino Music and Video FaroLatino11_EN > Live365 Radio Network Live365 > Media Guide MediaGuide > MIXPLAY MIXPLAY_USA > Movielink MovieLink > MusicGiants HD Music Store MusicGiants > Napster Napster > PassAlong Music Store PassAlong > PayPlay.FM Music Downloads PayPlay.FM > Puretracks.com Puretracks > SongTouch SongTouch > URGE MTVN > V CAST Music VCastMusic > VidZone VidZone > Wal-Mart Music Downloads WalMart > XM Radio Online XMRadio > > Content Partner > None Found > > > zachd [MSFT] wrote: >> That site doesn't work for me. Would you mind simply including that text in your post? >> > > Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262270
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    - Unable to upgrade DRM security component on new pc running Vista When I try to upgrade my security component from http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/...en/indivit.asp, IE7 freezes near the end of the upgrade download. The only message I get is "security component could not be upgraded" My computer is a new Acer Travelmate 5720G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT running Vista Home Premium with WMP11. As some people have suggested, I have tried the following DRM Reset utility:- http://www.netflix.com/pages/previews/resetdrm.exe I have also tried removing both the ATI Catalyst Control Centre (CCC) and the ATI mobility driver that came with the sytem and restoring the system to Factory Default The result is always the same, when I try to upgrade my security component from http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/...en/indivit.asp, the upgrade button is not grayed, but IE7 freezes near the end of the upgrade download and I have to shut down the application. I understand from other newsgroups that other peaple are having the same problem. If you have a solution for this or if you are having the same problem, please let me know so that we can compare hardware configurations and see if there is a common componnent that is causing this problem. Thanks. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262269
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    - WMP 9 won't play .avi files Everytime I try to play an .avi file (movie), WMP 9 gives me the criptic error message "Windows Media Player has encountered an unknown error". So far I haven't had any luck figuring this out, the help files show nothing that I can see. Can someone give me some ideas or suggestions for this problem. Thankx, John Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262265
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    - WMP9 Freezes under Win XP?!??! I can play any video all the way through. But, if I pause the video, then click Play to continue, the frame does not change, but the audio and timeline move on. I have to stop the video, then restart form the beginning. Very annoying. Please, can anyone tell me how to fix this??? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262263
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    - WMP10 -- Sync always at 160kbps, regardless of settings For some reason, whenever I sync to my SD card devices, media player 10 always converts the WMA file to 160kbps. It used to do 192kbps, but after fiddling with the settings it seems to have gotten stuck at 160kpbs. This happens regardless of what the "Select quality level" slider under the "Quality" tab is set at. To make matters worse, I have recreated the same problem on another, separate PC. Both systems are now always converting to 160kbps, whether they are set at 32kbps, 128kbps, or 192kpbs. Has anyone run into this before? Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262262
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    - soundtrack too loud, no audible dialogue When playing DVD's in Media player v 11.0.5, I started having problems where the soundtrack is entirely too loud but the dialogue is so soft as to be almost completely inaudible. It is as if the software is muting the dialogue in each DVD. This occurs regardless of which DVD is played. It also occurs regardless of which speakers I route the sound through. Rebooting has not solved the problem. The problem does not seem to occur for streaming video, just DVD's Could this be some setting in the registry that has gotten knocked out of kilter, or is my audio codec corrupt, or what? Ideas? Patrick Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262261
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    - No sound from Media 11 Last week I had a new motherboard Intel DP35DP with SigmaTel Audio on board. I cannot get Media Player to play any sound. I can get sound from everything else including Real Player, PowerDVD, Adobe Premier 2 video editing, even the Windows MP2 player I pick up from the Windows section in Explore but nothing from Media 11 (if I uninstall to my computer's original Media 9 I still get nothing.) It is playing either from Hard Disk or CD and the visuals are jumping around but no sound at all. Everything is up to date as far as I can tell (I have tried up dating often enough and it says I am up to date!) I do not like Real Player but that is all I can get music from at the moment. Any ideas, please? -- Eagle 1942 Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262258
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    - 2nd post..WPM11/WinXP wav issue ive chased this off/on for a few days, reading here and other places. i recently had my user rights/name changed when i joined a domain, many programs had to be installed/reinstalled after that. i have no idea if that is connected w/ my problem. i get voicemail delivered to outlook from my home phone if someone leaves a message. i pretty much get something everyday. last week the .wav files quit playing. and i would get an error c00d11b1, if i uncheck the auto-download-codec, then i get the c00d109b telling me i have a bad codec, but i dont know which it is, how to tell? i tried re-install of wmp11, no luck. tried to remove it, to go back a version but never could get that it to remove. per the windows help, i checked the hardware & drivers and winxp said everything was fine today following another thread at free-codecs.com i reinstalled the IMA ADPCM and MS ADPCM codecs. no luck. i looked in my soundmax card folder and found a test.wav file that played fine. i looked in another folder and found a song.wav file that played fine. but the voicemail ones (even older versions for previous emails) wont play. something seems to be corrupted but i cant figure out what. i saw someone mention that their winamp worked but their wmp didnt. so i downloaded winamp 5.2 just now and it plays the .wav file fine. where do i go from here to fix wmp11, other than just use winamp? thanks. jim. Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262254
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    - Compresses, but lossless format Does WMP12 out of the box support any music format which is both compressed and lossless? I'm not short on disk space, but it seems pointless not compressing the data. I realise that I could use Windows own compression on a simple lossless format, but a compression algorithm tailored for use with audio would likely be better, and probably consume less CPU. -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262250
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    - Do You Use Auto Playlists ??? I had a debate with a buddy of mine on the usefulness of the Auto Playlist feature. I LOVE this feature because I can control my listening experience. For example, I have an auto playlist for music with a release year of 2008, my ratings is 4 or more stars, and the track hasn't been played in the last week. This way, I shuffle what I listen to and the same track doesn't get played too many times. My buddy thinks the auto playlist feature is hard to use and requires too much time to set up the data used with auto playlists (e.g., the Rating value). He creates a bunch of manual playlists and drags the songs he wants to each list. He said he has a list of music for when he studies, a playlist for walking on campus, a playlist for when he works out at the gym, etc. So, I am curious what other people think. Send me an email (kemofish@excite.com) with your opinion and I'll publish a summary in a couple of weeks. Thanks - Kemo ---------------------- I use auto playlists in windows media player : [YES NO] I find auto playlists easy to set up and use : [YES NO] I tag my media tracks with the Advanced Tag Editor (e.g., you set the Rating, Mood, Beats per Minute fields : [YES NO] The fields I tag are: <list your tags> Examples of my auto playlists are: <explain how you use auto playlists> Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262249
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    - Shortcut to Artist display I'm looking at an album (by Kate Rusby, as it happens) and I'd like to go to the display that shows me other albums that I have by the same artist. I expected to be able to right-click on the artist name and use "Find in Library" as this technique works for album tracts (and a consistent interface is one of the prime concerns of a good GUI designer). It wasn't there. I can click "Artists" and search for Kate (Thanking my lucky stars that I wasn't looking for Zbigniew Preisner ? I'd have been all day getting there) but is there a better way (i.e. one that leaves the computer doing more of the work, and me less)? -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Tag: WMP 11 and Server 2008 - No Network Sharing? Tag: 262248

So to help with my Issues with my Media Center Extender and accessing Media
on a Windows Server. I have installed Windows 2008 Server. Then Added the
"Desktop Experience" (allows WMP, Aero, etc)

So Great, Windows Media Player 11 is not on my Windows 2008 Server! Sweet,
except that its missing the "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service"
which is what allows the Media Center Extender to connect to it.

When I try to install the WMP 11 from the Web onto the Server it says I have
a newer version already on there.

I was thinking of trying to remove it and then reinstall the one from the
web.

Any other Suggestions?

Thanks,
Scott<-

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