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| | Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions? |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp No issues here. Try playing an MP3 file from the desktop, can you play a music CD? "nigelhooper" <nigelhooper@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1171819826.542063.198650@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable > to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media > center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error > "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in > use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is > stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are > all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem > as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and > recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried > riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to > play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions? > |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp On Feb 18, 5:50 pm, "Joe Medford" <joe...@msn.com> wrote: > No issues here. Try playing an MP3 file from the desktop, can you play a > music CD? > > "nigelhooper" <nigelhoo...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1171819826.542063.198650@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > >I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable > > to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media > > center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error > > "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in > > use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is > > stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are > > all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem > > as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and > > recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried > > riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to > > play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions? WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files. Any one else got any ideas? |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp "> > WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the > same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and > playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a > data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB > disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti > virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me > mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files. > Any one else got any ideas? > Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11? Jerry |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote: > "> > > > WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the > > same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and > > playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a > > data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB > > disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti > > virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me > > mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files. > > Any one else got any ideas? > > Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11? > > Jerry I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista. Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista? |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp On Feb 18, 5:30 pm, "nigelhooper" <nigelhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am running a clean install of Vista (Home premium OEM) and am unable > to play any of my mp3's in windows media player 11 or windows media > center. Whenever I try to play an mp3 I get the following error > "Windows Media Player cannot access the file. The file might be in > use, you might not have access to the computer where the file is > stored, or your proxy settings might not be correct." The files are > all stored in [username]\music, I dont think permissions are a problem > as winamp will play the same files fine. I have tried deleting and > recreating the library and it still doesnt work. I have also tried > riping a CD to mp3. WMP will create the mp3s fine, but when I try to > play them it gives me the same error. Any suggestions? In the end it appears to be a problem with Jetico firewall, which is yet to be resolved, see the thread here: http://www.smokey-services.eu/forum/...pic.php?t=1961 |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play finein winamp nigelhooper wrote: > On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote: >> "> >> >>> WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the >>> same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and >>> playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a >>> data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB >>> disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti >>> virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me >>> mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files. >>> Any one else got any ideas? >> Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11? >> >> Jerry > > I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista. > > Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista? > Yeah. 1. Wipe hard drive 2. Put XP of your choice in the CDROM. 3. Set BIOS to boot from the CDROM 4. Follow XP install instructions and don't upgrade WMP to 11. Download 10 instead. Alias |
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| | Re: Unable to play mp3s in wmp 11 on vista, however they play fine in winamp I'll bet it is "playing". Had same problem and it is mfpmp.exe. Open task manager and you should see it at 50 - 75%. Kill it and restart the song. You will have to do this with each song. Great software ehhh??? Lloyd Sheen "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.cl> wrote in message news:O5%23ku52WHHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > nigelhooper wrote: >> On Feb 19, 9:26 pm, "Jerry" <j...@nospam.com> wrote: >>> "> >>> >>>> WMP will play CDs fine. I tried ripping the cd to wma and got the >>>> same error. I have tried copying an mp3 and wma to my desktop and >>>> playing from there, same error. Tried copying the mp3 and wma to a >>>> data cd and playing them, same error. Tried copying them to a USB >>>> disk formatted with FAT same error. Exited all running programs (anti >>>> virus, firewall etc). Still cant get it to play. Its driving me >>>> mad. I have double checked and Winamp still plays the same files. >>>> Any one else got any ideas? >>> Long shot but could you download and reinstall WMP 11? >>> >>> Jerry >> >> I dont think you can reinstall WMP 11 because it is part of vista. >> >> Does any one know how to repair an install of WMP 11 on vista? >> > > Yeah. > > 1. Wipe hard drive > > 2. Put XP of your choice in the CDROM. > > 3. Set BIOS to boot from the CDROM > > 4. Follow XP install instructions and don't upgrade WMP to 11. Download 10 > instead. > > Alias |
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