Vista - Vista Windows Media Center Error

After I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, it's working great! However, when I
try to play a downloaded song in
Windows Media Center, I get an error "unknown audio error" with a a number
8010100 and WMC goes black. If I wait for 3-5 minutes, there is a lot of
disk activity and then the song starts to play!!! After that, all songs play
OK. I tried downloading the codecs, no help. I turned off the folder
watches, except for my MUSIC folder, no help. What else can WMC be trying to
do on start-up that gives this error. the knowledge base has no answer. Am
I the only one who has this problem? (NOTE: This problem does not occur
with media player, but I'm trying to learn WMC and would like to use it
instead, if possible.)
Thanks.

hi i am having the same problem except my music isnt' playing at all and my
window media center closes when ever click on the left mouse button. let me
know if you get a answer for it. the only thing differant is my error code
which is 800401100 . i will let you know if i figure this one out.


"Lyndon" wrote:

> After I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, it's working great! However, when I
> try to play a downloaded song in
> Windows Media Center, I get an error "unknown audio error" with a a number
> 8010100 and WMC goes black. If I wait for 3-5 minutes, there is a lot of
> disk activity and then the song starts to play!!! After that, all songs play
> OK. I tried downloading the codecs, no help. I turned off the folder
> watches, except for my MUSIC folder, no help. What else can WMC be trying to
> do on start-up that gives this error. the knowledge base has no answer. Am
> I the only one who has this problem? (NOTE: This problem does not occur
> with media player, but I'm trying to learn WMC and would like to use it
> instead, if possible.)
> Thanks.
>

Lyndon , i found the answer , if you have sonic cineplayer software on ur
computer or anything that is sonic software you need to reinstall the
software . i had taken mine off that when the problem started, i reinstall it
and now my audio is working.
You need the dvd decoder that come with the software. but u best bet is to
reinstall the software. you could of delete if from you computer some how.
Good Luck
Sandra

"Lyndon" wrote:

> After I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, it's working great! However, when I
> try to play a downloaded song in
> Windows Media Center, I get an error "unknown audio error" with a a number
> 8010100 and WMC goes black. If I wait for 3-5 minutes, there is a lot of
> disk activity and then the song starts to play!!! After that, all songs play
> OK. I tried downloading the codecs, no help. I turned off the folder
> watches, except for my MUSIC folder, no help. What else can WMC be trying to
> do on start-up that gives this error. the knowledge base has no answer. Am
> I the only one who has this problem? (NOTE: This problem does not occur
> with media player, but I'm trying to learn WMC and would like to use it
> instead, if possible.)
> Thanks.
>

Lyndon,
I get the same exact error, with those same results. If Media Center stays
open , it will play fine after the initial stall of 3-5 minutes on the first
song. I cannot get visualizations to work either. I have tried everythingI
can think of. I tried sandra-44's trick without success. What computer set up
are you running?
I will keep checking back here for a solution!!
Laura

"Lyndon" wrote:

> After I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, it's working great! However, when I
> try to play a downloaded song in
> Windows Media Center, I get an error "unknown audio error" with a a number
> 8010100 and WMC goes black. If I wait for 3-5 minutes, there is a lot of
> disk activity and then the song starts to play!!! After that, all songs play
> OK. I tried downloading the codecs, no help. I turned off the folder
> watches, except for my MUSIC folder, no help. What else can WMC be trying to
> do on start-up that gives this error. the knowledge base has no answer. Am
> I the only one who has this problem? (NOTE: This problem does not occur
> with media player, but I'm trying to learn WMC and would like to use it
> instead, if possible.)
> Thanks.
>

I upgraded to vista and when I try to play a song in MC, it says an unknown
audio error has occured and then locks up MC so that I have to manually shut
it down. How can I fix this?

Do you get any more details?
Does playback work in Windows Media Player?

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"BT14" <BT14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:074C04BF-9BD9-4C24-991B-DC554051F5A2@microsoft.com...
>I upgraded to vista and when I try to play a song in MC, it says an unknown
> audio error has occured and then locks up MC so that I have to manually
> shut
> it down. How can I fix this?

this is the error I am getting once I download songs to the player. I too
have vista. One day it worked and now it just says this. ---Windows Media
Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item
that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved,
renamed, or deleted.----if anyone can send the answer to me I would love it!

"Lyndon" wrote:

> After I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, it's working great! However, when I
> try to play a downloaded song in
> Windows Media Center, I get an error "unknown audio error" with a a number
> 8010100 and WMC goes black. If I wait for 3-5 minutes, there is a lot of
> disk activity and then the song starts to play!!! After that, all songs play
> OK. I tried downloading the codecs, no help. I turned off the folder
> watches, except for my MUSIC folder, no help. What else can WMC be trying to
> do on start-up that gives this error. the knowledge base has no answer. Am
> I the only one who has this problem? (NOTE: This problem does not occur
> with media player, but I'm trying to learn WMC and would like to use it
> instead, if possible.)
> Thanks.
>