Members russrags Posted September 30, 2010 Members Share Posted September 30, 2010 Is anybody having trouble with Windows Media Player, not playing CDs from the computer CD Drive??? Mine plays files on the computer just fine, but won't play a CD. I'm thinking the latest Windows updates might have a conflict, however I just came from another Studio and same thing on that computer??? What's up with that ??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted October 1, 2010 Members Share Posted October 1, 2010 The oddest problem I've had with my 2 downstairs desk PCs over the last few months is that the optical drives don't want to open. They often go unused for periods of time but that still seems odd. One of them has two drives while the other has just one, all different models. I have to use a paper clip to get them open but then if I continue to use them for a while during the same "session" they'll work just fine. If it was one drive on one computer I wouldn't think much of it but three drives on two different computers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted October 1, 2010 Members Share Posted October 1, 2010 Is anybody having trouble with Windows Media Player, not playing CDs from the computer CD Drive??? Mine plays files on the computer just fine, but won't play a CD. Did you check the preferences in options? Sometimes installing another app will change those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted October 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2010 Yea I don't know what it is, you'd think the CD drive was going bad the way it sounds, but Nero plays the CD from the same drive just fine. I don't know what Windows Media Player pref's could have changed, I've tried analog and digital, still just kind of cherps away broken bits. And this same thing is happening on another computer??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted October 3, 2010 Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 Nero plays the CD from the same drive just fine. There's your clue, coupled with what Alndln2 said. Nero probably took over preferences for CD playing. Mac people have the same kind of issues with iTunes taking over playback of particular formats; even Winamp does it. Programs like to make themselves King of the Hill - "I will play your CDs, because I am the greatest CD playing program of them all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted October 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks Craig, I will uninstall Nero and see what happens, I hate Nero anyway. The only reason I was using Nero, is that Roxio and XP SP3 had issues, now that I've resolved that .. yikes. I hate this kind of stuff, and will NEVER use iTunes. BTW the other computer I tried using does have iTunes now and it didn't before. Thanks guys, RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 3, 2010 Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 These days you almost always have the option of opting out of letting a new app take over your media default player settings for different formats, but older programs and those of some companies may not stop to ask. I'm no MS-basher (in fact, I'm kind of an XP-lover), but I really, really hate WMP. I tend to use Media Player Classic Home Cinema (the latest edition), which is my clear cut fave for video, but also occasionally fall back on VLC. For audio only, I use WinAmp or Foobar. Foobar is worth having if only for the excellent ABX comparator utility (if one is inclined to put his presumptions to the text, anyhow; some folks who talk a lot about their golden ears seem to be oddly reluctant to put them to that test). I like WinAmp because it comes with the cool MilkDrop visualizer, which is, by far, the coolest visualizer (light show, if you will) that I've used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted October 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hey Thanks Blue, Man I'm going to have to check out the Media Player Classic Home Cinema (the latest edition) for watching video, sounds interesting. I keep all the visuals turned OFF on WMP and just run it bare bones, it doesn't try to take over my life and lets ME be the Boss, that's why I hate most everything else. RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted October 3, 2010 Members Share Posted October 3, 2010 Gee, that's kind of what I feel like WMP does do. Maybe I'm missing something. Worse, as soon as it loads, it seems like it makes a hit on your available RAM that is not entirely recovered when it's closed. And that is a cardinal sin in my book. Unfortunately, while MS programs didn't used to be big memory leakers as a rule (I never ran Office so I don't know about that), I've noticed the distressing tendency of current MS versions to leak pretty bad. IE8 was particularly bad. WMP seems pretty bad, too, though I haven't actually measured lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alndln2 Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 When I was using XP I used the freeware media player called Real Alternative which looks like the old Media Player from Win 2K/98. It' a barebones app that also plays REAL media files and MP4's plus many others. Here's a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members michaelhigh Posted November 3, 2010 Members Share Posted November 3, 2010 I don't use WMP, it doesn't support flac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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