Audio Problem with CD/DVD drives

ChrisrjcoxChrisrjcox New
edited November 2004 in Hardware
Hello everyone,

I'm having a slight problem with listerning/Burning or even ripping from my cd/dvd drives at the moment and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me to try?

Basically I can't listern to any CD's through my Drives, I have a DVD IDE drive install on my PC and have never had any problems with it in the past also I have a Freecom DVD +/-rw external drive which connects via USB.

I get a strange error message from windows if I try to play music through anytype of audio program...Media player 10 or Realplayer I have tried so far. below is the message I get.

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. If the file is on another computer, verify that you are connected to the network. If you typed a path, verify that it is correct. If the problem persists, the server might not be available" Once I click the More Information button it goes to the player error center and quotes "C00D1197: Cannot play the file" this relates to if im playing music from the new or from a network.

I have recently installed WaterCooling on the PC but have installed the power and data cables as was, plus the fact that the external DVD is USB. Both drives can play games and view data, just not play music.

I have installed Service Pack 2, but my father has also but his PC reads CD's no problem.

I have un-installed both drives, reinstalled them, restarted..etc...gone through the player error center. But to no avail.

I think it seams to be a Windows comunication error? Maybe there is a service that is required to be running for cd's to play? Or some windows settings I can look into?

Any help would be most appriciated.

Cheers

Coxy :thumbsup:

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2004
    Are you getting this same message when you try and play MP3's? I'm guessing not based on the error message you are getting.

    For your internal cd-rom does if have a play button on it? If so pop in a cd and hold down the shift button for awhile until windows stops thinking about what it should do and it won't auto-start any programs to try and play the cd. Then just hit the play button on your cdrom it should start playing the disk and bipass any of the windows programs.

    Next assuming there was a period when you could play audio cd's what have you done since then? If you can try and go back to a restore point and see if you can get it back to a working state then try and recreate the problem.
  • ChrisrjcoxChrisrjcox New
    edited October 2004
    OK, Thanks for that kryyst. If i press play on the drive it plays the music. I will try a system restore.

    Cheers Buddy! :thumbsup:
  • ChrisrjcoxChrisrjcox New
    edited October 2004
    Hi me again.

    I have attempted to do many system restores but to no avail...

    One thing I do remember doing was stupidly changing the Drive letters prior to this error (Not sure if this has lead to the problem as I can play MP3's from cd...)...but I have subsiquently placed them as they where originally.

    I have search the web for the answer's and it seams many people have encountered the same problem but could not find a cure on the INet. Just doesn't want to play the .cda files...

    I can't think of anything else except trying to reinstall XP over the top and see if it installs...first I need to uninstall XP SP2...

    Anymore suggestions? CD's do play if I press the play button on the drive...Can I uninstall WinMedPlayer?

    Thanks

    Coxy
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2004
    I don't think you can un-install winmedplay as it's integrated into XP. ummm nope don't think you can, you can add/remove it from the desktop and startup but you can't actually uninstall it through normal routines. Though it may be possible to find and delete all the program files, .dll's and registry keys. However as to what that may do I'd only hazard to guess.

    The problem with things like this is generally it's a crapshoot to try and solve them. You could try installing another audio player like itunes and see if that corrects the problem. Personally I'm doubting it as they are all probably using the same files to access the cdrom and it's one of those files that got buggered up.

    So baring that I think the next thing is doing a repair install.
  • ChrisrjcoxChrisrjcox New
    edited October 2004
    OK, So I have managed to fix the problem...Not a nice fix though. I tried to do the system restores, but they wouldn't work..then I tryed the Repair Windows, but had to remove SP2 first...which broke all the connection to all my programs, then tried the repair, but no joy. Have Backed everything up, and done a clean install. Drives play .cda files now.

    I know the Clean install is dramatic, but seams the only way out!

    Thanks for your help kryyst your a star.

    Coxy
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited October 2004
    Yeah I was hoping that the repair installs or the restores would have solved your problem for you. A clean install was bound to work (baring some serious hardware issues). But given all chances I try not to recomend that for most cases as well you have to re-install everything.

    Now that you are back up though before you go and start re-installing all your programs I'd suggest now going and do the full M$ updates including SP2 and see if it breaks again.

    I know SP2 for many people has been a gamble and it has been for me also on some work machines. But generally I've only had issues with some network software because of the new firewall program. On my home computer I haven't had any problems with it at all. Plus in light that winblows has just annouced another possible 22 flaws SP2 is most likely going to be needed to get a majority of fixes.
  • darkmargodarkmargo
    edited November 2004
    i found that there is an entry in the media player help/support section like:

    Why can't I play a Super Audio CD (SACD)?
    Super Audio CD is a proprietary format that can only be played on Super Audio CD players. Many Super Audio CDs are hybrid CDs, which means that they contain a Super Audio layer and a regular CD layer. Windows Media Player can play the CD layer on a hybrid CD, but cannot play the Super Audio layer. Usually if a CD is a hybrid, it will state that it is both a Super Audio CD and a CD Audio CD.

    :bringit: I think again windows have problems with audio formats and there is only a check in media player 10, because before I was playing my cd's very well but after media player 10 is installed everything is changed...

    Is there any request for solving this problem other than a clean install???
  • darkmargodarkmargo
    edited November 2004
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/knowledgecenter/mediaadvice/0020. :jelly: aspx#question3
  • darkmargodarkmargo
    edited November 2004
    :fu: ************************************** :fu:
    This is what worked for me:

    Go here:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaResources\mci

    Delete this:
    cdaudio

    Reboot!

    :fu: ************************************** :fu:

    i think this is a better solution rather than clean install... Thanks to Adam in the following link...

    http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MicrosoftMediaPlayer/wwwboard/messages/3246.html

    and this link...

    http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MicrosoftMediaPlayer/wwwboard/messages/3427.html

    :thumbsup:
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