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[gvag]

JimH -

1.  Running MC after a reboot, no other applications running.

2.  Open MC and add a new library Test where I have a copied a few tracks for testing  

3.  Import the files click the STB (Send to Bar aka Drop Zone - it would be nice if Tooltip matched the help file) and add a new playlist "Test".

4.  Drag a file from the Content pane to the STB and a dialog pops up asking me if I want install "Windows Media v9''.

5.  Now that I know better I ctl-alt-del and kill MC.  

6.  If I click "No" MC goes into a whole routine of "Downloading Internet resource/JRReader failed to connect" and by the time I kill the process and restart MC the library has a mass of non-music files from my D: drive.  (Hell! its even pulling files out of the Recycle Bin.)

I've gotten this same dialog at other times in MC and told it "No" without MC having a snit fit.  I'm not even sure what "Windows Media v9" is, I'm assuming its the latest version of "Windows Media Player".  If MC's functionality depends on v9 being installed then it should say so.

Media Center Registered 9.0.175 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 998 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1045 MB, Free - 951 MB
Resource Info: System - 52 %, GDI - 76 %, User - 52 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive I:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: No /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive I: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160B    Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

I have to admit that MC has some nice features over MJ but IMHO it should still be in beta.

gvag

[rocketsauce]

It's my understanding that MC requires Windows Media Player 7.1 or higher to be installed in order to play any Windows Media formats (.wma, .wmv, etc).

Rob

[KingSparta]

>> It's my understanding that MC
>> requires Windows Media Player 7.1
I thought that changed and you could download just the encoder files etc...

[zevele10]

NO , i have the Windows player who is on my Windows 2000 disc - 6 i think- and i play all kind of WMA in MC.

But i installed a plugin from the MC pluging page - or MC asked me to install this pluging  , i do not remember

[gvag]

Hi Zevele - How are you?

I have Wimp 6.4 on my system and MC installed three encoder plug-ins WM, WM Lossless, and WM VBR.  What OS are you running?

I downloaded Wimp v9 and I may as well install it to see if that fixes the drag & drop problem.  I just tried to play a WMA file and got the Install v9 dialog, when I said "No" MC crashed.

I suspect that Win98 SE is missing some core routines that these plug-ins rely on.  I know Office XP installed some XP libraries in order to run under Win98.  As I said in my original post, if this is the case then MC should refuse to run until it is installed or at least popup a dialog when use start it that you are missing libraries.

thanks

gvag

[KingSparta]

>> I just tried to play a WMA file and got the Install v9
>>dialog, when I said "No" MC crashed.
well it should not crash, but it may be trying to send you the files from Microsoft that are required to play windows media files.

if you keep saying no, you will never get it to play.

Microsoft controls the format so you will need to install somthing from them to get it to work.

if not use another format

[gvag]

Kingsparta -

I only have a handful of wma files but I instaled Wimp9 to see if it would fix the drag & drop problem.  It didn't.

I can now play wma files and will assume the other Wimp plug-ins would work if I had a use for them.  The drag & drop problem is a killer tho.

I still get the "Downloading Internet resource" window and the "JRReader cannot find" dialog pointing to "URL... hob_digitalradio.asx" if I just click "OK" the process continues and JRReader throws another error pointing to a URL .asx file.

thanks

gvag

[KingSparta]

i think tomorrow i will need to download some windows media files and test it.

but i have not heard of this problem before now.

it could be just users never use windows media.

is it also posable the files are secure windows media files? that may have another effect on the program and system.

[gvag]

KingSparta -

Sorry, you don't get it.  The Drag & Drop problem is with any file.  Since installing Wimp9 I don't get the Wimp install prompt just this

MC goes into a whole routine of "Downloading Internet resource/JRReader failed to connect" and by the time I kill the process and restart MC the library has a mass of non-music files from my D: drive.  (Hell! its even pulling files out of the Recycle Bin.)

 As the profile default says...

Nothing more to say

gvag

[rocketsauce]

I thought that changed and you could download just the encoder files etc...

If I remember correctly, in Win98, when I tried playing wma files in MC and only had the wmp9 codecs installed, but not the wmp9 player, MC wouldn't play the files.

Rob

[KingSparta]

KingSparta -

Sorry, you don't get it.  The Drag & Drop problem is with any file.

I do not see the prolem here (Windows Xp)

[gvag]

JimH or Matt -

I don't know whether this is about Wimp or MC but to recap:

MC goes into a whole routine of "Downloading Internet resource/JRReader failed to connect" and by the time I kill the process and restart MC the library has a mass of non-music files from my D: drive.  (Hell! its even pulling files out of the Recycle Bin.)  

I assume that JRReader is your program and that files with an "asx" extention have something to do with Wimp.  

This only happens if I try and Drag&Drop to a playlist or the STB.  I can send files thru the context menu and use D&D to move nodes in the Tree View.  D&D works on my system and with MC from Explorer.  I can drag to Playing Now and to a Playlist from Explorer.

Here's my sysinfo, please respond.

Media Center Registered 9.0.175 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 1000 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1045 MB, Free - 930 MB
Resource Info: System - 40 %, GDI - 69 %, User - 40 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive I:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: No /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive I: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160B    Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[JimH]

I have no idea what is happening.  Sorry.  

Try clearing your temp files.  In IE, go to Tools/Internet Options/Temp Internet files and delete.

[gvag]

JimH -

Cleaned Temp, Temp Internet and any cookies I couldn't identify.  The problem persists.

Help!!!

thanks

gvag

[loraan]

it could be just users never use windows media.

Nooooo!!!! My entire library is WMA 160 Kbps, except for stuff I downloaded. WMA is awesome!