Next to every song in MC9, there is an icon of a page with blue note on it. Some of my songs have this icon greyed-out and I cannot play those songs. These files play fine in other programs and on my iPod, but when I try to play them in MC9, it just skips to the next song. When I open one of these greyed-out files, through Explorer or File > Open Media File..., I get the following message:
Media Center was unable to play any of the files in the playlist.
Please make sure that the path in Media Library points to the right location.
Also double check to make sure that you are not unintentionally filtering these files.
I am able to get the songs to play by clearing them from my music library and re-importing them. However, the next time I load MC the same files are grey.
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Media Center 9.0.157 -- C:\Program Files\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1045 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 188 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929)wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)
Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeSynch CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive F: Copy mode:ModeSynch CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive F: TEAC CD-W524E Addr: 2:0:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None