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[iCamp]

Not sure what's happening here...

Yesterday MC was working perfectly.  Today it crashes every time I attempt to play any audio file.  Doesn't matter how I try to play it (double-clicking, playlists, etc.) it just crashes.
I get the following windows error messageto alert me of the crash:
"Media Core has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Nothing has changed on my PC from yesterday to today.  I may have made some adjustments to MC options settings but I don't recall what I did (certainly nothing catastrophic as I'm not an "advanced" user).

Here's my system info:

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Media Players\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1400 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 345 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: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   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 E: TDK      CDRW161040X        Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:16  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

[ChicoSelfs]

Try download the new version of MC9 (90124)

ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter90124.exe  

[iCamp]

Ok...should I uninstall the older version...or install the new one right on top?

[JimH]

Just install.

[iCamp]

Ok...I installed the newer version and the exact same thing is happening.  I am at a total loss...everything was working perfectly yesterday!  There have been no changes to my PC at all.  I just don't understand.

Any ideas?  I'm getting the exact same error as in the first post.


Media Center Registered 9.0.124 -- C:\Media Players\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1400 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 293 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: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   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 E: TDK      CDRW161040X        Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:16  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

[JimH]

Try reinstalling your sound card drivers.

[iCamp]

I appreciate the help so far...I'm just getting a little frustrated as I can't understand what's going on.

I uninstalled the old sound card drivers and downloaded and installed them from the manufacturer's website.  I re-booted and tried again.

Same thing.  It's not working.  MusicMatch, WinAmp, & WMP 9 all play fine.  But I don't want those media players...I want my Media Center back!    

Any more suggestions?

[KingSparta]

>> Any more suggestions?
Uninstall it to include Registry entries.

Make sure c:\program files\J River      is deleted (or where ever your installing it)

Reboot

Reinstall

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Maybe installing it in the default dir might help just in case. there has been problems before when users changed the location of the install on older versions.

[iCamp]

Ok...I did a full uninstall but there's a .dll file that is left behind by the uninstall.  I can't manually delete it.  So I left it.

I then reinstalled, rebooted and everything seems OK.  

Thanks for the help.

One more thing...do you have ANY idea what happened?  It's just really odd, isn't it?

[JimH]

Are you familiar with "cosmic rays"?  

[KingSparta]

>> do you have ANY idea what happened?
Yes, it is all the 0's and 1's they sometimes get mixed up, is it a full moon tonight? if so the 1's get pulled to the right side of the hard drive and the 0's to the left.