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