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[ozmael]

I'm using MC11.0.93 on WinXP SP2 with WMP10 installed.

I can no longer rip to WMA Lossless. When I click on the "Rip" button in the Rip CD action window, the window updates to "Initializing for rip..." and then a moment later switches to "Complete" though no files have been ripped. I can rip to all other WMA formats successfully. I have several CD and DVD drives on this computer and trying to rip from any of the drives exhibits the same behaviour.

I have a second computer with a similar config and I can success rip to WMA Lossless on the second computer.

What else can I check or look for to debug this problem?

System Info from the troubled computer:
Media Center Registered 11.0.93 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2781 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 366 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive E:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive F: PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-103   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G: YAMAHA  CRW2200E          Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H: PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-108   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive I:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: YAMAHA   CRW8824S           Addr: 3:3:0  Speed:6  MaxSpeed:8  BurnProof:No
  Drive F: PIONEER  DVD-RW  DVR-103    Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:3  MaxSpeed:3  BurnProof:No
  Drive G: YAMAHA   CRW2200E           Addr: 4:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:20  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive H: PIONEER  DVD-RW  DVR-108    Addr: 4:1:0  Speed:6  MaxSpeed:32  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Regards,

Ozmael..

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[Matt]

Try swapping 'lossless.xml' and 'lossless_old.xml' in the MC\Plugins\WMAProfiles directory.

Let us know what you find.

[ozmael]

Before I read your message, I had upgraded to 11.0.95. Build 95 exhibits the same behaviour as build 93.

But as you've suggested, replacing lossless.xml with lossless_old.xml now allows me to rip to WMA Lossless (now using build 95).

What is the difference in the 2 profiles?

Ozmael..

[Matt]

Could you let us know the exact version of the wmvcore.dll file in your system directory for the machine this wasn't working for?

Currently, we pick different profiles based on if the wmvcore.dll version is below 10 or not.  (WM 10 didn't remain backwards compatible with older lossless profiles)

[ozmael]

Hmm...I've done a full search of my hard drive and come up with the following versions:

10.0.0.3473 \WINDOWS\system32
10.0.0.3473 \WINDOWS\RegisteredPackages\{AAC1D942-0B38-4E37-9E4E-5B96A9DD2170}
9.0.0.3250 \WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
10.0.0.3473 \WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
7.0.0.1917 \Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album 2.0\Apps
9.0.0.2980 \WINDOWS\RegisteredPackages\{AAC1D942-0B38-4E37-9E4E-5B96A9DD2170}$BACKUP$\System

Ozmael..

[Matt]

Thanks a bunch.

Can anyone else with this problem give the version of the wmvcore.dll file in their system directory?

[Alex B]

I haven't installed WMP10 yet, but the official September installation package I have includes this version of wmvcore.dll: 10.0.0.3646. The file is dated August 11.

Maybe that 10.0.0.3473 is from the earlier public beta.

[ozmael]

Sorry guys, I hadn't realised that I still had the public beta of WMP 10 on my computer. I also had Windows Media 9 Series Encoder (an encoder utility separate from WMP9) on my system.

I've upgraded to the final release of WMP10 and removed the Windows Media 9 Series Encoder.

I also swapped the lossless.xml files back to the way they were when MC wasn't working. Not surprisingly MC now rips WMA lossless without a problem.

After the upgrade to WMP10 and the removal of WM 9 Encoder, now I have the following WMVCORE.DLL files:

10.0.0.3646 \WINDOWS\system32
10.0.0.3646 \WINDOWS\RegisteredPackages\{AAC1D942-0B38-4E37-9E4E-5B96A9DD2170}
9.0.0.3250 \WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
10.0.0.3646 \WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
9.0.0.3250 \WINDOWS\RegisteredPackages\{AAC1D942-0B38-4E37-9E4E-5B96A9DD2170}$BACKUP$\System
7.0.0.1917 \Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album 2.0\Apps

Ozmael..