Hi everyone
When I try to play any multichannel lossless WMA file I get an error message:
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Media Center encountered errors while trying to play the last several files. Please make sure that the patch in your mdeia library points to the right location.
Error Details:
Playback could not be started on the output 'Direct Sound' using the format '96000 Hz, 24 Bits Per Sample, 6 Channels'. This output format may not be supported by your hardware. You can use DSP Studio to change the output to a compatible format. Also, make sure that your system has a valid sound playback device and that it is properly configured in playback options.
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Below are more details of this issue:
- MC version is 12.0.493
- Soundcard is Creative X-Fi Elite Pro (which does support 96kHz 24bit playback)
- Same problem occurs when trying to play back a multichannel wma file that is 48kHz (error message is same except for the sample rate)
- Creative/windows speaker is configured for 4 speaker playback (I also tried setting them to 5.1 but got same error).
- The file path is correct.
- My OS is Vista 64bit Ultimate
- The windows media player, media player classic and graphedit all play back these multichannel wma files just fine (and the 5.1 is downmixed to 4 as expected)
- 2 channel wma lossless and lossy files play without error.
- Some relevent MC settings:
Output Mode: Direct Sound
Output Mode Settings:
Device -> Primary Sound Driver / Default Channels
DSP & output format
Output Format (only one enabled)
Bitdepth: Source
Channels: Source
Sample Rate: Source
(I tried various other values of the above 3 settings)
- In graphedit, the file has following default chain:
file -> wmaaudio decoder dmo -> ffdShow AudioDecoder
- In MC direct show settings, I did not see wma listed and therefore could not try directshow playback of the wma file from MC.
- I reset/cleared the MC log, then tried playing the file. After getting and dismissing the error message, I tried to view the log but it said it was empty.
Is there a bug with multichannel wma playback, or is something else going on? Any help is very much appreciated, thanks!