JimH -
I am doing as you suggested and starting a new thread. I am really hesitant to reinstall my sound card (SB Live 5.1 OEM) drivers. I am running games, WiMP (Windows Media Player), and SB Diagnostics all with no problems.
I currently have 248 installed but will install whichever version you suggest. The current status is that MJ will not play, it locks up, if I reboot and run WiMP or SB Diagnostics I can usually start and play MJ with no problems.
Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.248
CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 188 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995
Aspi32.sys: N/A
What follows are the relevant posts from the MJ 8.0.257 thread.
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Re: DFX
I have to assume that this is an MJ/DFX problem. As I posted earlier DFX was back and MJ was working fine. I left the computer on did some necessaries (mowed the lawn) brought the comp off standby and started MJ. Got the DFX register window (I'm waiting for my new serial after upgrade) MJ loaded I located an album hit [ENTER] and MJ locked up. This is my third reboot with no joy. MJ is hanging to the point of affecting other programs (my shell extender's shut down module is hanging and I have to power reset).
Apart from installing 257 and DFX I've made no changes to my system. The strange is that this problem only showed up after coming out of Standby mode and on Reboot. Registry problem?
Thanks
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JimH 04-25-2002 07:15:05 P.M.
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gvag,
Try uninstalling dfx. Just as a test.
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gvag 04-25-2002 11:32:08 P.M.
JimH -
This has become a saga. Uninstalled DFX, no joy. Did a dumb, lazy thing and tried reinstalling 256 over 257 - sadness.
Uninstalled 256, ran Norton Win Doctor to confirm there were no tag ends lying around from either 256 or DFX, optimized the registry, rebooted and installed 256 which used to run without a hitch. Couldn't access normal Play mode (ctl-alt-del followed by Reset to recover)
After numerous reboots I tried Play Media File and everything seemed OK. Closed MJ and restarted, Play functioned properly. Closed MJ went to check how my life was doing came back brought the system out of standby, started MJ and locked up when I tried to Play something.
It is now several reboots later and I cannot get 256 to Play at all. Next step uninstall 256 and revert to 248 which was very stable for me. I'll report back on the results.
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gvag 04-26-2002 02:06:01 A.M.
JimH -
Reinstalled using 248 build, MJ Played once and after exiting and restarting MJ it would not Play at all. Many reboots later and all I can report is that it will not Play no matter which way I try to get it going.
I ran Norton Disk Doctor and Speed Disk prior to reinstalling, also ran NAV and WinDoctor no problems reported. WiMP runs and plays just fine.
Any suggestion?
Thanks
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gvag 04-26-2002 03:19:01 A.M.
JimH -
So after my last post I quit IE and was going to do some programming but it occurred to me that I hadn't tried starting MJ by openning a music file in Explorer. So I did and it played.
Close/Reopen MJ numerous times testing various methods of initiating Play and everything worked.
Next step. Rebooted and tried again. No joy with many reboots would not play even from Explorer. So...
Reboot. Start WiMP and it played fine. Close the other player and start MJ all seems to be working as it should. This method is not 100% maybe 90% for example:
Listening to: 'A Bit of Basie' from 'Smack Up' by 'Art Pepper' on Media Jukebox
If I close MJ its not certain that it will play if I restart it, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Same with the start Media Player trick.
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thanks
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JimH 04-26-2002 08:08:27 A.M.
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gvag,
Please start a new thread on this problem. You may have other problems with the system. Don't use anything but the current beta. 257 is a very good build. This may turn out to be our bug, but keeping it in a separate thread will help.
You may have said so, but try disabling skins. Also try a reinstall of sound card drivers.
If you start a new thread, it would help to copy and paste the relevant parts of this thread.