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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: sirdave64 on May 07, 2004, 06:51:17 am

Title: WMA license issue and MJ crash
Post by: sirdave64 on May 07, 2004, 06:51:17 am

At varying points during playback, always at the start of a song, MJ crashes with the message" Playback Engine: MJ unable to acquire license for this file.  Windows Media Error 0x80070020"

By restarting MJ, I can then play that song (always a different song), until it decides to do it again.

Any ideas?

Title: Re:WMA license issue and MJ crash
Post by: JimH on May 07, 2004, 08:31:59 am

It is probably a protected WMA file and the license can't be retrieved for the next one.  Microsoft licensing is less than perfect and slow.

MC10 may handle this better.

Title: Re:WMA license issue and MJ crash
Post by: sirdave64 on May 09, 2004, 06:52:50 am

When you say that MJ is looking for the license, where is it looking?  On my computer or via the net?

Would this problem go away if I used MP3 format instead of .wma?

I'm not overly interested in upgrading to MC10, I only use the Jukebox function.  

cheers

Dave

Title: Re:WMA license issue and MJ crash
Post by: KingSparta on May 09, 2004, 08:18:37 am

Quote

Would this problem go away if I used MP3 format instead of .wma?

yes, but you still must turn off "Personal Rights Management"

Title: Re:WMA license issue and MJ crash
Post by: BootZ on May 21, 2004, 09:04:05 am

Quote from: JimH on May 07, 2004, 08:31:59 am

It is probably a protected WMA file and the license can't be retrieved for the next one.  Microsoft licensing is less than perfect and slow.

MC10 may handle this better.

Nope, I have the same problem and they are NOT protected. When MJ gives the error and I doubleclick on the file in de playlist it gets played perfectly. In other WMA players (like de player included with de sound blaster audigy card) I do not have those problems. Seems to me that it is not Microsofts fault this time  ::) but a little bug in MJ.