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Title: How do I play MIDI files in Media Center
Post by: BenFeese on December 18, 2005, 12:19:32 pm

I have set file associations in Windows XP  for MC to play .mid files.  But when I click (in Windows Explorer) on .mid files, Windows Media Player comes up instead.  When I go to the Plug-Ins in Media Center, I see options for .mp3, .ogg, etc. etc., but nothing for .mid.  When I click on a .mid file from within MC, nothing happens. How do I get MC to play a .mid file?

Title: Re: How do I play MIDI files in Media Center
Post by: Mr ChriZ on December 18, 2005, 12:29:16 pm

MC has the ability to handle file associations itself.
If you go to Tools->Options
The fourth item down the left hand side is File Associations.
MIDI is down there somewhere, toggle it, and MC  will open them
from that point on :-)

Title: Re: How do I play MIDI files in Media Center
Post by: modelmaker on December 18, 2005, 10:34:25 pm

You might also turn that selction off in winxp just so winxp doesn't take the file association back.

Title: Re: How do I play MIDI files in Media Center
Post by: BenFeese on December 19, 2005, 08:20:09 pm

Yes, this appears to do the trick so far as getting the association with .mid files to stay permanently with MC.

But now I have the problem that when MC attempts to play a .mid file, the sound is VERY distorted.  (the file plays ok in Windows Media Player and other players).  I have turned off all the options in DSP Studio.  Are there other options for the player that I should look at?  Playing a .mid file would seem such a simple thing...there must be some  thing I have fiddled with in playing back my .mp3 files that affects .mid playback.

Thanks for all your help.  I hope you may have some further ideas.

Ben