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Title: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: T2Mac on May 22, 2006, 07:57:13 am
Using MC version 11.1.184 I'm no longer able to zip to WMA Lossless after installing WMP 11. I get the error 'Read track failed. Failed to initiailze the encoder plugin' in the Rip Progress box.

I tried this on a couple of systems with the same result. I also uninstalled WMP & reinstalled MC again with the same result.

System Info--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Media Center Registered 11.1.184 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 3388 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1046 MB, Free - 272 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.5346.5 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D: HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GWA4164B  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 D: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B   Addr: 0:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: Alex B on May 22, 2006, 08:13:55 am
WMP11 beta has different WM codecs. Apparently the system to access the codecs is different. Programs that use the previous WM system do not work with the new codecs. Uninstalling WMP11 beta does not remove the new and restore the old codecs for some reason.
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: Alex B on May 22, 2006, 09:05:23 am
MS has published uninstall instructions that remove the new codecs too:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/readme.aspx#RollingbacktoapreviousversionofthePlayer

You may need to install the previous WM codec pack separately after the uninstall process:
ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/tmp/wmfdist95.exe (http://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/tmp/wmfdist95.exe)
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: T2Mac on May 22, 2006, 09:39:33 am
OK thanks Alex. I'm at work now but I'll give this a go tonight when I get home.

Ian
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: T2Mac on May 22, 2006, 01:28:53 pm
Alex just to let you know that following the full uninstall unstructions which you posted the link to worked without having to reinstall the previous WM codec pack.

Thanks again.

Ian
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: starker on May 24, 2006, 02:25:36 pm
I had the same problem.  Using Windows XP System Restore function to uninstall WMP 11 works best.

Will J River make Media Center compatible with the new WMA codecs and WMP 11?
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: Alex B on May 24, 2006, 02:59:31 pm
Probably JRiver will need to release a new wma encoder plugin when WMP11 becomes an official update. The encoding options are quite different.
Title: Re: Unable to Rip to WMA Lossless After Installing WMP 11
Post by: Matt on May 24, 2006, 03:11:50 pm
Quote from: starker on May 24, 2006, 02:25:36 pm
I had the same problem.  Using Windows XP System Restore function to uninstall WMP 11 works best.

Will J River make Media Center compatible with the new WMA codecs and WMP 11?

Hopefully Microsoft will fix the lack of backwards support for encoder profiles during their beta.

If not, we'll update our encoder to handle different versions.