No playback on Audio CDs

Just recently my PC has not been able to play audio CDs. They were fine on
initial install of Vista but now nothing. If I put a CD in the drive media
player skips down 4 or 5 tracks putting an x next to them and pops up this
message:

"Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For
additional assistance, click Web Help."

All other audio on my machine is fine. Just audio CDs. Any ideas?

Bezz wrote:
> Just recently my PC has not been able to play audio CDs. They were
> fine on initial install of Vista but now nothing. If I put a CD in
> the drive media player skips down 4 or 5 tracks putting an x next to
> them and pops up this message:
>
> "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file.
> For additional assistance, click Web Help."
>
> All other audio on my machine is fine. Just audio CDs. Any ideas?
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No guarantees...but the following thread appears
to address the issue you are experiencing:

Windows Media Player error c00d11b1 solved
http://strom.wordpress.com/2007/04/0...0d11b1-solved/

The message posted by GaryA. sounds like a
possible fix.

Good luck.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Hi John,

Thanks for the response. This problem only applies to audio CDs and not
mp3s etc with DRM involved. Although I followed your link anyway to be on
the safe side and it had no effect. Thank you for the idea though,
appreciated.

What I forgot to mention earlier is that the CD-ROM is working fine
otherwise. It's literally just a playback issue. I can also rip the CD to
drive and then play, which has confused me even more!

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Bezz wrote:
> > Just recently my PC has not been able to play audio CDs. They were
> > fine on initial install of Vista but now nothing. If I put a CD in
> > the drive media player skips down 4 or 5 tracks putting an x next to
> > them and pops up this message:
> >
> > "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file.
> > For additional assistance, click Web Help."
> >
> > All other audio on my machine is fine. Just audio CDs. Any ideas?
> =======================================
> No guarantees...but the following thread appears
> to address the issue you are experiencing:
>
> Windows Media Player error c00d11b1 solved
> http://strom.wordpress.com/2007/04/0...0d11b1-solved/
>
> The message posted by GaryA. sounds like a
> possible fix.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>

Bezz wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for the response. This problem only applies to audio CDs and
> not mp3s etc with DRM involved. Although I followed your link anyway
> to be on the safe side and it had no effect. Thank you for the idea
> though, appreciated.
>
> What I forgot to mention earlier is that the CD-ROM is working fine
> otherwise. It's literally just a playback issue. I can also rip the
> CD to drive and then play, which has confused me even more!
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Sorry...it just sounded like a similar issue.

Have you installed any recent updates that
could be the culprit?

Maybe reinstalling WMP or doing a system
restore would be worth a try.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk