Unknown error?

[JFP023]

With some of my music files in my library when I try to play them within FW, it tells me cannot play due to an audio error, yet when I play it in Windows Media Player or iTunes it works just fine? What gives?

[birdy]

Hi JFP023,
I've never had this audio error, maybe someone else can shed some light on it???
The FW player is not too crash-hot, personally I don't use it. As long as you're sure that you aren't getting an error message due to corrupt or infected files, then I would stick with one of your other players.

[et voilà]

You should disable the FW media player in Options -> media player. Now, when you open a file in FW, it will open in your default music player.

Ciao

[JFP023]

Originally posted by et voilà
You should disable the FW media player in Options -> media player. Now, when you open a file in FW, it will open in your default music player.

Ciao

Thanks. That works, but just kinda annoying that you have to load Windows Media if you want to play a file. I don't understand why they all don't work inside FW.

[ultracross]

if it was a WMA file, it will not work (who wants proprietary formats anyways?) but it may have just been a corrupt audio file you downloaded.

[JFP023]

Originally posted by ultracross
if it was a WMA file, it will not work (who wants proprietary formats anyways?) but it may have just been a corrupt audio file you downloaded.

They are all MP3 files. Some of them play in LW/FW, some of them don't. But ALL of them play in outside media players. I don't understand why it does this. If the file is corrupt, why would it work in Windows Media Player?

[ultracross]

1) The internal media player is pretty old and very buggy and can may give you problems even if there is nothing wrong with the file at all. (some known problems are: 1) the player will continously loop the same few seconds of a file. 2) the player will seem to stall on its audio output while it seems as though it is still playing. 3) the player sometimes has problems with accepting new launches.) the problems are almost endless, and will hopefully be fixed by limewire so we can focus more on fixing our own problems.

2) Because "outside" media players can "on-the-fly" correct problems or just play the file as-is without error-checking*.

*something the WMP is infamous for.

[JFP023]

Originally posted by ultracross
1) The internal media player is pretty old and very buggy and can may give you problems even if there is nothing wrong with the file at all. (some known problems are: 1) the player will continously loop the same few seconds of a file. 2) the player will seem to stall on its audio output while it seems as though it is still playing. 3) the player sometimes has problems with accepting new launches.) the problems are almost endless, and will hopefully be fixed by limewire so we can focus more on fixing our own problems.

2) Because "outside" media players can "on-the-fly" correct problems or just play the file as-is without error-checking*.

*something the WMP is infamous for.

Now THAT'S an answer! Thank you very much, kind sir.