Can't play pre-recorded Music CD's with .cds extension...

[lilsassy]

I'm running Windows XP Home with SP2. I have a 2 year old Plextor Combo (CDRW/DVD Player) installed on my newly built system with Gigabyte motherboard and integrated C-Media High Definition Audio. The problem is, my pre-recorded audio CD's in .cda format will only play in the Plextor MVP 2000 program. They won't play in Windows Media Player 10 (the selected file has a scheme that is not recognized by Windows Media Player...the extension is unknown by the Player...), or MusicMatch Jukebox (mmjb MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close), or Jet Audio (No Disc), or RealPlayer (Please insert a CD or DVD), or Voyetra AudioStation32 (Data or no disc loaded). They used to play in all of these players. I haven't tried to play a CD in a while and really don't know exactly when it would have gotten messed up. Here's what I do know:

.wav, .mp3, and MIDI files are all playing fine.

I have no devices listed in Device Manager under Sound, Video & Game Controllers/Media Control Devices. I checked a friend's computer running XP Home and he has at least 5 .dll files listed under Media Control Devices. I read in an older forum post that the file mcicda.dll is supposed to be in there, and it is on my friend's computer. This file is on my computer but does not appear in Media Control Devices. I do NOT have a Properties tab under Media Control Devices as there are under the other titles in Sound, Video & Game Controllers, just General, Driver, and Details tabs.

There are no conflicts in Device Manager.

Data CD's autorun and play just fine.

I have the following 6 audio codecs installed:
Windows Media Audio
Spiro Lab Telecom Audio Codec
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec
Microsoft PCM Converter (installed by default)
Ogg Vorbis Audio Codec
Lame ACM MP3 Codec

I ran XP's System File Check and it closed with no messages after the scan. While it was scanning, a window popped up quite a few times saying "Files that are required for Windows to run properly must be copied to the DLL Cache. Insert your Windows XP Home Edition CD-ROM now. Retry, More Information, Cancel." I clicked Retry every time and the slider kept going until the next pop-up.

How can I get whatever is supposed to be installed under Media Control Devices back under there?

Thanks! : )

 

[franklin97355]

If the audio plays with Plextor's MVP 2000 program the problem is more likely a software/OS problem. Which of those codecs is responsible for playing .cda files formats?

 

[lilsassy]

There are two files shown in Plextor's MVP2000 program - wma.dll and xaudio.dll.

I feel certain that this is a codec problem. I think some codec dll's are supposed to be listed in Device Manager under Sound, Video & Game Controllers/Media Control Devices. My friend has 5 listed there on the Properties tab. I don't even have a Properties tab. I don't know how to get them back except maybe to reinstall all of my players. I'm new to Windows XP, but it doesn't seem to have as many options under Control Panel - Add/Remove hardware.

 

[franklin97355]

Try forum619 the xp forum.

 

[ceh4702]

Maybe you can get them only to play with that program. Might be able to play them with a file association so windows knows what program to use.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[theEclipse]

codecs....

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm

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