Windows Media Player & Winamp

DroppedOnHead · 29th December 2000, 06:05

I have a CD Burner and a CD-Rom Drive. If I put a music CD into CD Burner and play it in Windows Media Player, it plays fine and I hear the music. If I put a music CD into CD Burner and play it in Winamp, it plays the CD but I don't hear anything. How would I be able to fix this?

bjay125 · 29th December 2000, 15:40

WMP7 tries to read the music CD digitally, thus applying EQs/whatever and the resulting output is actually wav. In Winamp, without the CD-Reader plug-in, it simply plays it through the sound card's CD-in. Thus, check your windows mixer to make sure that the CD Audio is not muted, and that the output level is high. Also, it's possible that your CD-Drive is connected through a CD-in digital connection. I think windows does *not* show the CD-Digital mixer settings by default, and I think it also mutes it by default. In the mixer, go to Options>Properties and make sure both "CD Audio" and "CD Digital" are checked. Now they both will show up in the mixer. Now make sure both are not muted and that the level is relatively high. This should solve your problem!

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29th December 2000, 06:05	#1
DroppedOnHead Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1	I have a CD Burner and a CD-Rom Drive. If I put a music CD into CD Burner and play it in Windows Media Player, it plays fine and I hear the music. If I put a music CD into CD Burner and play it in Winamp, it plays the CD but I don't hear anything. How would I be able to fix this?

29th December 2000, 15:40	#2
bjay125 Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 82	WMP7 tries to read the music CD digitally, thus applying EQs/whatever and the resulting output is actually wav. In Winamp, without the CD-Reader plug-in, it simply plays it through the sound card's CD-in. Thus, check your windows mixer to make sure that the CD Audio is not muted, and that the output level is high. Also, it's possible that your CD-Drive is connected through a CD-in digital connection. I think windows does not show the CD-Digital mixer settings by default, and I think it also mutes it by default. In the mixer, go to Options>Properties and make sure both "CD Audio" and "CD Digital" are checked. Now they both will show up in the mixer. Now make sure both are not muted and that the level is relatively high. This should solve your problem!