Cds not playing

[wenmel]

I have WA3, Win 98...it works fine except that cds will not play...I've checked the configurations about 8,000 times and still no luck...Am I missing something?

[Nunzio390]

What "configurations" did you check??

CTRL+P to open Preferences window
System > Media
Make sure "Play audio CDs with Winamp" is checked.

[wenmel]

Thanks for your reply...Yes, I checked the Preferences etc and it is indicated as you suggested; and has been all along. Is it possible that some other application is over riding WA3? Windows Media Player having a tantrum, perhaps?

[Reaper]

Are you trying to normally play them or trying to make Winamp3 the default player for CDs?

If you're trying to play them normally, press Ctrl+P-> go to Audio/CD Playback and make sure you have "Enable CD Audio Extraction" enabled.

To get Winamp as the default player, do as the steps Nunzio stated earlier.

[wenmel]

Nope, no luck....Would it do any good to re install WA3?

[Reaper]

Originally posted by wenmel
Nope, no luck....Would it do any good to re install WA3?

Never hurts to try.

[Nunzio390]

OK.... WMP could be holding you back. We'll deal with that later if we have to. But before we consider reinstalling Winamp3 specifically the way I will suggest, and no other way, try this...

Question: is Autoplay enabled THROUGH your puter, and is Winamp3 set there as the default?

What Operating system do you have?

In Win 2000 steps 1 through 4 below toggles (enables/disables) AutoPlay. When Play is displayed in bold, AutoPlay is enabled. When Play is not displayed in bold, AutoPlay is disabled.

1.. Double-click My Computer.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File Types tab.
3.. In Registered file types, click AudioCD, and then click Advanced.
4.. In Actions, click Play, and then click Set Default.

In WinXp..

1. Double-click My Computer
2. Right-click on the CD drive and select Properties
3. In the resulting Properties dialog box, click the Autoplay tab
4. In the dropdown, select "Music Files"
5. Under Actions > Select an action to perform, choose Winamp3
6. Say OK

If the above doesn't work THEN uninstall/reinstall WA3 in this manner... you must COMPLETELY uninstall Winamp3 before reinstalling it again. You can NOT reinstall over-the-top. You need a fresh install, using this procedure...

1. First, copy/save all your 3rd party skins (if any exist) in the Winamp3\Skins folder to a temp location
2. Completely uninstall Winamp3 via Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs
3. Completely delete the Winamp3 folder and all folders within
4. Reinstall the latest public release of Winamp3
5. Download/install the official wa3update patch. Don't forget this step. The update contains the latest waveOut & DirectSound Output components, plus latest midi, mod, wav, ogg inputs that didn't make it to 3.0 setup due to the deadline and code freeze.
6. Move all your saved skins from the temp location back into the Winamp3\Skins folder
7. Start up Winamp3

[wenmel]

Ok, re install worked fine, thanks. The only remaining problem is the WA3 update...I keep getting an error message on installation
"Error Opening File For Writing"
C:\Program Files\Winamp3\Wacs\Output.wac

Try the Update later, or just let it ride?

[Reaper]

Go to the C:\Program Files\Winamp3\Wacs\ folder and make sure Output.wac isn't set to Read Only. Then try reinstalling the update.

[wenmel]

I appreciate the help guys, but no joy yet. I've checked the wac folder, it is set up up the way you suggested. The patch still gives me the same error message.

[Nunzio390]

No no no no...

"Error Opening File For Writing"
C:\Program Files\Winamp3\Wacs\Output.wac

What the above is telling us is that it cannot write to the file. You can NOT apply a patch while a program is running. CLOSE Winamp3 and then apply the patch. As I indicated in all my posts above, Winamp3 must be closed before applying the update patch. This will allow Output.wac to be written to, since it will not be in use at the time of the patch installation. Then reopen Winamp3 with the patch in place.

You need to install that update patch.

btw... playing CDs ok now? Your initial problem solved?

[wenmel]

Yes, I'm certain of the settings, everything in the Wac folder is set as you suggested- Read Only is NOT checked off, only Archive is checked. And yes, cds play fine now, thanks.

[wenmel]

Hold everything, guys! I just tried installing the patch again and it worked. The only thing I've done differently is to close all other apps that were running...

[Nunzio390]

[wenmel]

Thanks a lot guys