Re: Is there a safe way to purge or initialize WMP Registry attrib

• From: "zachd [ms]" <zachd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 19:17:40 -0800

Heh - yep, exactly.  If you take NVTRPDemux out of the chain / uninstall 
that, I'd imagine things would work much better.

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"gls_1959" <gls1959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> ** After running and getting an error with mpa files in WMP 10
> Faulting application wmplayer.exe, version 10.0.0.3803, faulting module
> nvtrpdemux.ax, version 4020.185.0.0, fault address 0x000013f4.
>
> ** running and getting an error with Media Player 5.1 with mpa and mp3
> Faulting application mplay32.exe, version 5.1.2600.2180, faulting module
> nvtrpdemux.ax, version 4020.185.0.0, fault address 0x000013f4.
>
> Event Viewer shows for both:
> Category    None
> Company Name     MS
> Date   2/1/2006
> Event ID    1000
> File Name     faultrep.dll
> File Version   5.1.2600.2180
> Product Name    MS Windows Operating...............
> Product Version    5.1.2600.2180
> Source   Application Error
> Time  7:02:31 PM
> Tpye    Error
>
> I checked on this .ax file and its located in
> c:\Progam Files\NVIDIA Corporation\ForceWare\nStant Media\Codecs
>
> I'm guessing this file is corrupted and causing havoc.  I probably
> downloaded at some point the the NVidia MPEG-2 decoder stuff.
>
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Yeah, that's easy to narrow down - DirectShow is broken on your machine.
>> You could have killed/deleted WMP files until the comes come home and 
>> never
>> ever have touched the DirectShow code you actually cared about.  =)
>>
>> On the "shuts down WMP" problem - does that actually crash the player and
>> give you the chance to send a crash report?
>>
>> First option- does switching to use waveOut fix this?
>>   http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#dsound
>> That's a quick out here, but a pretty good one.
>>
>> Does dxdiag.exe report any problems?
>>
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>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
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>> "gls_1959" <gls1959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:0FD1F5C6-80DF-4F83-AEFD-14B5BD37BFB7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Thanks Zachd.   so I ran through a bunch of media players using MS
>> > supported media file types list downloaded locally on at this link:
>> >
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q316992
>> >
>> > Here's what I got:
>> >
>> > ** Windows Media Player 10 **
>> > Plays OK = asf, mp3
>> > Fails C00D1199 = rmi, aif, aifc, aiff, au, snd, wav, midi
>> > Errors and shuts down WMP = mpa
>> > Plays video but no audio = avi, m1v, mpe, mpeg, mpg
>> >
>> > ** Media Player 5.1 (mplay32) **
>> > Play OK = rmi, avi, wav
>> > Problems initializing MCI = aif, aifc, aiff, au, asf, snd, wma
>> > Plays video but no audio = wmv, m1v, mpe, mpeg, mpg
>> > Throws error = mpa, mp3
>> >
>> > ** Media Player 6.4 (mplayer2) **
>> > Error 80040218 = rmi, midi
>> > Error 80040200 = aif, aifc, aiff, au, asf, snd, wav, wma,
>> > Plays video but error 80040200 = avi, wmv, m1v, mpe, mpeg, mpg,
>> > fails no approp decompressor = mpa, mp3
>> >
>> > ** Sound Record 5.1 (sndrec32.exe)
>> > Play OK = wav
>> > not a wave file = all others
>> >
>> > ** Media Player Classic / 6.4.8.7 **
>> > Fails Midi Parser:Out = rmi, midi
>> > Fails audio switcher:Out = aif, aifc, aiff, au, asf, snd, wav, mpa, mp3
>> > Plays video no audio = avi, wma, wma, m1v, mpe, mpg, mpeg
>> >
>> > ** MCE 2005 Movies
>> > Plays video no audio = avi
>> >
>> > ** MCE 2005 Music
>> > Play OK = mp3
>> >
>> > ******************************************
>> > As you can see its not 100% broken but close to it.   Can you spot a 
>> > root
>> > cause
>> > from these failures?  BTW, my mobo's AC'97 does have the latest Realtek
>> > sound
>> > drivers.
>> >
>> > thanks in advance for your help
>> >
>> >
>> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Ouch.
>> >>
>> >> There's many layers here of absolutely Not Good things that have 
>> >> happened
>> >> to
>> >> your system.
>> >>
>> >> * Manually uninstalling WMP10 on MCE:
>> >> Don't do that, that will leave you in a potentially unrecoverable 
>> >> state.
>> >> Your system should have had newer files that you will not be able to 
>> >> get
>> >> from anywhere else.
>> >> * Installing "various codec packages":
>> >> Don't do that, that will leave you in a potentially unrecoverable 
>> >> state.
>> >> It's also redundant and unnecessary, since codecs are best installed 
>> >> one
>> >> at
>> >> a time on an as-needed basis.
>> >> * Deleting WMP's registry
>> >> Don't do that, that will leave you in a potentially unrecoverable 
>> >> state.
>> >> It
>> >> 99% wouldn't touch the problem anyways, since the problem is more 
>> >> likely
>> >> a
>> >> system sound card setting than anything native to the WMP registry 
>> >> hive.
>> >>
>> >> We're trending here.  Whoever told you any of those things were 
>> >> viable:
>> >> don't listen to them.  They are providing you with not only bad but
>> >> fairly
>> >> incompetent advice.
>> >>
>> >> Let's totally ignore all that.  Nobody has any idea what state your
>> >> system
>> >> is in.  You had one problem, and all the steps you've mentioned so far
>> >> will
>> >> very sadly have probably made the problem worse.  Thankfully it sounds
>> >> like
>> >> you haven't stomped on the registry yet.  If the player is still 
>> >> running
>> >> at
>> >> all, those results are what you're interested in.  You've been
>> >> ill-advised
>> >> to fix things by deleting them... you now need to stop that.  The 
>> >> current
>> >> errors you're encountering are what you care about.  You're not going 
>> >> to
>> >> be
>> >> able to fix those by uninstall/deleting.
>> >>
>> >> So:
>> >> What happens when you try to play audio?  Is sndrec32.exe or 
>> >> mplay32.exe
>> >> able to produce audio?  Read: is it just WMP that's having audio
>> >> problems?
>> >>
>> >> -Zach
>> >> -- 
>> >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> >> Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
>> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> >> rights.
>> >> All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the
>> >> newsgroups*.
>> >> --
>> >> "gls_1959" <gls1959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:FB7B762B-5C33-40C7-AAC9-A8496BA4B23A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > I've had ongoing issues with WMP 10 within MCE.  Even with
>> >> > basic audio files which WMP claims to have codec support for,
>> >> > they just don't play or the audio portion does not come out.  At
>> >> > this point the only files I can reliably play are ASF, MP3, WMA
>> >> > and WMV file types.  Everything else gets C00D1199 or no sound.
>> >> > I have uninstalled and re-installed WMP a couple times, tried 
>> >> > various
>> >> > codec packages but still something is disconnected.
>> >> >
>> >> > My question is, how can I initialize the MediaPlayer Registry
>> >> > attributes to a known good starting point.   Even after uninstalling
>> >> > the app, the registry data is still there.  If I delete the 
>> >> > MediaPlayer
>> >> > registry directories under under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and
>> >> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER will they safely return when I re-install
>> >> > WMP 10?   A system "restore" will not help me here since this
>> >> > is a brand new MCE OS install in which WMP 10 has never
>> >> > been fully functional.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> 


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