Rider71

Mr. Barrow's Wave Pad work around worked for me also. With Wave Pad, I simply opened my mp3 file that WMP11 would not play, jumped to the end and saved the file as an mp3 again overwriting the non-playable mp3. I then added it back to Windows Media Player 11 and it played perfectly. I had a slight problem when I moved the overwritten mp3 file back to WMP11 though in that I lost all but the first letters of the title, artist and album information. I had to re-add the information using the WMP11 advanced tag editor (which I do all the time anyhow) and then close WMP11 and re-open. All the info came back and the file played fine. Inquired: Can you try playing the mp3 directly within Switch? We're trying to work out what the cause of the problem is, because we're unable to replicate it here. Are you using Vista? Where did you obtain the .wma files? Do you have another computer that you can try and play the mp3 files on? It could be some protecting mechanism kicking in, blocking your ability to play the files because it believes they are illegal. I'm using the latest WMP11 with Windows XP. I did not try to play the seemingly corrupted mp3 within the Switch program but I did open it with Jet Audio which I am also evaluating. Jet Audio played the file just fine. I downloaded the original (unprotected) wma file from Limewire and it played fine on WMP11. I hope this helps. If you have any more questions about my operating system, drop an email and I'll be glad to help. If you guys can work out this little bug, I'd be happy to buy your program. So far it's extrememly fast and user friendly. Best I've encountered so far.

I'm having the same issue. I'll try your work around and see if it works for me also then let the forum know the results. Thanks