supafrisk

Here's an interesting development - Last year I ripped a load of mp3s using express rip and saved them to mmc for my mobile phone. Last night I plugged the mmc card into the laptop and copied over the files and guess what - they work So why can I play ripped mp3s with a vista operating system that have been ripped using the same software on a PC running XP but it won't create new mp3s using the same format on vista?

Yes the soundcard works fine. I'm running an acer aspire 5100 and vista is integrated into the acer software - apparently to remove one causes the other to fail (I've been on computer tech websites where experienced programmers have tried) Downloaded mp3s from musicbrigade play fine when using media player 11, and I can open express rip and play an mp3 that I've just ripped. The problem is opening and playing it in media, that's when it won't work In device manager it says; Sound, video and game controllers - Realtek high definition audio Click on properties, it says General

Basically, I've always used wavepad, switch, express burn, express rip etc. I purchased an Acer Aspire 5100 laptop last week and loaded all the usual software onto it. Then I opened express rip and commenced ripping my CD albums to mp3 format. I spent about 2 hours doing this before actually bothering to play one - big mistake. Media player 11 opened, and then a pop up box appeared. "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file". So I clicked on the web help button and got thi