Having some problems playing MP3s in XP

[Shade the Mystic 1]

I've had this problem for about a week, my project just stopped playing MP3s altogether. I've tried everything I can think of to get them back, reinstalling XP, enabling the BGM in game, and I'm completely tapped for ideas. I'm not very computer-savvy, so I'm guessing the problem is something I never even considered. This is getting very irritating, and I've found that I can't continue my project until I get this problem addressed, so please, can't someone out there help me figure this out?

[Polraudio 122]

I've had this problem for about a week, my project just stopped playing MP3s altogether. I've tried everything I can think of to get them back, reinstalling XP, enabling the BGM in game, and I'm completely tapped for ideas. I'm not very computer-savvy, so I'm guessing the problem is something I never even considered. This is getting very irritating, and I've found that I can't continue my project until I get this problem addressed, so please, can't someone out there help me figure this out?

There could be many problems first if you have Vista right click on the sound thing in the lower right and go to volume mixer while RMXP is up and make sure the sound is turened up in the mixer.

 

For XP double click the sound thing in the lower right and make sure your sound things are not turned all the way down.

 

Does sound work for other things?

[Shade the Mystic 1]

Yeah, the sound works fine for everything else. I can even play the MP3 files in any other app. They just don't work in the editor or in-game. Absolutely baffled by it.

[Bahamut 0]

Does RMXP play the MIDI files?

 

You may need to reinstall the computer's sound drivers.

[Polraudio 122]

Does RMXP play the MIDI files?

 

You may need to reinstall the computer's sound drivers.

Exactly what i was going to say. Try updating your drivers.

[Shade the Mystic 1]

Does RMXP play the MIDI files?

 

You may need to reinstall the computer's sound drivers.

 

 

Yeah, the midis work fine.

 

How do I go about reinstalling the sound drivers? I'm sorry if I sound ignorant on the matter, which I suppose I am, but it's not really something that's come up before.

[Polraudio 122]

What kind of sound card do you have?

[Shade the Mystic 1]

What kind of sound card do you have?

 

I have no idea. I got the computer as a Christmas present, so I'm not privy to all it's specs. How would I go about finding that out?

[Polraudio 122]

I'm not entirely sure but i think you would go here. Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Sound, Video, and game controllers. And tell me what is under there.

[Shade the Mystic 1]

I'm not entirely sure but i think you would go here. Right click on My Computer -> Properties -> Device Manager -> Sound, Video, and game controllers. And tell me what is under there.

 

Right, well, it says, "Audio Codecs

Legacy Audio Drivers

SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC"

 

Does that mean anything to you? It's all gibberish to me.

[Polraudio 122]

Alright i think i found the right one.

http://www.radarsync.com/driver/d273775-si...on_audio_codec# click on the "Download the Latest Version" on the right

Let me know if it works.

[Shade the Mystic 1]

Alright i think i found the right one.

http://www.radarsync.com/driver/d273775-si...on_audio_codec# click on the "Download the Latest Version" on the right

Let me know if it works.

Well I installed it (I think I did, anyways. It opened up a prompt screen for about a second, then closed it up again right quick), but it doesn't seem to have done anything. I still get nothing out of the editor.

 

Bleh. I hate technology.

[Polraudio 122]

Hmm........ Dont see what the problem could be. Try diffrent MP3 files that you know for a fact that will work in RMXP. Sometimes i get MP3's that dont play in RMXP. or try making sure its not muted in the Mixer (If using Vista)

[Kiriashi 117]

I've had this problem before, and one of the times the answer was the first thing Pol mentioned; some MP3s are total dumps, and won't work in RMXP. What you should do is download the file from wherever you got it, and click on save file instead of open. Now where it says what the file is named, it will probably say blahblahblah.MP3, you should change it to blahblahblah.WAV.

 

If that doesn't work, than try getting the music somewhere else. Could you post the .MP3 here (or a link) so I could check it out or even reconfig/convert it for 'ya?

 

RSVP,

~Kiriashi~

[Shade the Mystic 1]

I've had this problem before, and one of the times the answer was the first thing Pol mentioned; some MP3s are total dumps, and won't work in RMXP. What you should do is download the file from wherever you got it, and click on save file instead of open. Now where it says what the file is named, it will probably say blahblahblah.MP3, you should change it to blahblahblah.WAV.

 

If that doesn't work, than try getting the music somewhere else. Could you post the .MP3 here (or a link) so I could check it out or even reconfig/convert it for 'ya?

 

RSVP,

~Kiriashi~

 

Unfortunately, I've got about 164 MP3s in my projects soundtrack, and I wouldn't feel right having someone else convert them all. If that's the only way to fix this problem, I can always convert them myself once I've dl'd the right program. I'll let you know if it works or what.

[Bahamut 0]

You said RMXP stopped playing MP3s a week ago. Do you remember installing something on the computer before that started happening?

[Shade the Mystic 1]

You said RMXP stopped playing MP3s a week ago. Do you remember installing something on the computer before that started happening?

 

I had thought of that too, and the only thing I've installed in the last week was Final Fantasy 7.

[Polraudio 122]

I had thought of that too, and the only thing I've installed in the last week was Final Fantasy 7.

Final Fantasy 7, Alright then try installing the latest Direct X.

If you need help finding it just let me know.(Need your Operating system if you do)

[Shade the Mystic 1]

Final Fantasy 7, Alright then try installing the latest Direct X.

If you need help finding it just let me know.(Need your Operating system if you do)

 

I already have the latest Direct X (it's ver.10, I think.) and still nothing. So I just went ahead and dl'd an audio converter and turned all the MP3's into .wav files. Still don't know what the problem was, though.

[Polraudio 122]

Unless your sound card is going bye bye.

[Shade the Mystic 1]

Unless your sound card is going bye bye.

It's a brand new computer, and I'm listening to music right now, so...I don't think that's the problem.

 

Well it doesn't matter now. I'll just have to convert any MP3s I want to waves, I guess. I can live with that, but the space it chews up is just ridiculous, for music files.

[Kiriashi 117]

Oh, by the way. A good audio converter that's free is Switch. Sorry for the semi-necropost.