cd player not playing

**neon_eddy** · 04-01-2005, 11:44 AM

CD player ..

I have a CD-ROM mounted in my dash for playing cd's .. connected via Fire-wire .. ripping works great, however if I try and play the cd it won't.. it reads the tracks.. and loads them up .. it won't play it.. it sees the length of the track.. but it never starts "0:01, 0:02 ...." .. ect ..

it plays fine via windows media player.. I'm not using the cd audio line.. just data

but again, great software..

**Scouse Monkey** · 04-01-2005, 11:50 AM

do you have the device options in media player set like this? (i am guessing as i dont have any front-end installed yet)

**neon_eddy** · 04-01-2005, 11:52 AM

I'll give it a shot..

but it WORKS via media player.. so I'm thinking yes.. but I'll look.. thanks for the advice..

**Scouse Monkey** · 04-01-2005, 11:56 AM

Does Cf use media player or winamp?

eDIT: jsut did a quick

and it would appear to use directsound not a mediaplayer like some of the other apps. Maybe it is in your general device settings somewhere. I am sure some CF expert will notice this thread soon if i keep making crappy suggestions and keep it at the top of the recent threads list!

**neon_eddy** · 04-01-2005, 12:10 PM

last I heard he said he used directX .. it doesn't do a winamp type install like MediaEngine did .. at least that I can tell.. I'm gonna go and take a look at it right now.. i'm do for a "break" .. anyway ..

seriosuly I check the forums here about once every 10 minutes..

**veetid** · 04-01-2005, 01:41 PM

I haven't ever experienced this problem and I also play CD's regularly. Does it do it with all your CD's? Try to disable AutoPlay CD, load a CD in the drive, go into music manager and click Play CD. This will take a second because it will check to see if you have an internet connection and if so it will get the CDDB track/artist/album information. Otherwise it will just label them Track1, Track2, etc... Then it should start playing your track. Which OS are you using? I actually use WMI to play CD's.

david