Select MP3's play no audio

[murphotronic]

Tried to resolve this with psycik since I was using MusicLibrary2, but it seems to be more of a system issue. I have over 5000 mp3's dating back several years, mostly ripped with WinAmp, more than half won't play audio, while some do. I've tried detagging, retagging, moving directories, etc.

1.) All work with Windows Media Player (problem came up when I set WMP=false due to constant keypress errors)

2.) WMP and GBPVR 98.13 both use Realtek HD Audio output via SPDIF (works for livetv & recording and some MP3s; problem remains when I jack in speakers)

3.) I can find no difference in tagging or album art with those that works and those that don't.

4.) Problem occurs with original Music Library and ML2

5.) Had started with fresh install of GBPVR 98.13, after the problem started I ran changedatabase to SQL, no luck.

6.) Have tried adjusting sample rate (for SPDIF), line levels, etc. Can play 'working' file to test, and non-working file remain non-working. Switch to WMP, everything's fine...

Not sure what else to try... I've attached my log files after having played a few non-audible tracks; I could switch back and set UseWindowsMediaPlayerForAudio to false, but the erratic remote functions were driving me nuts... any ideas?

thanks again,
murph.

[sub]

email one of the mp3 files to me at support@devnz.com and I'll take a look

[murphotronic]

Sub nailed it:
"I've had a quick check, and it doesnt seem to be a GB-PVR problem, but rather a Directshow problem or problem with the utility you've used to encode the MP3 file. I'm able to reproduce the lack of audio with this in other Directshow players, like GraphEdit, so its affects more than just GB-PVR.

It may be worth trying to upgrade your MP3 decoder on your machine. Windows comes with v1.5 of the Fraunhofer MP3 codec. Newer ones exist which may resolve your issue. I know there is a 1.9.0.311, and maybe even newer versions. If you google for fraunhofer mp3 directshow it should turn up some download locations for this updated decoder. Let me know how you get on."

I installed a new codec pack and all files play audio! The codec pack unfortunatley required FFDshow to be installed, I've had trouble with this before, but it's now installed but not enabled in GBPVR and all my video still works.
Got codec pack here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/MPEG..._Codec.htm




funny, after several weeks of futzing, GBPVR is finally working flawlessly with all my desired plugins; first thing I did was flip through to see that nothing was on, and then complain to my wife that I was bored...


murph.