Loading MP3 files crashing VS 8
Moderator: Ken Berry
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Cheezy
Loading MP3 files crashing VS 8
I just started having a problem with VS8 when I try to load audio files, MP3s. VS8 keeps crashing. I have installed all the patches, but the problem keeps recurring. Anyone else having the same problem and/or have any suggestions on how I can fix?
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THoff
Try Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Multimedia -> Hardware -> Audio Codecs -> Properties -> Properties, and make sure you have at least one codec capacble of decoding MP3 audio.
If there is more than one, Windows will use the codec with the lowest priority first -- you can change the priority by clicking on the Properties button.
If you recently installed any codec packs or some other such garbage, uninstall it, and manually reinstall just the codecs you need.
If everything seems normal but the codec doesn't work, try to determine the name of the file that implements the codec (such as l3codecx.ax for the Fraunhofer MP3 codec), and unregister and reregister the codec using the following two commands from a command prompt:
regsvr32 /u filename
regsvr32 filename
If there is more than one, Windows will use the codec with the lowest priority first -- you can change the priority by clicking on the Properties button.
If you recently installed any codec packs or some other such garbage, uninstall it, and manually reinstall just the codecs you need.
If everything seems normal but the codec doesn't work, try to determine the name of the file that implements the codec (such as l3codecx.ax for the Fraunhofer MP3 codec), and unregister and reregister the codec using the following two commands from a command prompt:
regsvr32 /u filename
regsvr32 filename