Media Player codec

[earthboundrec]

Is there a codec for Window's Media Player so that it will play 24/48 or 24/96 audio files? I can't seem to find it at microsoft.com. Thanks.

 

[aaroncomp]

I am able to play both 24/48 and 24/96 waves in Media Player 10 without any additional codecs. See if this works.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

 

[Halion]

Me too. However, you still need a soundcard that can handle it. No 16-bit soundcard is gonna let you hear a 24 bit sound file.

 

[earthboundrec]

huh... that's wierd. I just use my FirePod as my sound card and that's 24/96 but if I try to open up 24/48 song files it tells me I need a codec for it. Before I was using version 9 but I just installed version 10 and the got the same message. That's strange.. I just intalled WinAmp though and it looks like that's playing my 24/48 files just fine.

 

[shackrock]

yeah I've never had any luck with WMP playing my files. winamp and other players have always read those right away though.

 

[travelin travis]

Windows Media Player will not play 24 bit audio. I've looked all over for a codec but could'nt find one. I got Winamp and it works fine.

 

[aaroncomp]

Windows Media Player will not play 24 bit audio. I've looked all over for a codec but could'nt find one. I got Winamp and it works fine.

Sorry, but it actually does.

 

[travelin travis]

I never could get it to. Care to share how you got it to?

 

[travelin travis]

I just exported a track out of sonar as a 24/44.1 .wav file. Will not play in WMP but works fine in Winamp. I'm running WMP 10 and a m-audio 1010lt card. Any idea why it would'nt work? I get the "missing codec" error message.

 

[aaroncomp]

This is the only link I could find that is halfway useful: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/wi...ecs/audio.aspx#WindowsMediaAudio9Professional


I'm not really sure why yours will not work. I didn't have to do anything after a regular install.

 

[travelin travis]

I downloaded the windows media player professional codec. On the microsoft site it says that this codec will enable 24/96 playback. Still not working. I ran into this problem a long time ago and gave up. Looks like I'm givin up this time too.

 

[aaroncomp]

Hmm, that sucks. Did you try uninstalling the existing versions of WMP before installing new ones?

 

[travelin travis]

When I first discovered that wmp would'nt play 24 bit audio, on my system, i tried everything that I could think of.........multiple versions of media player, uninstalling the previous verion each time that I installed the new one.