Can't Play My Music CD's

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 04:12 AM

I can't play any of my music cd's on my PC, when i put a cd in the drive it loads up my cd player (QCD) but does not play anything. if i explore cd contents with explorer it displays only one track on the cd.

if i use easycdextractor, i can play them in that program, so my drives do recognise the cd's

anyone got any idea how i can fix it

P.S. this is with retail & Back-up cd's

Thanks for Any Response

Using Windows 98se

i'm thinking that maybe one of my cd's has installed some sort of copy protection but i'm only guessing (i'm only a novice user)
i'm hoping this doesn't require me to format & Reinstall windows

**matt merch** · December 9th, 2003, 05:25 AM

try another player i guess ur using ms own player i had a similaer problem with a crappy dell i have to use at work i d/l winamp and it plays them fine http://www.winamp.com/

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 05:29 AM

I've Tried Winamp, it Doesn't Work either,the only way i can play cd on my pc is by using easycdextractor

Any other ideas

**origin** · December 9th, 2003, 06:21 AM

possibly update you're ASPI layer drivers. if not maybe the drive it too old and is in need of a dire replacement.

ASPI(sift through the options based on what os u are running)

l8

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by origin

possibly update you're ASPI layer drivers. if not maybe the drive it too old and is in need of a dire replacement.

ASPI(sift through the options based on what os u are running)

l8

I Don't Understand , what do i need to update, the cd's play using cdextractor so surely the aspi drivers must be okay

exactly what update do i need ???

**origin** · December 9th, 2003, 07:56 AM

after you download and extract the contents of the archive you need run aspichk.exe and it will tell you if you have the aspi drivers installed or not and info about if it isnt installed, INSTALL it then reboot and see if you're problem is solved.)

For all windows os's EXEPT windows 95 and lower

l8

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by origin

I will help. What OS are you running?

l8

Windows 98 SE

**Ken17625** · December 9th, 2003, 08:21 AM

I had a problem similar to this a long time ago (i'm not sure if this fits your exact situation, but I thought it would be ok to mention).

A file, associated with CD-Audio playback became corrupt, or damaged. (Using Windows 98, file "mcicda.dll" I believe).

Here is what I did, if you want to try it.

Browse to C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS, and find the file WIN98_44.CAB. Use an archive program like WinRAR (I recommend this) to open this file. When you do this, you'll see a bunch of files inside the archive. Extract just the file, "mcicda.drv", to a location of your choosing. I recommend saving it to a floppy.

Now, go to Start > Run > and type "sfc" (without the quotes). The System File Checker will appear. Make sure the radio button labeled "Extract one file from the installation disk" is selected. Next, where it says (directly below the previous) "Specify the system file you would like to restore", browse to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ and specify the file "mcicda.drv". Click "Start".

On the next screen, where it says "Specify the location that contains the file you want to extract and the destination for the file", do the following.

Where it says "Restore from", browse to the location where you put the copy (the one you extracted from WIN98_44.CAB), and select that. Then, for the other text box below it, type, or browse to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

Click start. It'll ask you about saving a backup, click yes (it's really not important), then it will say (hopefully), that it was succesfully extracted (or whatever). Close the sfc program.

It "should" work now.

Side note: Some programs, I noticed, were still able to play audio CDs (Such as cdextractor, in your case. In my case, it was Liquid Player).

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 09:14 AM

Tried The Above, Still no luck, thanks anyway

anymore ideas

**Ken17625** · December 9th, 2003, 09:15 AM

Can your drive (s) still read data CDs, etc..? I probably should have asked that before hand.

And another thing, do these audio CDs have extra features, like maybe a music video on them or something? I've seen CDs like this, and some players (including the Windows CD player, can't play them).

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 09:20 AM

Yes All other cd's are fine just audio cds not working

**Ken17625** · December 9th, 2003, 09:29 AM

Well, i'm out of ideas.

All I can say is, run scandisk, do a virus scan, just for the hell of it. Restart your computer, make sure your associations are to your satisfaction.

I'm stumped (or, am I a stump? I could never figure that one out).

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by origin

after you download and extract the contents of the archive you need run aspichk.exe and it will tell you if you have the aspi drivers installed or not and info about if it isnt installed, INSTALL it then reboot and see if you're problem is solved.)

For all windows os's EXEPT windows 95 and lower

l8

Did What You Said, Still Not working

**markg33uk** · December 9th, 2003, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Ken17625

Well, i'm out of ideas.

All I can say is, run scandisk, do a virus scan, just for the hell of it. Restart your computer, make sure your associations are to your satisfaction.

I'm stumped (or, am I a stump? I could never figure that one out).

Tried That Already, I Do All The Above At Least Every other day

Thanks For Trying Anyway :mellow