windows media player and my music library

TwoTabs

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i none of my music will play in windows media player. my audio files are mp3 and wma.

anyone else have any problems like this???

the music will show up in my library but it wont play. it plays with winamp but not wmp
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire E1-571
    CPU
    i5-3230m
    Motherboard
    Acer Type-2
    Memory
    8GB DDR3 1333MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 4000
    Sound Card
    High Definiton Audio Device
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    Generic
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256GB
    PSU
    Generic
    Keyboard
    QWERTY
    Mouse
    ELANTECH Touchpad
    Internet Speed
    12.68Mbps
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Is your music stored locally, or on a network share? If it's on the network, could be something with permissions that Metro are using..

I had no issues at all playing mp3's or wma's on my local machine without loading any codecs, only needed them for mkv & other formats..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Window 8/Windows 7 Dual Boot
This is an issue that has been around awhile, and I had it when I moved to Windows 8 as well, just run through these steps :)

1. open Regedit
2. Navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Audio\
3. Right click on Audio and choose New -> DWORD value
4. Name it as DisableProtectedAudioDG, change the value from 1 to 0.

NOTE: Please backup registry before making any change.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64 RTM Build 9200
    CPU
    Intel i5 2500k
    Motherboard
    EVGA Z68 SLI
    Memory
    8gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GTX660 Ti
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony 46" HDTV and Dell 22" Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    6TB
    Case
    Fractal Designs Define R4
    Mouse
    Razer Naga
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