I downloaded some tunes from the WalMart store yesterday, and tried to play
them. WMP says that I'm missing the "161 codec", and sends me to wmplugins.
I've downloaded the files recommended (twice), but I still can't play my
music.

What gives?

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:19:02 -0800, "Mark Phelps" <Mark
Phelps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I downloaded some tunes from the WalMart store yesterday, and tried to play
>them. WMP says that I'm missing the "161 codec", and sends me to wmplugins.
>I've downloaded the files recommended (twice), but I still can't play my
>music.

Codec 161 is the DivX Audio 4 codec - but there's *no way* I can think
why WalMart are encoding in DivX instead of WMA : Maybe they had a
head fit !

Anyway try this download and see if the error goes away :
http://download.divxmovies.com/divx_audio_402.zip

Cheers - Neil

Actually, no - 161 (0x353) is WMA Standard and is NOT a DivX codec. DivX in
their earlier days gained "credibility" (and I use that term loosely) by
rebranding Microsoft work as their own, but 353/161 is definitively a
Microsoft-defined bitstream, regardless of what text strings some "genius"
hacker decided to mess with. *rolls eyes* =\

The package you're pointing to is just a hacked/rebranded version of a very
old Microsoft codec, and is pretty retarded overall.



I'm imagining that the problem is that the licensed WMA content being played
back is finding an unsigned wmadmod.dll on the system. What version of
wmadmod.dll is on the system? What version of wmvcore.dll is on the system?

-Zach
--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
news0blr19h8vka62ghki8vreq5l2k1ptv2mh@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:19:02 -0800, "Mark Phelps" <Mark
> Phelps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I downloaded some tunes from the WalMart store yesterday, and tried to
>>play
>>them. WMP says that I'm missing the "161 codec", and sends me to
>>wmplugins.
>>I've downloaded the files recommended (twice), but I still can't play my
>>music.
>
> Codec 161 is the DivX Audio 4 codec - but there's *no way* I can think
> why WalMart are encoding in DivX instead of WMA : Maybe they had a
> head fit !
>
> Anyway try this download and see if the error goes away :
> http://download.divxmovies.com/divx_audio_402.zip
>
> Cheers - Neil
>

Thanks for replying.

wmadmod.dll version 10.0.0.3646
wmvcore.dll version 10.0.0.4332 (and one in a "Backup" folder, version
10.0.0.3646)

Mark

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> Actually, no - 161 (0x353) is WMA Standard and is NOT a DivX codec. DivX in
> their earlier days gained "credibility" (and I use that term loosely) by
> rebranding Microsoft work as their own, but 353/161 is definitively a
> Microsoft-defined bitstream, regardless of what text strings some "genius"
> hacker decided to mess with. *rolls eyes* =\
>
> The package you're pointing to is just a hacked/rebranded version of a very
> old Microsoft codec, and is pretty retarded overall.
>
>
>
> I'm imagining that the problem is that the licensed WMA content being played
> back is finding an unsigned wmadmod.dll on the system. What version of
> wmadmod.dll is on the system? What version of wmvcore.dll is on the system?
>
> -Zach
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news0blr19h8vka62ghki8vreq5l2k1ptv2mh@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:19:02 -0800, "Mark Phelps" <Mark
> > Phelps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >>I downloaded some tunes from the WalMart store yesterday, and tried to
> >>play
> >>them. WMP says that I'm missing the "161 codec", and sends me to
> >>wmplugins.
> >>I've downloaded the files recommended (twice), but I still can't play my
> >>music.
> >
> > Codec 161 is the DivX Audio 4 codec - but there's *no way* I can think
> > why WalMart are encoding in DivX instead of WMA : Maybe they had a
> > head fit !
> >
> > Anyway try this download and see if the error goes away :
> > http://download.divxmovies.com/divx_audio_402.zip
> >
> > Cheers - Neil
> >
>
>
>

Yeah, that probably represents the result of a reinstall over the top of
your WMP install, which is why the 4332 package was rereleased with a
'blocking' 4332 wmploc.dll. This is part of the reinstall problem I've
mentioned around here.

*ponders*

What version if wmvdmod.dll? Is there another copy of wmadmod.dll in your
c:\windows\system32\dllcache folder? If so, what version is that?


--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"Mark Phelps" <MarkPhelps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EC67A02-FA65-4DE3-919E-E3BF53FEA460@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for replying.
>
> wmadmod.dll version 10.0.0.3646
> wmvcore.dll version 10.0.0.4332 (and one in a "Backup" folder, version
> 10.0.0.3646)
>
> Mark
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Actually, no - 161 (0x353) is WMA Standard and is NOT a DivX codec. DivX
>> in
>> their earlier days gained "credibility" (and I use that term loosely) by
>> rebranding Microsoft work as their own, but 353/161 is definitively a
>> Microsoft-defined bitstream, regardless of what text strings some
>> "genius"
>> hacker decided to mess with. *rolls eyes* =\
>>
>> The package you're pointing to is just a hacked/rebranded version of a
>> very
>> old Microsoft codec, and is pretty retarded overall.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm imagining that the problem is that the licensed WMA content being
>> played
>> back is finding an unsigned wmadmod.dll on the system. What version of
>> wmadmod.dll is on the system? What version of wmvcore.dll is on the
>> system?
>>
>> -Zach
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news0blr19h8vka62ghki8vreq5l2k1ptv2mh@4ax.com...
>> > On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:19:02 -0800, "Mark Phelps" <Mark
>> > Phelps@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>I downloaded some tunes from the WalMart store yesterday, and tried to
>> >>play
>> >>them. WMP says that I'm missing the "161 codec", and sends me to
>> >>wmplugins.
>> >>I've downloaded the files recommended (twice), but I still can't play
>> >>my
>> >>music.
>> >
>> > Codec 161 is the DivX Audio 4 codec - but there's *no way* I can think
>> > why WalMart are encoding in DivX instead of WMA : Maybe they had a
>> > head fit !
>> >
>> > Anyway try this download and see if the error goes away :
>> > http://download.divxmovies.com/divx_audio_402.zip
>> >
>> > Cheers - Neil
>> >
>>
>>
>>