Just got a new computer at work.
The drive that is in the new HP, won't play my older CDs. These are "real" CDs, not ones that I've burned.
But I realized they are old, like my Led Zeppelin CDs seem to have been pressed in 1990.
Is there anything I can do?
I've heard of the opposite. Old CD reader won't read new cds. It reads some cds, right?
I'd start by updating the drivers.
Yeah, it reads and plays new CDs just fine.
The older ones, it plays them, but there is a constant cutout of sound. Like, music-blank-music-blank-music-blank, it's a constant rythmn and the CDs aren't scratched.
Toyman, how I can update the drivers, when I'm not sure what drivers and such I would be looking for.
Start with who the drive is made by, you might have to open the case to find this out. It might be in the manual or brag sheet for the system. Their website should have the latest drivers available for download. Download the driver for what ever OS you are using and install it. They usually come as executable files.
As I tried different CDs, the split seems to lie right amon the discs pressed in the 1995-1996 range, with all CDs before that not playing correctly.
Does it have something to do with how they encode the media on CDs, or something like that?
I ran across something about the rainbow book and such, but haven't had time to research it further.
Also when I left today it said windows was installing 67 updates, so I guess we will see.
Does it not recognize the cd?
if it does see the cd, but doesn't play audio, you may need to add codecs to the system. look for the Klite package
^Refer to post #4
z31maniac wrote: ^Refer to post #4
doh'.....pre-coffee post.
Yes, Klite Codec Package. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm
Didn't work. I even went into the audio codec configure menu and enabled everything.
it has to do with the focus length of new lasers vs the way older cd were manufactured.
I would suggest you burn a copy of the cd on your home machine that works and take that to work. Any other solution is gonna be something you probably cant do to the work computer...
madmallard wrote: it has to do with the focus length of new lasers vs the way older cd were manufactured. I would suggest you burn a copy of the cd on your home machine that works and take that to work. Any other solution is gonna be something you probably cant do to the work computer...
screw that.....rip to an external hdd or ipod/etc
I solved it earlier.
Downloaded Winamp and installed it. Plays just fine.
Surprise Surprise, a Microsoft product doesn't work as intended!
Winamp was going to be my suggestion, good to see you read my mind!
It really whips the llamas ass!
Winamp for the WIN! It's been my mp3 player of choice since 1998. When you could surf peoples webpages and find links to download mp3s.
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