Creative MediaSource Is Playing With My H

I installed Creative MediaSource on my new computer and transferred my music to the Library. In the last couple of days things are just plain spooky. I have downloaded cuts from MSN Music, and normally the last cuts added to the library have always appeared at the bottom of the Library's list. The first time they appear, that is where you find them, but the next time you launch Mediasource, they are somewhere else. In addition, on two separate occasions I have launched Mediasource to find NO tunes at all; it is empty. Only be rebooting my computer do I get them back. Other than stepping in front of a bus, can anyone offer any advice or solutions? By the way, thanks to all on the advice with downloading the patch to have my Mediasource program recognize by CD burner. That worked like a charm!!

Are you refering to adding tracks into MediaSource's PC Music Library? The first time, the tracks at the end of the list. The next time you launched MediaSource, the tracks that you see in the organizer would have been sorted according to your preference. You can sort by Artist, Album, Genre, Title, etc. This is in fact a correct behaviour.

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I do however remember having this problem and then randomly one day the now playing list i had had been stored and still continues to remain at start up till this day. Though i cannot remember anything different i was doing that day. I think mediasource is toying with me :P
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Try deleting the.dat file in "C:\Documents and Settings\YourName\Application Data\Creative\MediaSource".

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During the installation of the new creative drivers and software, I was surprised to see that Creative MediaSource would play all my multimedia files (in French, there was a caption during installation that mentioned: "Joue tous vos fichiers multim?dias". And I thought, wow, great move from Creative, now they're finally adding ogg and other formats to the CMS software!
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Even dragging an ogg file onto the player resulted in a long silence... and my speakers are turned on!
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There is a way to play ogg on CMS2.
But then you've to add too much software encoded crap like ac3 and OGG acm codec.
Best way is not to use any creative player.
CreativeMediaSourceplayer=don't use it, it only plays wav/wma/mp3, no ogg aac monkeyaudio etc. Also no webstreams ..So forget CMS get FOOBAR2000.
Also don't use the creative dvd-a player, this player only supports audio, but most dvd-a do have image/video content. You'll see it on a dvd player, but not on creative DVD-A player.. And don't use codecpacks!!!!
so most creative players are crap, not professional. Bad extension mediatype support.
Foobar2000-> http://www.foobar2000.org/foobar2000_special.exe
VLC-> http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
FFDshow-> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5376

Creative mediasource player - track order prob

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Help Please! Creative MediaSource vs. WMP10 - Zen Mi

Okay, so when I first got my Zen Micro, I used the Creative MediaSource that came with it to organize all my music, and I thought it worked perfectly. However, I -just- updated the firmware, and now it's sync-ed with Windows Media Player 0. At first I thought it would be no problem, but I totally can't get used to Windows Media PLayer 0. I tried use Creative MediaSource again, but now I can't get my Zen Micro to sync with it!
Can someone please help me?!~Airiviel
ETA: can someone walk me through the downgrading procedure?Message Edited by Airiviel on 0-7-2005 0:26 PM

Ok. The way i did it:
. Download the version .3 and then delete the version 2.whatever upgrade file oof of your PC.
2. Now go onto the Zen Micro and go into recovery mode (take out the battery and then hold the power switch to on while re-inserting the battery)
3. Scroll to the menu option "Reload Firmware". This will erase the current firmware.
4. Start the version .3 update and then poof TA-DA, you have the excellent firmware on the Zen Micro.

Cannot play audio CD with Creative MediaSource Pla

Hi All,
I recently installed an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum soundcard and the Creative MediaSource Player software. I also purchased Creative 5. Analog speakers. Have everything configured pretty well now and really enjoying the enhanced sounds!
My problem is that I cannot play audio CDs using the MediaSource Player. I can see my DVD Player and CD Player in the MediaSource Player 'Source' column and a list of all the tracks on the CD. (no track info, just track numbers and length)
When I double-click on a track it cycles through all the tracks and then places an 'X' next to each one in the 'Now Playing' list window. If I have other music files from my harddri've available, it will start playing one of them.
I've tried different CDs with the same results.
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I've read all the info that came with the card and on the Creative Web site and have been through every configuration screen multiple times but haven't found a switch that turns this feature on.
Would like to get this working so I can standardize on one player that allows me to use all the advanced features of my new card.
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A good way to see what kinds of things you might need for something like vlc is to look at the optional dependencies for the package. So if you do pacman -Qi vlc if the package is installed on your system already, or pacman -Si vlc if not yet installed, you can see in the output what kinds of optional dependencies there are. Typically there is a short description of the extra functionality that the optional dependency can provide as well.
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Creative MediaSource will not play certain MP3

I have a Creative Audigy 2 NX with a remote that I really want to be able to use. Programs such as GIRDER, WinLIRC, and uICE do not support the RM-500 remote control.
I can't figure out how to control the remote beyond editing and creating key files that send ASCII commands, but the problem with that is I cannot control programs that are not currently acti've. In other words, I cannot control winamp if I'm playing a game with my remote, which is what I want to do. The KEY files are structured as this:[KeyEvent690 etc]KeyName=whateveryouwantdisplayedNotification=- or 2 or 4KeyEventRemap=this is the important partHandleByApp=i don't know what this doesAnyway, if I set notification to -, I can send ASCII commands-- BUT these will not send to programs not currently on top. If I set notification to 2, as Creative did in their Winamp .x key file, I could control the program even if it is not on top-- BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE KeyEventRemaps NUMBERS SHOULD BE. I cannot find this information, and I have tested as far as I am capable of doing manually (tested numbers through 500 MANUALLY).So what I want to be able to do is use my remote to control winamp, but that is impossible. And Creative MediaSource will not play streaming audio (for God knows why...). So what I decided to do was record to an MP3 player with a third party program and play that MP3 in the Creative MediaSource software (the built-in recorder will NOT work, as I cannot structure that into a playlist nor can I play the recording media nor can I minimize the program and mute the feedback-- I can only record if I'm playing, and this doesn't work). The first problem I encountered was several programs would not output MP3s that were playable as they were being recorded, however I finally did find one. This program, 3aLab iRadio, allows the MP3 to be played back WHILE simultaneously being recorded. The only problem is that this the Creative MediaSource software will NOT play the mp3. Out of the 5 different MP3 players I tested, ONLY the Creative MediaSource software would not playback the MP3 as being written. I cannot figure this out, and I am at a loss as to what to do next. I realize that Creative won't support streaming audio with their player, MediaSource, but what I like to do is listen to streaming internet radio as an item on my mp3 playlist in winamp. I wish to be able to control this with my remote, but as I cannot find ANY WAY out there to control my remote as I wish without further information, this is a dead end. My alternati've is to use the Creative software for which the remote was designed to work, but unfortunately this does not support streaming internet radio nor does it support MP3s that are being written to. This is driving me insane.
What I want to be able to do is have a playlist that I control with my remote, with the first item on the list being internet radio, the 2nd and such on down being MP3s. In winamp, this is doable, as well as in Windows Media Player, and most MP3 players out there. Since I cannot do this in Creative's software, I need a workaround alternati've. PLEASE.
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Thank you very much for your time.
Message Edited by PzyX on 0-5-2005 08: PM

Sky_Blue wrote:
Hey ppl. I own a Zen neeon which i bought in Hong Kong. I can't play any of the tracks and i don't know why. Can i still transfer them to my mp3 or will they not work?
I am afraid that you need to provide more detail steps of your problem.Message Edited by micromouse on 0-04-2006 0:52 AM

Windows Media Player or Creative MediaSource with Vision

I just spent a few hours introducing myself to MediaSource. Then I realized I was not getting album art or anything, and read about how WMA files often sound better with smaller file sizes. I cannot decide which media organizer/player?to use, and am hoping for insight from anyone. I really don't want to waste time with one or the other, only to regret it later.

Creative's software is horrendous. It is overly complicated, unintuiti've, and many functions simply do not work. I haven't played with Windows Media Player 0, but I really can't see how it could possibly be worse (or even as bad!) as the Creative offering! Creative really needs to fix the bugs in MediaSource and MediaOrganizer, so that the software is useable on the Vision:M. Maybe if enough people complain about it, they'll start fixing issues! Or, an even better idea, would be for a third party to write a killer app for the Vision:M and cut Creative out of the loop entirely. Creative may be able to manufacture good players, but they can't write software!

My music does not play in Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer

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C? Pattym9
I see what is happening now.
Media sniffer will only find new items(those in your kids folders) and ones where the links have been
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Incidentally you can set media sniffer to only check the folders you want it to rather than all folders
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Best Wishes
ZENFLASH

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markomusic wrote:
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That is why I said that MediaSource is not the cultprit. The driver probably is the cultprit.

Creative MediaSource Organizer....Will it work with Zen 16GB

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Transferring tracks from Nomad Jukebox 2 to MUVO with Creative MediaSource Player/Organi

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Message Edited by rrtash on <SPAN class=date_text>0-3-2006 <SPAN class=time_text>02:27 PM
Message Edited by rrtash on 0-4-2006 2:4 AM

PeeBee wrote:
Does the MuVo work with Nomad Explorer? I didn't think it did.
PB
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Hello Good morning I'm still with my playing videos movies i sent back my equipment to my reseller and it came back to me with the same problem .
I down new codecs with any positi've results.
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