Player defect? Titles not playing

[bonjo]

Help! My player isn't playing anything. Yesterday everything was OK, today it is not playing any title.
My database hasn't been moved, the MediaMonkey.ini-file is still pointing to that database file, the audio files haven't been moved (MM can find them: "Find more from Same>Explorer"), but the internal player isn't playing ... ! I double click, and the file goes into the interface of the internal player, then the file goes grey, nothing happens.
What could be the problem?

Thanks for any help.

[Lowlander]

Did you install/uninstall/modify QuickTime or Windows Media Player since. Do the file show up in Library > Files to Edit > Dead Links node?

[bonjo]

Did you install/uninstall/modify QuickTime or Windows Media Player since

no.

Do the file show up in Library > Files to Edit > Dead Links node?

no. all files are accessible.

But I found this help in the Knowledgebase:
http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/inde ... 90&nav=0,5

When I change the output plug-in from "MM DirectSound output" to "waveOut output v2.0.2a" it works.
Funny, because I am certain that I did not change that setting since yesterday. Can this be changed by itself or by another software?

"MM DirectSound output" doesn't work with any configurational settings. But I have the feeling that it used to be "MM DirectSound output" with Primary Sounddriver ("Primaerer Soundtreiber") that I used to have set here.

[Taomyn]

I just discovered the same problem, though I found by changing to "Wave output" playing a track and then switching back to "Direct sound", all is well again.....for now

I hadn't used MM in a while so maybe some Vista or driver updates or something messed things up, but MM didn't seem to cope too well.

[rovingcowboy]

thats good you found an answer.

resetting the direct sound output plugin by changing to the wav out put plugin for a song or two then changing back to direct sound.

that does make it seem like a driver update from another program messed up something.?

[Taomyn]

Thought I would update this with another possible fix as it just happened to me yet again only this time with the 3.1 beta.

I spotted in the MediaMonkey.ini file, that even though the volume slider was at 50%, the INI file contained:

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[Player]
OutputPlugin=out_MMDS.dll
Volume=0

No amount of changing the slider fixed it, so I closed MM, edited the file to:

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[Player]
OutputPlugin=out_MMDS.dll
Volume=1

Voila, the sound came back and the volume slider was working again.

How infuriating, but at least I can fix it now.