Real Player? Doze Media Player?

Post #90,481 by Ashton 3/22/03 9:05:28 PM Reply	Real Player? Doze Media Player? I recall some harsh words many moons ago ~ to effect that Roxio 5.0? was incompatible with "late" versions of the above. Either the 'players' hosed Roxio or they mutually suicided. Believe that I saw on Roxio site some patches for the (then 'new') V.5 for these glitches. I had to install 5.x as simplest means for proper drivers for a new CD/RW (a bargain thingie). Since then I've simply refused to upgrade either RP or M$-Anything. Actually, except for hassle of getting new drivers for late CDRWs -- I think V.4 was likely more stable (hearsay) and I liked its less-glossy interface better. Sorry I can't recall the mechanism by which Roxio hosed / got hosed earlier -- but if Adaptec (its parent) made hardware this way, they'd be dead. I'm using 98-SE, but dejunked via 98-lite. Whether 98- alone is weirder re CDs, don't know. My RP is V6.0.10.505 = the last version I plan to try. I HATE this shit. (It seems to mostly work on the few things I want to audition; I generally decline the new codecs they are always pushing. Did I mention I HATE this shit?) If you do have installed - especially late versions of - RP or Doze Media too, might be worth uninstalling, running the ancient Reg Clean - which still seems to do a certain amount of junk-collecting; then reinstall Roxio 5.x (I have 5.0) Dunno what the mix of incompatibilities for 6.0 might be, or if all play nicely with the latest (spy-bot equipped) of the toy players. (Needless to add? 98-SE/lite will be my last acquaintance with Doze in any case.. every Bugfix from now on out will demand the Spy-EULA, which has now torpedoed W2K >SP-2 forever, too. I'll rely on firewall til I get brain around Knoppix as successor. Screw M$ 'bug-fixers/breakers') Luck.. Ashton
Post #90,492 by orion 3/22/03 9:52:34 PM 3/22/03 9:56:03 PM Reply	The fix was to take a system file out of the EZ-CD install and place it in the EZ-CD directory. Apparently the Windows Media Player, Real Player, etc update the CDRW/CDR system driver and it breaks EZ-CD. Check out the Roxio web site for EZ-CD updates and see if they have the fix there. I think that they do, but I haven't been there since I switched to Nero, Nero just seems to me to be much better and easier to use. Have you tried an EZ-CD update? [link\|http://www.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/ecdc/ecdc_software_updatesv5.jhtml\|http://www.roxio.com...e_updatesv5.jhtml] Sometimes that fixes the problem. "Bill gates cannot guarantee Windows, so how are you going to guarantee my safety?" -John Crichton to the Emperor of the Scarrans on [link\|http://www.farscape.com\|FarScape] Edited by orion March 22, 2003, 09:56:03 PM EST Expand All History
Post #90,571 by Ashton 3/23/03 4:07:53 AM Reply	Thanks Mine ain't broke so - I plan to ignore it, though will save the refs for those who love to upgrade-then-repair. Endlessly. I've had excellent luck - for such a POS as Doze - by resisting all but really Necessary changes. No RRR since careful install in 7/01; just the way I like it. Have heard that Nero sucks less, also. I gather it has a version of 'file at a time', also. V.handy for the 700 MB floppy backup. Ashton
Post #90,574 by Ashton 3/23/03 4:25:54 AM 3/23/03 4:26:33 AM Reply	Nothing to see here - it cloned. Mine ain't broke so - I plan to ignore it, though will save the refs for those who love to upgrade-then-repair. Endlessly. I've had excellent luck - for such a POS as Doze - by resisting all but really Necessary changes. No RRR since careful install in 7/01; just the way I like it. Have heard that Nero sucks less, also. I gather it has a version of 'file at a time', also. V.handy for the 700 MB floppy backup. Ashton Edited by Ashton March 23, 2003, 04:26:33 AM EST Expand All History
Post #90,608 by jb4 3/23/03 9:54:21 AM Reply	Re: The fix link give me 404--Not Found.... jb4 "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." Rich Cook
Post #90,824 by orion 3/23/03 7:03:15 PM Reply	It must be using session variables try [link\|http://www.roxio.com/\|http://www.roxio.com/] and then search for the V 5.X update for EZ-CD. See if that fixes the problem. "Bill gates cannot guarantee Windows, so how are you going to guarantee my safety?" -John Crichton to the Emperor of the Scarrans on [link\|http://www.farscape.com\|FarScape]
Post #90,607 by jb4 3/23/03 9:50:18 AM Reply	Re "last" Micros~1 OS Ash- You might just want to consider the W2K problem, patched to SP2. That is the last Micros~1 OS that will eve see the inside of my system. It doesn't have the spy-bot EULA (SP3 does, however, so don't upgrade beyond SP2). You also get a more stable OS (believe it or not), real task protection, and NTFS, which is worth the price of admission, IMHO. Re the Media players vs. EZ-CD: the version of Real Player is 6.0, and the EZ-CD appears to be 4 (Dad removed it once it started acting up, hence the problem). Thanks for the input, perhaps I can go to the Roxio site for additiona help? jb4 "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." Rich Cook

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