MP3 Codec missing ?!

[famdebraaf]

Installed this afternoon the new version 5 (Wow what an improvement -
compliments!!) - have been using XATSHOW to ful satisfaction after
I bought my digital camera. Was very eager to try it all out. What a
disappointment that I have not been able to create a VCD - error
message: no MP3 codec installed (strange I can play MP3 files etc.)!
Eventhough the previous version of XATSHOW did not have this error
message - I donwloaded and installed the latest version of Microsoft
Windows Media Player (for XP)as suggested opn the XATSHOW website -
restarted the 'engine'and still the same error message.

Can somebody make some suggestions ? I'm running on Windows XP -
have installed the newest version of Media Player (9). What else can
I do ?

thanks, Michael

[info_xatcom]

Hello Michael,

Are you sure it worked with xatshow 4?

xatshow 5 is supposed to give you better messages ....

Here is my stock answer:

The windows codec is a bit fussy and doesn't like some MP3s, usually low bit
rate (<96 kbit/s or mono).

You need to convert the MP3 to a more standard format (eg 128kbit stereo) or
convert it to a WAV file.

We may improve this with a future release.

An application like CDEX (freeware) will allow you to convert the audio file you
have to one which is more standard (and compatible with xatshow).

You can download CDEX from:

http://www.cdex.n3.net/

We plan to improve this problem in a future release.

Chris.

>Installed this afternoon the new version 5 (Wow what an improvement -
> compliments!!) - have been using XATSHOW to ful satisfaction after
>I bought my digital camera. Was very eager to try it all out. What a
>disappointment that I have not been able to create a VCD - error
>message: no MP3 codec installed (strange I can play MP3 files etc.)!
>Eventhough the previous version of XATSHOW did not have this error
>message - I donwloaded and installed the latest version of Microsoft
>Windows Media Player (for XP)as suggested opn the XATSHOW website -
>restarted the 'engine'and still the same error message.
>
>Can somebody make some suggestions ? I'm running on Windows XP -
>have installed the newest version of Media Player (9). What else can
>I do ?

[famdebraaf]

Hello Chris

thanks for your quick answer/suggestion - however, I just checked a
few minutes ago by re-installing my old version 4.6 of XATSHOW,
prepared a short slide show and added a MP3 from my misic library
for the music - IT STARTED TO CONVERT THE AUDIO FILE without errors.
(I think the file was 44100 Hz, 128 Kbps and joinm stereo).

It would be a pitty when you have to convert your MP3 files before
you can use them in the new version .... will consume a lot of
additional time.

rergards, Michael

> Hello Michael,
>
> Are you sure it worked with xatshow 4?
>
> xatshow 5 is supposed to give you better messages ....
>
> Here is my stock answer:
>
> The windows codec is a bit fussy and doesn't like some MP3s,
usually low bit
> rate (<96 kbit/s or mono).
>
> You need to convert the MP3 to a more standard format (eg 128kbit
stereo) or
> convert it to a WAV file.
>
> We may improve this with a future release.
>
> An application like CDEX (freeware) will allow you to convert the
audio file you
> have to one which is more standard (and compatible with xatshow).
>
> You can download CDEX from:
>
> http://www.cdex.n3.net/
>
> We plan to improve this problem in a future release.
>
> Chris.
>
> >Installed this afternoon the new version 5 (Wow what an
improvement -
> > compliments!!) - have been using XATSHOW to ful satisfaction
after
> >I bought my digital camera. Was very eager to try it all out.
What a
> >disappointment that I have not been able to create a VCD - error
> >message: no MP3 codec installed (strange I can play MP3 files
etc.)!
> >Eventhough the previous version of XATSHOW did not have this
error
> >message - I donwloaded and installed the latest version of
Microsoft
> >Windows Media Player (for XP)as suggested opn the XATSHOW
website -
> >restarted the 'engine'and still the same error message.
> >
> >Can somebody make some suggestions ? I'm running on Windows XP -
> >have installed the newest version of Media Player (9). What else
can
> >I do ?