Windows Media Player 11 has stopped playing some of my MP3s. Any ideas on how to solve this?

I have a desktop Dell Dimension running XP. I uninstalled Real Player and Rhapsody, just in case they were causing problems, but that did not work.

Here is what I noticed:

WMP plays still files were extracted a CD, the songs that were purchased from Amazon, but not:

-The MP3s that have been purchased by third parties (for example, recordings of teleseminar I bought

-Downloaded free MP3s (once again the teleseminar recordings)

-WMA files that I downloaded (records of my seminars)

All this has played before. I can't put my finger when he started, although I think that things started to get weird when I downloaded itunes months ago, but I don't remember this particular problem from this time.

I searched the Web for similar positions, but found none.

So... any suggestions would be most appreciated.

Thank you very much
David

Hello OutbackDAL,

Thank you for your message.  There is an option in iTunes to convert all the songs to the .aac format.  This might be the reason why you are not able to play in Media Player, because this format is not supported in Media Player 11.  Right click on one of the songs that can not play and check the format of the song.  If the song is the .aac format, you will need to convert it to another compatible format or .mp3.  If the song is already in a readable format, you can watch download or install a new Codec.  Sometimes, they have several players (that is to say real, Rhapsody, iTunes, etc.) can damage your Codec.  You can get the Windows Media Player Codec from the link below.
Please let us know if it did or did not help to solve your problem.
See you soon

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