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[dwhitman]

I recently upgraded from a 4.x version of Zoom Player to v5.0. The new version works great on a wide range of video files, but consistently causes a blue screen of death if I open any MP3 file. The old version played MP3's without a glitch.
Details:

Only ZP recommended codecs installed.

Crash occurs immediately upon file open.

Dell Dimension 8400 w/ integrated audio - no sound card. (Analog Devices ADI 198x)

Running Win XP SP2

Problem persists after reinstallation of WinXP SP2 and audio drivers.

WMP 9 plays MP3s on this system without crashing.

Obviously this isn't a common problem since I don't see anyone else complaining. In fact, I have two other systems with ZP5 playing MP3's just fine. (an older Dimension w/ a Sound Blaster card) and a newer Dell Inspiron laptop (integrated audio).

Anyone have debugging or workaround suggestions?

[dwhitman]

More details...

I see there IS at least one other thread apparently discussing this same problem:

Another MP3 crash thread

I see a reference on my blue screen to the file "SENFILT.SYS" mentioned in that thread.

I do have smart play enabled (turning it off doesn't help, either).

In that thread, someone suggests switching Audo renderer. I have 4 choices, none of which seem to help:

SoundMAX Digital Audio
Default DirectSound Device
Default WaveOut Device
DirectSound: SoundMax Digital Audio


Here's what I've got listed in the install center:

DirectVobSub
FFDShow
DCoder's MP3
Haali's Media Splitter
SHOUTcast Audio Streaming
Real Media
Flash Video
DScaler MPEG2/AC3/DTS/DVD
Gabest's CD-Audio

Does Zoom Player 5 just not get along with the SoundMAX audio driver? I'm using the latest audio driver version from Dell. Don't know if SoundMax has a later revision.

[bLight]

It's strange, but you can try going into "Options / smart play / Sources" and modify the MP3 profile so that it uses "Standard File Source" instead of "DCoder's MP3 Decoder" (or the other way around if "Standard File Source" was currently selected).