"Codec" needed for my own project to play in WMP?

[Goldenvoice]

So I Rendered my own song to save it - and Windows Media Player won't play it. Says I need a "codec" - wtf?

Newby - sorry - I'm learning...

G

[Xenakios]

Did you render in Wav-format at 24/32-bit PCM or 32/64-bit floating point? If I recall correctly, WMP didn't like some (or any) of the mentioned formats. Very likely it is also unable to play Ogg, Flac, Wavpack etc...

Just get yourself a decent audio/media player. Even Winamp (in it's current slightly "bloated" state) is WAY better than WMP.

-X

[schwa]

You might need to render / reduce all the way down to 16 bit.

[Alistair S]

The latest version of WMP should work fine. You may need an update.

Mine can play 24 bit, 48K at least.

[Dstruct]

it's not a problem of wmp. caused by the soundcard drivers.

[Xenakios]

I would classify it as WMP's problem even in that case. It should be able to take in files at any sample rate and bit depth and do at least a passable format conversion that makes the audio fit into the installed audio hardware...But I guess that would have been too easy for the user by Microsoft's standards.

-X

[Dstruct]

yep. it only does this when using wdm drivers. with mme drivers you can only play stuff that the drivers accept.

[Goldenvoice]

Quick Time plays it just fine. Interesting that the file was recorded on tape in the studio - burned there to CD - then I made a WAV in the computer - and WMP plays it just fine. But after making mastering-type adjustments in Reaper, and rendering - problem. So it's in the rendering...

OK, so what is this 'codec' anyway?

And, I'll try rendering different settings, just to see what happens.

Thanks for all the replies, G

[Dstruct]

this "codec" message is bullshit. wmp wants to tell you "hey your soundcard-driver doesn't accept this format and i won't convert it".

if you really need it you can use ffdshow. it can convert the wav to a lower bitdepth in the background ...