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Is WM Player 9 Seriess “Windows Media Audio” backwards compatible with WMP7?

April 26, 2017backwards compatible Player SERIES windows media audio WM WMP7

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Is WM Player 9 Seriess “Windows Media Audio” backwards compatible with WMP7?

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Yes. It’s the same bitstream, but provides ~20% better quality. The other codecs (“Windows Media Audio (variable-bitrate)” and “Windows Media Audio lossless”) are not backward compatible and will require the user to be connected to the Internet so that they can download a new Windows Media Audio codec. See this for more information. Q: Why do I get the error “The system cannot find the path specified.” (0x80070003) or “The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.” when trying to record (rip) from an Audio CD? A: The registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences value “CDRecordpath” got corrupted. Go to WMP’s Tools:Options:CD Audio menu option, and fix the path, and make sure you click Apply when done. Note that the path may look correct, but you should ensure you click Apply anyways ( uncheck and recheck a checkbox on this page to get Apply to enable itself). If that doesn’t work, follow these steps.

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Yes. It’s the same bitstream, but provides ~20% better quality. The other codecs (“Windows Media Audio (variable-bitrate)” and “Windows Media Audio lossless”) are not backward compatible and will require the user to be connected to the Internet so that they can download a new Windows Media Audio codec. See this for more information.