WMP10 Error C00D0FAA when ripping to MP3

Hi,

Dell C840 2 MHz, 1 GB RAM, Running XP Pro SP2 WMP 10.

Not a big issue, just irritating. I tried to rip a CD into MP3 format using WMP10 at 128 kb/s for the smallest file (this was the first time ever I tried to rip a CD) and got an C00D0FAA error message (which translates as WMP cannot find an MP3 encoder).

I searched the Windows Knowledgebase and found a couple of fixes, one that involved deleting the LowRateSample key value in the registry for MediaPlayer, which I tried but it didn't work.

I tried changing the registry PreferredCodecPath value from l3codecp.acm to l3codeca.acm and back again (I read that this fixed a different problem for someone with a Dell and I found I had both in my System32 folder, so what the heck) but no effect.

I tried the other Knowledgebase solution of raising the bit rate from 128 kb/s to 192 kb/s, and this worked OK.

Anyone any idea how I can get WPM10 to rip to MP3 at 128 kb/s? Clearly, there is an MP3 encoder present, otherwise I couldn't rip at 192 kb/s.

 

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Different bit rates need different encoders to compress the files. You might not have all you need with WMP.

You have a couple of choices. You can rip the files as .wav at 128 and convert them to mp3.

Or you can use this program instead of WMP.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/CDex_d4574.html