[HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

[Omicron91]

Hi everybody, I''m new here, but I'm not a complete n00b with computers, I have some pretty good knowledge, but this one has me baffled.

I tried to open an .asx stream in media player 9 and record it with DBPowerAmp Auxillary Input. I can get the stream to play fine but when I go to record I get this message:

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The CODEC required to decompress '\\Aux\Track01.aux' could not be opened.
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This has confused me to no end and after an hour and a half I'm breaking down. I've searched the majority of the forum looking for an answer but I can't seem to find anything. Can someone please help me out here? I have the newest version of DBPowerAmp and all that, I'm not sure if I didn't download the right codec or something, but nonetheless, please help me!

Also, I don't know how important it is but here's the .asx file opened up with notepad:

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<asx version = "3.0">
<title></title>
<author></author>
<entry>
<ref href="mms://wm.sony.global.speedera.net/wm.sony.global/Mudvayne/Mudvayne_FDetermined_full_100.wma"/>
<ref href="mms://wm.sony.global.speedera.net.staging.speedera.net/wm.sony.global/Mudvayne/Mudvayne_FDetermined_full_100.wma"/>
</entry>
</asx>
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If someone could help me out I'll be their best friend, honest :smile2:. Thanks in advance!

[LtData]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Similar thing happened here. See if this helps: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=5953

[ChristinaS]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

You can't do it using dMC alone. The audio files are thoese pointed to witing the .asx file, and they have an mms protocol, so it's streaming media.

Your choices are dMC Auxiliary Input to record through the soundcard as you play the .asx file or use the program SDP ( http://sdp.ppona.com/ ) to capture the underlying wma file.

Incidentally this latter one works OK in this case.

SDP is a tough program to explain the workings of. The parameters differ from case to case, so you have to experiment quite a bit unless you stumble onto the right setttings from the start.

I instructed SDP to open the file with the name mms:// ..... (either one of them). Then I uses Setup and configured as in the picture attached. That's what worked for me this time.

There are other connection parameters you'll have to fiddle with yourself. The rest, like VCR and all the other stuff are just fluff and candy. The protocol is what's important here.

At this point I have a .wma file which I can keep as is or convert to whatever I want (but I won't bother since I don't like the song :p :D ).

[Omicron91]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Thanks ChristinaS! I actually got this to work (with your help :smile2! I really appreciate it!

[ChristinaS]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Thanks ChristinaS! I actually got this to work (with your help :smile2! I really appreciate it!

Yoohoo! That's great! it took me days to get it to work the first time :D

[JoeRip]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Worth noting here is the confusing error message. The message makes it appear that the problem is with the codec (not installed, can't be found, crashing, etc), when what is actually wrong is that the source is somehow bad.

I posted a couple of days ago about getting the "Cannot open codec" message when my problem turned out to be zero-length files. Again, misattribution of the problem.

If possible, the error message should not say "cannot open the codec". If at all possible, the error message should say something like "the codec can't find the source, or doesn't like the source, etc".

Just my opinion, of course. And I haven't seen the code, so I can't tell if the converter framework can tell the difference... :-)

[ChristinaS]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Worth noting here is the confusing error message. The message makes it appear that the problem is with the codec (not installed, can't be found, crashing, etc), when what is actually wrong is that the source is somehow bad.

I posted a couple of days ago about getting the "Cannot open codec" message when my problem turned out to be zero-length files. Again, misattribution of the problem.

If possible, the error message should not say "cannot open the codec". If at all possible, the error message should say something like "the codec can't find the source, or doesn't like the source, etc".

Just my opinion, of course. And I haven't seen the code, so I can't tell if the converter framework can tell the difference... :-)

I think, and I may be wrong, that at the moment when the error is detected dMC is trying to find an appropriate codec for the given file. It doesn't know what codec is needed yet. Thus the error that it cannot open the codec for that file. I guess some of the difficulty is in the decoding codec not being mentioned explicitly, it is left up to dMC to figure that out based on file extension and file characteristics. If they don't fit the expected patterns, it doesn't know what else to do.

It's true programmers tend to be a bit loath to elaborate on the error codes, partly because to do so would require extra programming just to explain the error in more detail, assuming it's possible. Have you ever seen IBM error codes from the hey-days of IBM mainframe computers (they are still around actually)? Just a number, and good luck finding the explanation in the reference manual, it often says "unknown error" . If you're lucky you get a long hex core dump to go with it :D

[acefrelly]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

Hi everybody, I''m new here, but I'm not a complete n00b with computers, I have some pretty good knowledge, but this one has me baffled.

I tried to open an .asx stream in media player 9 and record it with DBPowerAmp Auxillary Input. I can get the stream to play fine but when I go to record I get this message:

---- ---- ----
The CODEC required to decompress '\\Aux\Track01.aux' could not be opened.
---- ---- ----

This has confused me to no end and after an hour and a half I'm breaking down. I've searched the majority of the forum looking for an answer but I can't seem to find anything. Can someone please help me out here? I have the newest version of DBPowerAmp and all that, I'm not sure if I didn't download the right codec or something, but nonetheless, please help me!

Also, I don't know how important it is but here's the .asx file opened up with notepad:

---- ---- ----
<asx version = "3.0">
<title></title>
<author></author>
<entry>
<ref href="mms://wm.sony.global.speedera.net/wm.sony.global/Mudvayne/Mudvayne_FDetermined_full_100.wma"/>
<ref href="mms://wm.sony.global.speedera.net.staging.speedera.net/wm.sony.global/Mudvayne/Mudvayne_FDetermined_full_100.wma"/>
</entry>
</asx>
---- ---- ----

If someone could help me out I'll be their best friend, honest :smile2:. Thanks in advance!

how can i open a asx movie file? thnk you in advance man.. hope u help me.. have a nice day..

[ChristinaS]

Re: [HELP] The CODEC required to decompress could not be opened?

An .asx file is a meta-file, i.e. a text file giving the link to the actual audio/video file and some extra information.

You open it in Notepad.

Please refer to the FAQ section of the forum for information on meta-files.