Question Windows 10 Media Player No Longer Playing?

[Wolkie 72]

Tried to play a regular cd on my rig, but WMP will not play. I know they stopped many of my playlists, saying it's the wrong CODEC, but might they have somehow also stopped playback?

My Rig

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-8300 23 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 805MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. GA-78LMT-USB3 R2 (Socket M2) 42 °C
Graphics
E321VL (1600x900@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (MSI) 48 °C
Storage
111GB TOSHIBA MKNSSDEC120GB ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 41 °C
1863GB MB2000EBUCF ATA Device (SATA ) 44 °C
1862GB Western Digital WD Elements 2621 USB Device (USB (SATA) (SSD)) 34 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS324 F ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

 

[kerberos_20]

If you get a message that says that your computer is missing a codec or that you require a DVD decoder, you're probably trying to play, burn, or sync a file that was compressed by using a codec that Windows or the Player doesn't include by default. For more information about codecs, see Codecs: frequently asked questions.

 

[Wolkie 72]

I lost just about ALL of my self-created playlists to that CODEC problem, and even though I tried different players (WinAmp, etc.) I could never recover my music, so I gave up. This post is just about me trying to get a cd to play by inserting it into the drive. Just absolutely nothing happens. Can they just go in and deactivate that part of my rig? I know they no longer support WMP, but didn't think they would take it all.

Thanks

 

[SkyNetRising]

Tried to play a regular cd on my rig, but WMP will not play. I know they stopped many of my playlists, saying it's the wrong CODEC, but might they have somehow also stopped playback?

Can you show photo of the error?
Can you show folder view of the cd, you're trying to play?
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Have you tried a different cd player software?

 

[Wolkie 72]

Well, I tried the only other one I trust, VPN, but every version I try gets me an unsafe site warning. Malwarebytes pulled up a trojan. I am thinking of a stand-alone cd/dvd player, but unless it is plug and play, I'd still need trustworthy software, right? I have also tried WinAmp when this Codec missing problem first started, but no go there as well. I will include the items you asked for in my next post.

Is it even worthwhile anymore to try and store my music cd's on my rig?

ETA: I was able to finally play a cd on my rig's player, so that part of it is solved. However, I still lament the loss of all my playlists consisting of 350 songs in total. It's as if WMP is taunting me: It shows each song's title, but as far as playing any of them, all I get is that "wrong CODEC", even after I initiated the auto-correct feature.

Important Question: Has anyone in the same situation as me ever gotten your playlists to play after seeing the CODEC error message (s)?

Thanks