I, like several others, had a problem with a missing rpwa3260.dll message within the Zoom Player Pro giveaway of Feb 16th, 2012. When I booted up this morning and started Zoom Player Pro, the error message did not show up. Unfortunately, I cannot get sound through Zoom Player.
Does anyone have any ideas to correct the missing sound?
Thanks
Zoom Player Pro problems
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RichU
MemberPosted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Gururpwa3260.dll is a component of the Real One Media Player so could explain why your having problems with your sound now. You can download a free copy of rpwa3260.dll HERE.
I haven't checked the security on this site so make sure you do a scan of the file before allowing it to be used. There are several other sites you can download the dll from.
Posted 12 years ago # -
RichU
MemberWhen I was getting the message yesterday, I could see a Real One logo trying to display.
After closing down last night and re-booting this morning, I am no longer getting the DLL message. As I mentioned before, my Zoom Player Pro will now play a DVD, but does not have sound. I have played around with the sound settings with no luck for getting sound within Zoom Player Pro.Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorPurely FWIW...
Zoom Player used to be really cool [I'm talking a long time ago], but then they went payware & basically got passed up by many freeware alternatives. Long story short, if you really like it & want to work at getting it working, cool, but if all you want to do is play whatever media, I'd suggest just benching Zoom Player & trying something else.
My number one choice for just playing media files in general is VLC -- I grab the 7-zip download, expand it, & run vlc.exe, dragging/dropping whatever I want to play. For more involved stuff the most popular player I'm aware of is MPC-Homecinema. For non-DRM Blu-Ray &/or AVCHD I'd suggest looking at VSO media Player &/or the SMPlayer. For DVDs I haven't found anything that tops the very cheap OEM PowerDVD discs I've gotten on-line. I don't like PowerDVD for Blu-Ray because 1) it's expensive, 2) I hate the way it jumps out of win7's Aero when you play Blu-Ray discs/video, & 3) it won't play Blu-Ray on your hard drive. For Blu-Ray discs with DRM I got Nero 11 Plat for ~$30 & that seems to work fine -- Blu-Ray DRM is constantly being updated, & once your player version is no longer current, it won't update to play those discs [at least that's my experience with the version of PowerDVD that came with my BD burner & with the version of Cineplayer I got with Roxio Creator 2011].
Now as for the Zoom Player... Media handling in Windows is in a word: Complicated. VLC [& to a lesser extent the VSO & SMplayer] are self contained, meaning it doesn't matter so much what you have installed, & they won't install anything that effects Windows &/or Windows software. MPC-Homecinema won't add anything, but it does depend on what you have installed & working. The Zoom Player falls in between, depending on what you have installed to work, & offering, if you run it's Install Center, to add all sorts of IMHO semi-garbage that can muck things up. So any problems with the Zoom Player can come from the player itself, from not having what it needs installed in Windows, &/or from using it's Install Center to add something you maybe shouldn't have.
Wishing I could make it seem less complicated, when an app opens a media file it uses a chain of separate files or operations, one that reads the media file, one that splits it into the separate tracks or streams, then one or more to decode & manipulate that stream, & another to render it [show the video &/or send the audio to your hardware which sends the audio signal to your speakers/headphones]. A player like VLC handles all that internally, piece of cake. A player like Windows Media Player or the Zoom Player rely on files that you've installed to Windows to handle some or most of those steps. When/if you only have one file doing one job things go as planned -- unfortunately there are often several files available to do the same job, they're often incompatible with other media handling files/apps, they often lie about what jobs they can/can't do, installing one often overwrites the registry entries for whatever you had, and, when you have graphics hardware acceleration for media playback, it adds at least one more layer of unpredictability.
So... If the Windows Media &/or Zoom Player can't play whatever type of file [assuming the file itself is good], it can't put together the files it needs to handle that file, either because they've never been installed, or there's something wrong with what you have installed, e.g. the files it does put together won't work with one another. How does Windows try to decide what files (often Direct Show Filters) to use? It goes by what they report they can do, which is stored in the registry, combined with something called merit, a ranking that's also stored in the registry -- a DS filter with a rank of 8 will get used before one with a rank of 3. Then Windows tries one after another -- unfortunately opening file #1 & finding it won't work isn't the end of it, as that file can still stay open to conflict with one or more other files/apps. That's why you should be extremely careful about what you install when it comes to any media-related software.
To fix things... one tool that can be useful is Microsoft's GraphEdit, though there are 2 or 3 similar apps based on it that have more features. Graphedit lets you chain together filters to play or render or encode most media files -- if you have Graphedit or similar tools open/play a media file it can generate the chain of files Windows uses [called a filter graph] & play whatever file, or not. Hopefully you'll be able to see if something missing, what's not working, &/or what's not needed, then proceed to try adding, replacing, or removing whatever files. GSpot is another tool that *May* help, showing you what Windows tries to put together. Beyond that it gets a bit hit or miss, trial & error.
When you have a problem playing a file Google/Bing can sometimes help, mainly in my experience if/when something has well known problems. If you can put together or edit a graph in Graphedit or similar that works, you can try increasing the merit for whatever you used with Filmerit &/or some of the Graphedit type tools. In win7, Codec Tweak Tool &/or Win7 DS Filter Tweaker might help. You can try re-installing whatever software, or just re-register the files, though with something like Real that can be problematic since there are so many ways to add the files [they could be part of an app install or part of the Real Player install & one won't necessarily cancel out the other]. You can try renaming files/folders. You can check versions of related files -- installing program X can overwrite some but not all files added when you installed app Y, & version conflicts can keep stuff from working. And if that weren't enough, turning hardware graphics acceleration off in program X may fix program Y, even when they're unrelated, even when they deal with different kinds/formats of video.
If you have ATI graphics hardware, several related files should be installed/updated when you install/update a driverset, most located in Windows' Common Files folder -- they don't always install or update, how well they work with other software varies version to version [i.e. month to month], & you can often replace them using older versions if or as needed. This driver-related software can effect opening video files whether your software uses any hardware acceleration or not, whether your software uses basic DXVA or the more recent ATI Stream, now just called OpenCL.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruI just got an email from the developer saying that I'd won one of the MAX versions for my suggestions. The only advantage I can see at the moment is that it will allow me to play blue Ray discs. As my main HD TV has gone on the blink (only had it for 6 months) I can't play any of my Blue Rays as the older flat screen we have (which I was using as a secondary monitor on this computer doesn't have HD capabilities. i just hope it was all worth it, lol.
i'll let you know how it performs when i get around to installing it.
Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorCongrats on winning, Whiterabbit, & sympathies on the broken HDTV.
If it helps, you could always add a BD drive to your PC -- they're dropping a Lot in price at the moment [~$60 on sale], usually come with player software, & with your PC down-sampling the picture's resolution, your Blu-Rays should look surprisingly good on your older TV. Then when you get the newer TV fixed you'll still have a much easier time of backing up all your games to discs, what with almost 25 GB each.
That said, apologies on the overlong post re: the Zoom Player... Hit the video-related forums & you'll come across people who have spent days if not weeks getting video working again on their PCs -- I've spent days myself -- & I wanted to stress [maybe too much -- sorry] how there sometimes aren't any quick fixes. The danger is in adding some of the stuff the Zoom Player Install Center proposes -- sometimes you get lucky & no problems, sometimes not. Installing the Zoom Player [that was on GOTD] itself isn't bad, though I've no idea on their MAX version. And the Zoom player itself seems nice enough, though not anything out of the ordinary really... why I suggested that if it doesn't do what you want it too, it might be quicker/easier to just download something else that will.
Far as the MAX version [or any other player] playing Blu-Ray discs... Can't play commercial or retail Blu-Ray discs if you don't have a BD drive, & most drives I've seen come bundled with player software. That software can handle the heavy DRM, play the usually DTS HD audio, & run the Java that makes the menus work etc. Once you use something like the SlySoft, DVDFab, Digiarty etc. software that decrypts everything, in win7 at least a Lot of free players will handle the video itself -- often either by opening the BDMV folder, or finding & opening the right Playlist [.mpls] or Stream [.m2ts] -- they're in the BDMV\Playlist or BDMV\Stream folders.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Anonymous
Unregisteredhttps://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-windows-media-player-replacement.htm
see Tips and Warnings
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Codecs-frequently-asked-questions
some of the components in these codec packs that can cause serious playback issues in the Player and other players, lead to system corruption, and make it difficult for Microsoft Support to diagnose and troubleshoot playback issues.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2004/07/04/9546.aspx
"Codec Packs" are evil, don't install them!!
http://www.howtogeek.com/wiki/Why_Codec_Packs_Are_Bad
https://viewtorial.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/codec-packs-good-or-bad/
Posted 12 years ago # -
Dear users,
we have contacted the Developer of Zoom Player regarding this issue. Here is their message:
"About the common issue of "rpwa3260.dll" - this is solved by un/re-installation of Real Player, and we have no control over it.
About sound issues - they usually result from a missing filter, although Richard Urrnann's case seem to be different and we still try to figure it out."
ps: users with other issues, may email Chaim Rimon directly at chaim@inmatrix.com for Tech Support
--
Best regards,
GOTD project teamPosted 12 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruHi Mikiem, I did buy a BD drive for my new computer, but it was an OEM version, so i didn't get any software for it. Until i won the MAX version of this giveaway I didn't have any software that would enable me to play blue Rays. Those I do have are on other computers that don't have a blue ray player/recorder. I decided to purchase the best I could find as the cheaper drives I've always purchased seem to break after a few years. I'm hoping this one will last a long time. I do wish the price of Blue Ray recordables would come down in price. They could be a good way to back up data if HDD's wern't so cheap (though at the moment the prices are inflated due to last autumns floods in Thailand).
Posted 12 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorI did buy a BD drive for my new computer, but it was an OEM version, so i didn't get any software for it.
If it helps, the cheapest I've found was with Nero Platinum, but that was here in the US -- don't know what deals you get in the UK. Nero 11 is often free after 2 MIR, or very occasionally on sale for ~$30 - $35 outright. Corel's WinDVD might be an alternative, but won't run on my system where I've got a lot of video apps. Roxio had their Cineplayer, but dropped it for 2012. When I bought my BD drive, an LG, it was OEM but the pack I got from Newegg included a BD-enabled version of PowerDVD 8, so I'd guess it depends on the seller.
I do wish the price of Blue Ray recordables would come down in price.
Again in case it helps, Meritline ships around the world, including the EU, & while their pricing isn't as good as Newegg's, their sale pricing seems between $0.65 & $0.75 per disc. There are several other Asia-based shops so you might want to just check around on-line for ones that seem popular in the UK... the reason I qualify it like that is I've tried a couple that haven't mastered the US shipping end of things, while a few others have a small US presence making returns possible. I'm assuming it's the same there where you live. DO Check Out Reviews for any brand/model of media before you buy -- I've seen so many reports that brand X burner wouldn't work with brand Y discs.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Inas
MemberI also have had bad luck with Zoom Player - after I had installed & registered it successfully, it became "unregistered" all of a sudden, and I did not do anything to my system (such as registry cleaning, upgrading, etc.) that could affect registration.
So, I uninstalled it for obvious reasons. What a shame, as it seemed very nice.
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