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Solve : Cheap China MP3 Player Stops XP Audio?

Answer» Here is a photo of this cheap MP3 player I got from eBay.


I put it in and XP recognizes it. The I can not use VLC player. Or WinAmp. Not even WMP. This does not happen on Windows 7 or Windows 10. 

I remove the ting, restart XP and my audio works. Might be  an issue with direct X. Once I got a message about something with direct X.

So far it has not done anything else. But why should it stop audio?

Well, I am not going to worry about it. But should I?   

Has anybody had any kind of t\thing like that?
It ain't Windows...or the apps...

You get what you pay for.Patio, might this be a form of malware? What do you call malware that is inside of a common likeable hardware device? TrohanWare?

If that is the case, what is it wanting to do?
Will it send my music back to China?
Will it send my e-mail to the Russians? 
I don't think you've provided enough information to know what is happening or what the problem is.

You'd have to look around yourself on the system. If I plug in my USB headset my speakers will not make sound, for example; perhaps the device registers as a sound output device for some reason and "takes over" for the default sound device in the same way.

I'm sure you recognize how silly a description that you seem to remember getting a DirectX error at some point maybe before is.I bought something similar.  Windows recognized it, but it saw no internal memory or my existing external uSD card.  Got a full refund & thew it away.Details.
Doe not happen with Windows 7 or Windows 10.

It happens on my Windows XP SP-3 up  to date. It is a Dell 755.

I bought two China MP3 players from eBay.  Two models.

Test 1:
I open up a MP3 library, but do not START anything. I used Windows Explorer.
Next, I insert the NEW China MP3 player into front USB of my Dell 755.
(All the 755 drivers and BIOS are up  to date.)
The familiar 'te-dum' sound comes from loudspeakers. Now I start to play a MP3 file using VLC and the progress bard indicates it is working, but no sound. I remove the [player from the front panel, still no sound.  So I shut down the XP PC and to sigh-o sound is heard.  Then I reset the Dell 755 and again GO into XP. Now I have sound again and it is normal.

Test2:
I start playing   a MP3 file using VLC and while playing I insert the china player.  After about two seconds I hear the'te-dum' sound while EMILY Lou Harris CONTINUES to sing. Does not even skip a beat. Audio is fine. So I stop the VLC player. No I restart VLC and nothing is heard while the progress bar in VLC keeps moving. Now I remove the China player. I hear a 'ta-do'  sound,  to indicate the china player is unmounted.  But VLC is the same. no sound, progress bar still moving. Next, close VLC. After that I re start Emily Lou Harris again. She starts signing again.Same results with other artists, including material that is not covered by copyrights.

From this I conclude the china player stops any  sound starting, but does not
stop what is already playing.

Same results with Win  Amp. No error reported by either VLC or Win Amp. I had bought two different devices. So I believe this is a new feature found in some China players. They both have the same behavior.

This had me really baffled. I will stop using either with XP. All my oOlder players  do not do this. I doubt this is an 'accident'. I suspect the player wants to get into something, but I don't know what it wants. I don't have debug tools that could work on this kind of thing.

Anyway, I will take care is using either of these devices.


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