My coputer suddenly is unable to play MP3! Help, please!

[aldaco12]

Hi. I'm having this strange problem, I can't remember how I caused it and I can't imahine how to correct it.
Suddenly my PC is uncapable yo play MP3 correctly. That is, they play , but full of noises and so on. The fact happens both on the music I extract (as MP3) with EAC from my CDs and on AVIs I made from my DVDs, to test it (AVI files usually have a MP3 CBR audio streams).
Fortunately, the effect isn't crucial: both CDs and movies made by turinig such material back seem to be correct, once I play them on my CD player or on my DVD player, but neverthless this fact is very annoying.

Please note: I delete the additional MP3 codec I had installed than since I couldn't hear MP3 no more, I used the free DirectShow manager (DSFMgr.exe) to restore the standard Directshow codecs. Again, nothing: I can heared lot of noise before and after that (no apparent difference).
Please note: I am a little worried about 'playing' with this issue because, before restoring DirectShow the way I did I could play MP3 no more.

Please note, on DirectShow Manager I set the 'property' of the LAME MPEG Layer III to 'maximum', so the problem doesn't seem having or not a codec. I cannot know what could it be..

Is there a 'safe way' to try to restore my PC's capability to dcode MP3 files?

Thanks in advance.

[Carpo]

i had a simular issue to this - wot i did was to unreg and re-reg

C:\WINDOWS\system32\l3codecx.ax

if that doesnt work - unreg the file delete it reboot into safe mode and copy

L3CODECX.AX_ from the windows disc - depending on the version you have and to copy it to

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ and rename it to l3codecx.ax

then reboot back into windows normaly it should register itself and away you go

[aldaco12]

Thanks!! I really don't know what I did, but I used my old DirectShow Manager. I chosed 'Register new filter', I went to C:\WINDOWS\system32\ and I selected l3codecx.ax.
Suddenly my AVI movies started to play very well!!
(curiously, DirectShow Manager didn't show any additional filter, but all is working, and it is what I wanted, no?)
Thanks again!!!! I really own you very much!!!