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From: DJA@cardio.hosp.wisc.edu ()
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Subject: encarta 94 national anthems won't play
Date: 21 Feb 1994 13:36:52 GMT
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I've been using MicroSoft's Encarta '94 Multimedia Encyclopedia for about a
month now and have been very pleased with the product. Its user interface is
very intuitive and the images, graphics, sounds and images are great. The video
clips work well, but the subject matter chosen for the video was poor. The only
problem I've discovered to date is that the national anthems that are included
with each nation topic do not play. All the other sound clips I've tried have
worked without any problem (I really enjoy the extensive list of music sound
clips. I've gone out and enlarged my music CD collection based on hearing some
of the music clips). Given that all the other sound clips play correctly, I'm
mystified by this problem with playing the national anthems. Has anyone else
experienced this problem? I'm using the Creative Labs Discovery 16 kit (Sound
Blaster 16 card and 2X CD-ROM) in a 33-MHz 486 compatible (8-MB RAM) and have
not experienced any problems with other CD-ROMs or in playing audio CDs.