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Lame Media Player

I really don't like Windows Media Player--or any other fancy player either, for that matter. But I had no idea this could happen:

C00D0BB8: Cannot play the file
Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You might encounter this error message for the following reason:

You are trying to play an MP3 file that contains compressed ID3 headers. The ID3 header is a portion of the file that stores the song's album information (for example, the song name, artist name, album name, and genre). This information is sometimes called a "tag."

To fix the problem, make a copy of the file and then use a non-Microsoft ID3 tag editing program to remove or reset the file's ID3 headers. After you remove the ID3 headers, Windows Media Player should be able to play the MP3 file.

I am amazed that they know about this problem well enough to have a detailed help message for it, yet they apparently can't or won't fix it. Use a non-Microsoft ID3 tag editing program? Yeah, I'm sure Media Player's target audience (people who don't bother to find a something better than Media Player) want to go to those lengths.

Viva Winamp!