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[eyore]

I've burned some Christmas DKRO music to CD (tried and trusted makes and always reliable) but they won't play on either of he 2 CD players on my PC (incluing the one that burned it) and foobar 2000 says playback stopped. The files are mp3 and burned using Nero (I've done this hundreds of times) and play on other CD players. A few of the last windows 10 updates seem to have reset a number of sound settings on the PC (like default players etc so I'm presuming something has been reset but I can't figure out what. The 2 CD players play previously burned discs fine and commercial discs too.The files just show up a cda files but. in foobar/open CD gives me a selection of CD players and clicking on play works and it plays happily.  I rally don't like windowa 10. Any help would be appreciated. I want my main st christmas loop playing! Just can't figure this one out..

[pixelated]

Did you burn an audio CD or a data CD containing MP3s?

If I put a retail pressed audio CD in my Windows 10 machines and choose "Open" from the Context Menu for the CD, I see .cda files because that's how Windows is interpreting the contents of the music CD.  I'm in Explorer and browsing a physical volume that happens to be an audio CD so .cda files are the proper representation.

If I choose "Play" on the Context Menu, the Windows Media Player starts up and plays the CD.

How were you previously playing CDs on Windows 7, XP, etc.?

Which version of Windows 10 are you running?
How to Find Out Which Build and Version of Windows 10 You Have
http://www.howtogeek.com/236195/how-to-find-out-which-build-and-version-of-windows-10-you-have/

Did you upgrade to Windows 10 or did you do a clean install?  I upgraded from Win7/Win8 to Win10 so my machines would be registered on the Microsoft authentication servers as being legitimate Win10 installations.  Then I wiped the hard drives and did a clean install of Win10.  Fewer gotchas that way.

[eyore]

normally I pop the CD into the player and foobar opens and plays them (that's my default program). but now it opens but shows no information (track numbers., titles etc). It's blank and in the bottom left says playback stopped. WMP plays them but not foobar. It's just suddenly decided I'm not burning a CD (Nero checks the discs as fine and finalised).  Today it tried to open them with winamp. It was the free upgrade to Win 10 but there seem to have been some recent updates which seem to be messing up what opens what. As I say.it hppily plays thing I've burned up to about a week ago and these discs play fine in everything else. If I select open CD from the file menu it loads and shows the cda files. I then have to highlight  a file and select play and it plays it. It's that that confuses me. AS it's the default player it should do tht without being told. Maybe I should reinstall foobar (system is clean by the way). I do hate a conundrum.

[Wizzard419]

You could post an image of the disc itself, that may help.

[pixelated]

What is you default music player app?
Go: Settings (gear icon) -> System -> Default apps
Right side of window says "Choose default apps" and has a list of current default apps.
"Music player" is the 3rd one down.  Mine is set to "foobar2000".

But that is just setting the default music player.  You need to also check to see what file types the default music player app will open... by default.

At the very bottom of that list, there is the link "Choose default apps by file type".  Click on that link and that will take you to another window.  Under "Associate file types with specific apps", wait for the list to fully refresh and look for .CDA (labeled CD Audio Track).  The default app on my desktop is still set to "Windows Media Player", which is why WMP opens a CD when I double-click on the CD icon, even though foobar2000 is my default music player app.

Now I have tried to change the default app for .CDA files to foobar2000 but Win10 1607 won't let me.  I am not alone.
Can't change default apps in Windows 10
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/cant-change-default-apps-in-windows-10/989ef723-b81b-46a3-896b-a0f111b8fa7a

But... I used the foobar2000 preferences to set as the default audio CD player and that worked.  I.e., when I double-click on the CD icon, foobar2000 plays the CD instead of WMP.
File -> Preferences -> Shell Integration -> enable "Set as the default audio CD player" checkbox.

What do you mean by "system is clean"?  It is free of malware or it was a clean install of Win10, i.e., not an update to Win10 on top of an existing installation?

[Wizzard419]

I think he means "Clean install" for the burner since some installed programs can have trouble when you upgrade from one version of windows to another.

[eyore]

The burner is actually an external (portable) USB one so installed automatically and yes, I did mean clear of malware. Foobar is the default player both in the windows settings and in shell integration in foobar.
As I say, it's worked fine up to now.
To recap.
I place a CD in the player (either one) and foobar opens as expected but nothing shows in the window and in the bottom left it says "playback stopped".
Gong to the file menu and selecting ."open" goes to the window to select the source, Selecting either of the two CD players brings up he contents (cda files as expected) but selecting a file results in the blank foobar  window and playback stopped. However, if I select open audio CD, I get a box up askng me to select which CD player. Selecitng one opens up the foobar window showing the song titles, track numbers etc as normal. and they play fine.,
This is what is confusing and annoying. The PC recognises them as valid CDs. Other players see them as valid CDs and play them as normal. It seems to be foobar that gets mixed up. When trying to open the CD, Foobar does flick up a window for a fraction of a second but far too fast to see what it is. Oh, I have tried uninstalling foobar and downloading and installing the latest version but that makes no difference and restarting the PC several times. Also tried re burning the discs using different aspects of Nero (smartstart, express and burning ROM with the same result. A CD I burned a couple of days ago plays fine and I've tried converting the mp3 files (mp3 different bitrate). Same result. I do hate a mystery.

[Wizzard419]

I meant for the program, unless the hardware had no install of files on your machine, the burner's program may need a clean install.

[eyore]

which program,? The burner is plug and play and I've been using it for the last couple of years as it's faster than the one in the PC. I have removed it from the system and let it find itself again but no difference. Autoplay is still on.

[Some1]

However, if I select open audio CD,

Is this from inside foobar also ( or a Windows command ) ?

This is what is confusing and annoying. The PC recognises them as valid CDs. Other players see them as valid CDs and play them as normal. It seems to be foobar that gets mixed up. When trying to open the CD, Foobar does flick up a window for a fraction of a second but far too fast to see what it is.

Try the Event Viewer and see if the Apps section has anything for foobar.
Event Viewer -> Windows Logs -> Applications

One way to get to the Event Viewer is to put your cursor to the corner of your window by the start button ( window icon ) and right click. You should have Event Viewer in the context menu.

[pixelated]

Just to double check your AutoPlay settings for audio CDs:

Access the previous OSes' non-simplified Control Panel by RMB clicking on the Windows 10 icon in the lower left corner to open the "secret menu" with all the system and admin controls
Select 'Control Panel'.
Double-click the 'AutoPlay' icon in the Control Panel window
Scroll down to the 'CDs' section.
For the 'Audio CD' item, is the default action "Play audio CD (foobar2000)"?

[eyore]

yes, from the file tab in foobar. No problems in the event viewer regarding foobar.

[eyore]

yes, the selected option is foobar2000

[eyore]

This started after the PC decided to reset the default player to winamp from foobar . I knew that as  I tried to play the CD and it opened in winamp (instead of foobar) and the desktop icons had changed too, played badly (stopping and starting for seconds at a time) for a few seconds and winamp crashed.(it plays on it fine now of course, it's only foobar that refuses to play them. This is what makes me suspect that an auto windows update has messed something up. As I say, I can open them going the long way around and select the drive and highlight the files and press OK which, to me, rules out disc faults or file faults. I've split the loop into separate files and  burned the files onto another disc and foobarr sees them (eventually) if I use the internal PC player and plays them but second one doesn't open foobar now.
I wonder if foobar is having trouble with a loop of over an hour and just not seeing it. I hate things with no logic to them.

[Wizzard419]

which program,? The burner is plug and play and I've been using it for the last couple of years as it's faster than the one in the PC. I have removed it from the system and let it find itself again but no difference. Autoplay is still on.

When you use it, do you open a program to author the audio CD? They usually need software on the PC so it can commutate with it.