Recently I installed "Easy Cd Creator 5 - Platinum" and since then I can't use Playcenter of my Sound Blaster Audio PCI128, because I'm getting the message that "mediadet.exe file is in incorrect version or missing"! I've already tried some advices that I found in the Internet and I've extracted specific files from my Windows cd, but the problem still remains. My operating system is Windows 98B, 128Ram, Pentium III 800. I don't have SCSI controllers because I'm using an Atapi cd recorder (TEAC CD-W512EB). Thank you in advance!

Kalliopi, See if the instructions below will solve the problem. When I try playing back a CD Audio, I encounter the error message "Failed to initialise Disc Detector. The file MEDIADET.exe may be missing or an incorrect version." What should I do? If the above error is encountered, it may mean that either the sound drivers or application is not installed or it is not updated correctly. What you could do is the following. Uninstall the sound drivers and application. Then restart your computer and install the sound drivers and application again. Perform a fresh installation of the sound drivers and application in a fresh installed Windows. After you have performed either of the above steps, allow the PlayCener to auto-play a CD Audio. However, before doing so, ensure that the Disc Detector utility is enabled in the Creative Disc Detector Control applet. CLick on the Players tab and select PlayCenter as the player for CD Audio, Video CD, etc. If not,go to the SEARCH LINK below my name(Homepage:) and check out the many links & threads. One of them may have an answer. Hope this helps.

While setting up Audio Grabber on a fresh install of SB128PCI card, I ran into similar probs. Dug through the AG help files and found this little goodie about ATAPI, SCSIhlp, 98, 95 OSR2 and 95 original. It seems that SCSIhlp.vxd does more than just scsi work. Found a copy of the win95 SCSIhlp.vxd, put it in place rebooted and went to work rippin'. " THE PROBLEM WITH READING DIGITAL AUDIO UNDER WINDOWS 95 OSR2 AND WINDOWS 98 The latest version of Windows 95 (known as the OSR2 release or windows 4.00 build 1111) and Windows 98 normally can't read digital audio through MSCDEX calls (There is no problem with the ASPI calls however.) The problem has been located to the scsi1hlp.vxd file. Even though the name suggests that the file should only be used for SCSI devices, it actually handles IDE CD-ROM's as well. Either way, in most cases it helps if the file Scsi1hlp.vxd is replaced with the old version. To check which version of Windows 95 you are running, do one of the following: · Settings, control panel, system. If it says Microsoft Windows 95 4.00.950 B it means you have the OSR2 release. Note the "B" after the version digits. There is also a version 4.00.950a that doesn't work either. · Audiograbber, help, System information. If it says build number 1111 it means you have the OSR2 release. To check which scsi1hlp.vxd version your computer is using, do one of the following: · Explorer, right click on the file C:\windows\system\iosubsys\scsi1hlp.vxd. Click on properties and then version. · Audiograbber, help, system information. The version number is written to the left of Scsi1hlp.vxd version. It doesn't matter which Windows version you are running as long as the right scsi1hlp.vxd file is used. If the CD vendor has provided its own drivers for the CD, it may happen that it works with the wrong scsi1hlp.vxd version. If you are using another version than 4.00.950 and it is not working, I recommend that you replace it with the 4.00.950 version. The file is located in the C:\windows\system\iosubsys directory. I suppose that Microsoft doesn't want me to distribute one of their files so I can only give you a link to Sony's site with the file: ftp://ftp.sony.com/ccpg/pc/SCSI1HLP.EXE If it is not found on that site, try to find it on the Internet. Search for scsi1hlp.exe or scsi1hlp.vxd. A good search engine is http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/ftpsearch Make a backup copy of your scsi1hlp.vxd before you replace it. Beware of renaming it to scsi1hlp.vxd1111 or something like that. When Windows uses this file, it seems to search for a file that loosely matches scsi1hlp.vxd. Rename it to osr2vxd.bak or something similar. You have to restart Windows after you have replaced the file"

Don't know if you're still tracking this, but don't overlook the possibility of CD Creator being the culprit. I removed Creator 5 from my system because of the problems it generated.