I thought you might have sold one, perhaps tried the CD Wave thing with success, if so I was wondering which version you might have used...
no, I never owned or sold one. a little while back, I saw that someone local to me was selling a stock unit on ebay. (the person selling it is not on this forum) I got in touch, because I was interested, and the guy actually let me use it a few times. very nice of him. (ultimately, I decided not to buy it, because I knew the MicroTrack would be significantly less money, and all I really need is a stable device to record S/PDIF, and the MicroTrack is almost there
) The CD Wave "trick" worked for me, although I can't tell you which version. I'm not very good at keeping track of those things, and shortly before thanksgiving, I had to re-install windows and I just downloaded the most recent version then. Sorry I can't provide any more insight.
What totally baffles me is it was a microsoft spec, BUT not even Windows Media Player with updates would recognize the files with the newest updates. weak!
very strange indeed, although, I must say, not terribly surprising. Windows Media Player is definitely geared towards the average consumer, and 24 bit audio is certainly not something the average joe knows anything about. on the other hand, it makes you wonder, why would Microsoft create a new "standard" for 24 bit PCM data, and not implement it in their own programs.