thanks for your reply
[ found a program to fix the codecs and have done so but still same behavior. i will remove ffdshow and see what complains.
It complained
I 11:31:05 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!
I 11:31:05 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)
I 11:31:05 Total Physical Memory: 1,563,116 KB - Available: 401,852 KB
I 11:31:05 Initialising SPTI...
I 11:31:05 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 11:31:06 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 2 DVD±RW/RAMs!
E 11:31:17 ConnectFilters(Source, Sample Grabber) Failed!
E 11:31:17 File Name: F:\ISO\L O V E\01\06-Thou Swell-Nat King Cole-L-O-V-E (Disc 1).mp3
E 11:31:17 Reason: No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection.
E 11:31:17 Hint: You may need to install some additional DirectShow filters in order to support files of this type or the file might be corrupt.
E 11:34:01 acmFormatSuggest Failed! - Reason: ACM - Not possible.
E 11:34:01 File Name: F:\ISO\L O V E\01\06-Thou Swell-Nat King Cole-L-O-V-E (Disc 1).mp3
same from network storage (no FFDshow)
E 11:37:12 ConnectFilters(Source, Sample Grabber) Failed!
E 11:37:12 File Name: M:\Nat King Cole\L O V E\01\06-Thou Swell-Nat King Cole-L-O-V-E (Disc 1).mp3
E 11:37:12 Reason: No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection.
E 11:37:12 Hint: You may need to install some additional DirectShow filters in order to support files of this type or the file might be corrupt.
E 11:37:26 acmFormatSuggest Failed! - Reason: ACM - Not possible.
E 11:37:26 File Name: M:\Nat King Cole\L O V E\01\06-Thou Swell-Nat King Cole-L-O-V-E (Disc 1).mp3
re install ffdshow - same error from local and network drives now
W 11:41:30 Potential DirectShow Error! - No data has been received for 10 seconds.
W 11:41:30 File Name: M:\Nat King Cole\L O V E\01\08-The Surrey With The Fringe On Top-Nat King Cole-L-O-V-E (Disc 1).mp3
W 11:41:30 Decoding Progress: 30,737,016 bytes