I have no clue. Suggestions? User player version 2.0 final developer with Hijack 380. That works flawlessly.

The condition of Player version 3.0 alpha is such that it would make it futile to go beyond what we already have tried. It may very well be that empegLink has nothing to do with the behaviour you are observing. If even the Emplode versions designed for Player 2.0 bomb when using Player software 3.0, then I wouldn't expect more from EMSC-empegLink.