Vista - Can't play an AVI file in Vista with WMP11

This file will open and play in MS Player 10 with XP, but not in version 11
with Vista. Gspot told me no codec was required, but this can't be the case.
I get a black screen. I assume the audio works, but since these are silent
files I only speculate on this since the time bar moves.

Vista seems to be missing the ATI YUV9 codecs, but why are they there in
version 10 and not 11? If this is indeed the problem where do I get the
proper codec for Vista to handle this code as reported by Gspot?

Any ideas would be appreciated. I need these files.

Thanks.

Bart

bartman wrote:===========================
Maybe the following codec package
would be worth a try.

Proceed at your own risk.....

Vista Codec Package
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Vista_Code...age_d5326.html

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Hmm, that looks like a disaster waiting to happen. I'd rather get just the
proper codec and not a wad of them. I'd also like to know why the heck it
works fine in XP, but not in Vista.

Bart

"John Inzer" wrote:

You don't mention which version of Vista you have nor which version of XP.
Some codec's require licensing and are not included in some versions of
Vista or XP. One of these codec's will most likely solve your problem.

http://www.xvid.org/

http://www.divx.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...dvdcodecs.aspx

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
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"John Inzer" <oobie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista Home Premium and XP Professional.

Your links refer to either MPEG or Divx and my file is neither. It is an
uncompressed AVI file. It was not done with Divx. More Information I have
found says "Planar ATI YUV9 Indeo". Gspot says that a codec is not required
which is obviously false since it doesn't display video in Vista.

If the proper codec is not supported in Vista is there anyway in the
existing XP system, without adding any new software, to convert it to
something Vista understands and still keep it uncompressed?

Thanks.

Bart


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

At an elevated command prompt type the following

regsvr32 ir50_32.dll

I think this is the codec you need. This should register the codec but it
may cause other problems. There's probably a reason why it's not enabled by
default. To get an elevated command prompt locate Command Prompt in All
Programs => Accessories. Right click on it and pick Run as administrator.

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/


"bartman" <bartman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"May cause other problems"

What might I expect and is there a way to undo it if problems arise? I
don't want to blindly jump into something.

Thanks.

Bart


"Kerry Brown" wrote:

I have no idea what problems it could cause. I'm always suspicious when
something is not enabled by default. It may be a performance, security, or
who knows what issue. It may simply be someone forgot to write the code
register the file. If it does cause a problem you could easily unregister
the file with the command

regsvr32 /u ir50_32.dll

If you register the file and it doesn't work or causes a problem just run
the above command in an elevated command prompt. You may have to reboot
after registering and unregistering for it to take effect.

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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/



"bartman" <bartman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Worth a try, but it makes no difference. File still doesn't play the video.

When I try the unistall I get an error that says, "The module "ir50_32.dll"
was loaded but the call to dllunregisterserver failed with error code
0x8000ffff". Doesn't sound good. I have a restore point just before I tried
this so hopefully that undoes my fix attempt properly.

I ran across this link that I tried to get information from, but got nothing
from the company.

http://www.ligos.com/index.php/home/products/indeo/

Know anything about this?

Bart

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

It sounds like you are not running the command from from an elevated command
prompt.

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Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


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