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Conference noted::windows95

Title:	Microsoft Windows 95 ("Chicago")
Notice:	Please read topics 1 to 22 before writing anything
Moderator:	EEMELI::BACKSTROM

Created:	Sun Nov 13 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2958
Total number of notes:	19968

2770.0. "Troubleshooting Media-Player startup problem?" by JULIET::HARRIS_MA (Networks Sales Exec) Wed Jan 29 1997 13:57

    On my Win95 system, I tried starting Microsoft's standard Media Player
    (MPLAYER.EXE) that comes with windows. It open the application, and
    then within several seconds it aborts with an "Error. Program made a
    call to an illegal .DLL file... blah,blah, etc."
    
    I assume somthing I installed over the past few months added a
    data-type (i.e AVI, MOV, WAV, etc) to a list somewhere, and ONE or more
    of those new types are not fully installed/supported or corrupt.
    
    Does anyone know exactly where MEDIA-PLAYER gets it's entries that
    appear in "Device" from the main menubar? I am making the assumption
    that one of those is corrupt, not MPLAYER itself since I copied the
    MPLAYER.EXE froma working system and no difference.
    
    Anyone walked down this troubleshooting path?
    
    
    Mark

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2770.1		AXEL::FOLEY	http://axel.zko.dec.com	`Wed Jan 29 1997 16:46`	7
	Try installing the ActiveMovie control and see if that works any better for you. It can play not only AVI, but Quicktime MOV and MPEG files. mike