Re: Error with Windows Media Video 9 codec


It's your system, so I don't know what's on it. What's installed to it? Is
Ac3filter.ax on your system? It's being installed to different names now,
which is cute.

If you installed any codec pack ever, all bets are kind of off.

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<mwalcoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you recommend a way to find out what harmful junk might be on my
system? Thanks.

On Aug 22, 12:27 am, "zachd [MSFT]"
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That should have utterly nothing to do with WMV9 VCM.

I would suspect you installed AC3 Filter or some other garbage that's
hijacking audio output...

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<mwalc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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WMP version 10.00.00.4058.
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1

I don't know what you mean by "current scope," but the key is that
some videos (notably the videos on mlb.com) only play with sound in
Zoom Player, not in WMP.

Thanks.

On Aug 20, 7:47 pm, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Problems with MPG files should be unrelated to this. The WMV9 VCM
wouldn't
affect WMP7 or newer.

What is the current scope of your problem set on what version of
Windows
using what exact version of Windows Media Player... ?

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I've had trouble with some but not all wmv and mpg files.

Sorry for the delay in my response.

On Aug 17, 12:50 pm, "zachd [MSFT]"
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What file format / file extension / file type is affected?

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When I try regscr32 wmv9vcm.dll, I get the following error
message:

"wmv9vcm.dll was loaded, but the DllRegisterServer entry point
was
not
found. This file can not (sic) be registered."

Audio codecs for files playing without sound include WmPlug and
Windows Media Audio 9.1.

Thanks.

On Aug 16, 3:32 am, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What Neil said already.

===
go to Start -> Run, and
type in

regsvr32 wmv9vcm.dll
===

If that doesn't fix you up, then this likely wasn't the source
of
your
issues. This file is for *videos*, not audio.

So stepping back: what file type is affected? What *audio*
codecs
do
those
files use?

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<mwalc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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OK, so what do I do now? Thanks.

On Aug 15, 11:22 am, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
OK, I checked last night and they've stopped including the v9
VCM
at
all,
so
that shouldn't be a problem any longer.

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<mwalc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Hi Zach. It was CCCP 14, released in February. Both DLLs
are
version
9.0.1.369. Thanks.

On Aug 14, 8:34 pm, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think that's just CCCP being boneheaded. What are the
file
versions
on
the two files? What precise version of CCCP did you
install?
I'm
less
than
amused. If you can get me that information, we should be
able
to
get
CCCP
fixed up. =\

I don't believe WMV9VCM was ever part of a Windows OS
distribution,
so
it
shouldn't be affected by SFC.

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--<mwalc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I've been having trouble with some videos playing
without
sound.
I
thought this was an audio codec problem, but I
downloaded
the
Sherlock
program and got this message:

Warning: The following codecs were found broken:

"Video Codecs:

1. Microsoft Windows Media Video 9
(C:\WINDOWS\system32\c:
\PROGRA~1\COMBIN~1\Filters\wmv9vcm.dll)"

This is clearly a mistake. There's a wmv9vcm.dll in
C:\Windows
\system32 and a wmv9vcm.dll in c:\Program Files\Combined
Community
Codec Pack\Filters, but, of course, there's no directory
C:\WINDOWS
\system32\c:\PROGRA~1\COMBIN~1\Filters\.

Could this be a registry file issue? If not, what may be
wrong?
Thanks.




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