video not available cannot find vids iv32 decompressor

- We are an ISV.
- Our app plays AVI files in an MCI window, and works correctly in all previous versions of Windows
- With Vista Beta 2, video does not play at all.
- The video playback window shows error message "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:iv32' decompressor".
- Will Microsoft fix this?
- What is the workaround for now?

Workaround: 1. Copy ir32_32.dll from a WinXP machine to c:\windows\system32 2. Execute the following .reg file:
;---------- begin .reg file ------------ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32] "vidc.iv32"="ir32_32.dll" ;-------------- end .reg file --------------

Try downloading the DivX codec - might help, might not. Either way, report this to Microsoft :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Trent" wrote in message

- We are an ISV.
- Our app plays AVI files in an MCI window, and works correctly in all previous versions of Windows
- With Vista Beta 2, video does not play at all.
- The video playback window shows error message "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:iv32' decompressor".
- Will Microsoft fix this?
- What is the workaround for now?

DivX only plays DivX. IV32 is Intel Video 3.2. =)
-- Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only) See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. --
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Try downloading the DivX codec - might help, might not. Either way, report this to Microsoft :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Trent" wrote in message - We are an ISV.
- Our app plays AVI files in an MCI window, and works correctly in all previous versions of Windows
- With Vista Beta 2, video does not play at all.
- The video playback window shows error message "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:iv32' decompressor".
- Will Microsoft fix this?
- What is the workaround for now?

Vista does not to my knowledge include the Intel Video codecs and to the best of my knowledge will not be including that. As has been the case in the past, if you want to use codec YYYY, you would want to provide the user with codec YYYY.
I would probably recommend against using IV32 in your application - I believe the code has been bought by Ligos from Intel, and they could probably provide you with a redistributable decoder that your users could use if you wanted to continue to do this.
-Zach -- Windows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only) See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. --
"Trent" wrote in message

- We are an ISV.
- Our app plays AVI files in an MCI window, and works correctly in all previous versions of Windows
- With Vista Beta 2, video does not play at all.
- The video playback window shows error message "Video not available, cannot find 'vids:iv32' decompressor".
- Will Microsoft fix this?
- What is the workaround for now?