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Old 20th March 2010, 19:38   #7359  |  Link
PhilippeB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jdobbs View Post
For your problem it appears that there are some keys that should be set but are not.


In this registry area:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Directshow\Preferred

These keys:

{31435657-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
{31435641-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
{e06d8026-db46-11cf-b4d1-00805f6cbbea}

should all be set to

{04FE9017-F873-410E-871E-AB91661A4EF7}

That tells the system that the preferred DirectShow CODEC for VC-1, AVC, and MPEG-2 should be FFDSHOW.

Note that on Windows 7 64 bit systems the registry path (in REGEDIT) may be:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectShow\Preferred

Thank you very much. I will look at this verry slowly tonight.
It is okay for the warning, anybody should know it is a risky business playing directly in the registry and don't worry - i won't sue anybody if i screw up
BTW i program under WinCE and have to create / modify / flush keys all the time so this is not a so different world for me.

This is the last step i will attempt. If this doesn't work, i plan to whipeout my entire system and re-install it. This takes me about 2 days so maybe it worths it.

Thanxs for the support. will come back soon with the results.

PhilippeB

PS: The alien intervention was a joke - the movie REALLY is about Aliens abductions - if anybody is into that, it is worth listening to

Last edited by PhilippeB; 20th March 2010 at 19:41.
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