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mvgr Marcel Schaap

Mike Breeuwer wrote:

> After having installed the latest MWave drivers (20D including patches) I
> still experience Fatal Exception errors in Win98 when using DirectX (MPEG,
> AVI, Games etc.). The problem seems to be IBM's 'VMWAUDIO.VXD' (that's where
> the exception occurs). Has anyone got a clue / newer drivers? Beneath you'll
> see microsoft's knowledge base article concerning this problem;
>
> Thanks in advance, mike.breeuwer@usa.net
>
>             Problems Using Media Player to Play .avi Files
>             Last reviewed: August 17, 1998
>             Article ID: Q191195
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
>       The information in this article applies to:
>         a.. Microsoft Windows 98
>
>       SYMPTOMS
>       You may receive any of the following error messages when you play
> audio- video interleave (.avi) files:
>
>         a.. A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028:<XXXXXXXX> in Vxd
> Vmwaudio (01)
>         b.. MMSYSTEM257 Invalid MCI device ID. Use the ID returned when
> opening the MCI device.
>         c.. MMSYSTEM296 The file cannot be played on the specified MCI
> device. The file may be corrupt, or not in the correct format.
>
>       CAUSE
>       These error messages can occur on an IBM Aptiva 2168-A92 or Acer
> computer with earlier versions of IBM Mwave sound card drivers.
>
>       RESOLUTION
>       To resolve this issue, contact IBM or Acer to inquire if an Mwave
> sound card driver update is available for your IBM Aptiva computer