Microsoft KB Archive/227514

= DVD Programs Do Not Start MCI-DVD on Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 227514

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q227514







SYMPTOMS
When you try to play games from a DVD-ROM, you may receive the following error message:

MCI error opening file f:XXX\XXXX\XXXX.VOB: A problem occured in initializing MCI.

NOTE: Other games on DVD-ROM using the MCI-DVD driver may produce different errors.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because programs using the MCI-DVD interface and driver are not supported in Windows 2000.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
Most third-party companies now use DShow instead of MCI-DVD.

Below is a partial list of DVD-ROM titles that might use the MCI-DVD driver:

Africa Journal

Animal Planet

Baldur's Gate

Battles of the World

Better Homes and Gardens Cool Crafts

Billboard Music Guide

Birds of the World

Blockbuster Entertainment Guide to Movies and Video

BodyWorks

Bubblegum Crisis

Buster and the Beanstalk

Byzantine: The Betrayal

Claw

Climbing with Phonics

Colliers 98

Compton's Encyclopedia

Connections

Cosmic Family

Crazy 8's

Dead Moon Junction

Decouvertes (Junior Discovery)

Diablo 2

Digital Art Technologies

Digital Video Kiosk

Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

Encyclopedia Electronica

Encyclopedia of Nature, Sci, Hist

Exploring National Parks

Eyewitness Virtual World Atlas

Flash Traffic

Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia

Gabriel Knight II

Great Chefs, Great Cities

History of Jazz

Home Depot's Home Improvement 1-2-3

Jack Nicklaus 4 Golf

Jet Fighter: Full Burn

Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

Last Express

Launch

Le Louvre: The Paintings and the Palace

Liberty

Map and Street Atlas

Medieval

Megaracer

Microcosmos

Multimedia Encyclopedia

Muppet Treasure Island Enhanced DVD-ROM Edition

Natif Spain, San Francisco

Nine Worlds

Phantasmagoria II

Police Quest V SWAT

Putt Putt

Rayman

Reah

Red Jack

Riot

Riven

Sesame Street

Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective

Shivers 2

Silent Steel II

Southwest Arts & Culture

Space Ace

Spycraft: The Great Game

Star Trek VideoSaver

Star Trek: Vulcan's Fury

Starfleet Academy

Tender Loving Care

Tex Murphy: Overseer

The Complete National Geographic: 109 Years of National Geographic Magazine

The Cyber Drumkat

The Genius of Edison

The Oregon Trail 3rd Edition

The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend

The Settlers III

The Timetables of Technology

Tomb Raider

Tonic Trouble

Ultimate DVD Cookbook

Ultimate Family

Vanishing Wonders of the Sea

VersaDisc

Virtual Pool II

Warren Miller's Ski World '97

Webster's International DVD Encyclopedia

Wide World of Animals

Wild Africa

Wing Commander IV

WOMAD Festival SF

Worldbook Encyclopedia

Zork Grand Inquisitor

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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