Microsoft KB Archive/176386

= Cinemania: No Sound When You Play Film Clips =

Article ID: 176386

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Cinemania 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176386



SYMPTOMS
When you play a film clip in Microsoft Cinemania for Windows, you may not hear any sound.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the following entry in the [mci extensions] section of the Win.ini file is missing or spelled incorrectly: avi=AVIVideo



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the following steps:  Click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type win.ini, and then click OK. On the Search menu, click Find. Type [mci extensions], and then click Find Next.  When you locate the [mci extensions] section, scroll down to view the contents of the section and verify that the following line exists and is correctly spelled: avi=AVIVideo If this entry is missing from the [mci extensions] section, add it exactly as it appears above.

NOTE: If the line is present but has a semicolon at the beginning, remove the semicolon.  On the File menu, click Save.</li> On the File menu, click Exit.</li> Restart the computer.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139806 Err Msg: MMSYSTEM266 The Device Could Not Be Loaded...

Additional query words: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles

Keywords: kbprb kbmm kbsound KB176386

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