Microsoft KB Archive/176362

= Bookshelf: Cannot Play Sound Clips or National Anthems =

Article ID: 176362

Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Bookshelf 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Bookshelf 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176362



SYMPTOMS
While you attempt to play a sound clip or national anthem in Microsoft Bookshelf, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Filename extension of the specified multimedia file is not associated with any installed MCI device.

Mmsystem346: No MIDI device available.

You can play pronunciations from the Dictionary, and you can play both wave audio and MIDI files directly from the Bookshelf CD-ROM using Windows Media Player.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the following entries in the [mci extensions] section of the Win.ini file are missing or spelled incorrectly: mid=sequencer rmi=sequencer wav=waveaudio



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue:  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 lines exist and are correctly spelled: mid=sequencer rmi=sequencer wav=waveaudio If these entries are missing from the [mci extensions] section, add them exactly as they appear above.

NOTE: If a line is present but has a semicolon at the beginning, remove the semicolon.  On the File menu, click Exit. If you are prompted to save the changes, click Yes.</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:

136983 No Sound, MMSystem or MCI Errors In Windows 95

NOTE: You may also receive the "No MIDI device available" error message when you attempt to play a MIDI file in Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 if you copied the contents of the Bookshelf 2000 CD-ROM to a folder on your hard disk and installed Bookshelf 2000 from that location.

Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm bs98 bs99 bs2k

Keywords: kberrmsg kbenv kbprb kbsound kbfaq KB176362

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