Microsoft KB Archive/230025

Overseer: Cannot Use Software MPEG Decoding to Play Video Clips

PSS ID Number: Q230025 Article last modified on 07-12-1999

WINDOWS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Tex Murphy: Overseer == 

= SYMPTOMS =

You cannot use software decoding to play the video clips included in the DVD version of Tex Murphy: Overseer.

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs because software decoding of Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) does not yet fully support Microsoft DirectX.

= RESOLUTION =

To work around this issue, you must either install an MPEG2 decoder card in your computer or install the CD-ROM version of Tex Murphy: Overseer to play the video clips included in the game.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Microsoft and Zoran Corporation are currently working together to resolve this issue.

Additional query words: 1.00 access tm dvd-rom movie

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========================================================= Keywords : kbdisplay kbimu kbfaq Version : WINDOWS: Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.