Microsoft KB Archive/191195

= Problems Using Media Player to Play .avi Files =

Article ID: 191195

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191195



If this article does not describe the error message that you are receiving, view the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article to view more articles that describe error messages:

315854 Windows 98 and Windows Me Error Message Resource Center



SYMPTOMS
You may receive any of the following error messages when you play audio- video interleave (.avi) files:

A fatal exception 0E has occurred at 0028: in Vxd Vmwaudio (01)

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MMSYSTEM257 Invalid MCI device ID. Use the ID returned when opening the MCI device.

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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.



MORE INFORMATION
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