Microsoft KB Archive/890843

= You receive a &quot;&quot;0xC000001D : Illegal Instruction&quot; error message or Windows Media Player closes when you try to play a video file on some MIPS-processor-based devices that run Windows CE 5.0 =

Article ID: 890843

Article Last Modified on 5/26/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE 5.0

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to play a video file on some MIPS-processor-based devices that run Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, Microsoft Windows Media Player closes, or you receive a &quot;0xC000001D : Illegal Instruction&quot; error message.



CAUSE
The codecs for MIPS processor-based devices used instructions that were specific to certain MIPS processor vendors. These instructions were not valid on other MIPS processors.



Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 5.0 Core OS QFE 890843. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement
After you install this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu. You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this update.

Update replacement information
This update does not replace any other updates.

File information
The English version of this package has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.   Date         Time                   Size       File name --  02-Feb-2005  01:58                  2,803,200  Wincepb50-050201-kb890843-mipsii.msi 02-Feb-2005 01:58                  2,689,536  Wincepb50-050201-kb890843-mipsii_fp.msi 02-Feb-2005 01:58                  2,795,520  Wincepb50-050201-kb890843-mipsiv.msi 02-Feb-2005 01:58                  2,710,016  Wincepb50-050201-kb890843-mipsiv_fp.msi The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time                   Size       File name --  Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    636,574  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    636,574  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,668,474  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    636,574  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    636,574  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,668,474  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mips_fxp.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    605,222  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    605,222  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,606,518  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    605,222  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    605,222  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,606,518  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mips_flp.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    641,612  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    641,612  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,666,488  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    641,612  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    641,612  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,666,488  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    607,518  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    607,518  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,598,254  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib

Path: Public\Directx\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    607,518  Wmaplsv_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                    607,518  Wmav9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib 20-Jan-2005 23:47                  1,598,254  Wmv9_rawdec_wince_mipsiv_fp.lib



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

