Microsoft KB Archive/147870

= 3D Movie Maker: Program Hangs When Playing MIDI =

Article ID: 147870

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft 3D Movie Maker
 * Microsoft Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker

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This article was previously published under Q147870



SYMPTOMS
When you are working in 3D Movie Maker, the program may stop responding (hang) with a sound card that is not configured to use an FM Synthesis MIDI driver.



RESOLUTION
Switch the configuration of the MIDI driver to use the FM Synthesis or OPL2/OPL3 driver (or equivalent) by following the steps below:
 * 1) Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 * 2) Double-click Multimedia, then click the MIDI tab.
 * 3) Make sure Single Instrument is selected and it references MIDI for Internal FM Synthesizer (or equivalent).
 * 4) Click OK to exit Multimedia.
 * 5) Run 3D Movie Maker.

The program should run successfully after following these steps.



MORE INFORMATION
Some sound cards may attempt to use a MIDI driver to play MIDI in a manner that is incompatible with the way that 3D Movie Maker plays MIDI. For information on a related issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

143232 3D Movie Maker: MIDI Does Not Work Properly with SB AWE 32

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