Microsoft KB Archive/269815

= Magic School Bus: Distorted Sound or MMSYSTEM326 Error Message in Program =

Article ID: 269815

Article Last Modified on 11/24/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Scholastic's The Magic School Bus in Concert Activity Center
 * Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Lands on Mars Activity Center
 * Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Volcano Adventure Activity Center
 * Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Discovers Flight Activity Center
 * Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Whales and Dolphins Activity Center

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This article was previously published under Q269815



SYMPTOMS
When you run one of the programs listed at the beginning of this article, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:  Sounds in the game may not be played. Sound playback may be distorted or scratchy. Sound playback may skip or stutter. You may receive an error message similar to the following:

MMSYSTEM326 No wave device that can play files in the current format is installed.





CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the sound driver for your sound card is outdated.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, contact the your sound card manufacturer to inquire about how to obtain and install the latest version of the sound driver for your sound card.

For information about how to contact the manufacturer of your sound card, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

Additional query words: 1.00 mskids schoolbus msbconcert msbmars

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb kbsound KB269815

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