Video plays in XP but not in Win 7

Hi think98,

Have you tried compatibility mode?

XP has several codecs that were removed from Vista and Win7 etc.

open a 'command prompt' using a rightclick, select, 'Run as Administrtor'

type: cd C:\Windows\SysWOW64 (32bit users can skip this step) - press enter

type: regsvr32 ir50_32.dll - press enter

Indeo Codecs are originally developed by Intel® Corporation, and for years have been a popular solution for video and audio in CD-ROM games, computer training titles, encyclopedias and online media WITH legacy applications still requiring its use in Windows 95, 98, ME, XP and NT/2000 operating systems.

Version 5.2 has been created for XP and is available to buy from the official website for use only with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP. This includes support for Indeo Video 4.5 and Indeo Audio 2.5 codecs but the version 3.2 video codec has been removed since the original release of Indeo XP for Windows.

Installing a DVD player may be required for WIN7. You cannot upgrade from XP and retain your MPEG codec because XP is directx 9 and Windows 7 requires Directx 10/11 codec.

You may also require the DirectX June 2010 patch.

APPLIES TO ALL VERSIONS OF WINDOWS.

DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) - Microsoft

www.cyberlink.com/index_en_US.html

From the file list on the Disc I see that you need Shockwave, Flash and Windows Media Codecs.

Download Codec Installation Package for Windows Media Player ...

Note: If you do not have Windows Media Player 9 Series or later installed and cannot play content by using the Windows Media Video 9 or Windows Media Audio 9 Voice codecs from a Player embedded in a Web page, consider downloading the codec installation package for Windows Media Player 6.4 as well.  Install these codecs AFTER installing the June 2010 Directx patch.

Codecs Installation Package for Windows Media Player 6.4 - Microsoft

Adobe - Install Adobe Flash Player

Adobe - Adobe Shockwave Player

Neither Is installed on WIN7 by Default.

Also You could try installing Firefox instead of using Internernet Disaster I mean explorer.

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Free Download — mozilla.org

Thanks Osprey4 and Speedstep for your suggestions,

Unfortunately, the files on the CD have no compatability tabs. Also successfully registering the DLL did not have any effect. The browser is pulled up but the video flashes and then stops. If one clicks on the videos themselves they bring up media player and play fine. Just not inside the browser.

Thanks again for your help,

Thonk98

I was suggesting you try compatibility mode for your browser.

Thanks Osprey and Speedstep,

I think I'm not familiar with how that works. If I go into Compatability View Settings I'm prompted to enter a website. Not sure how to set it up for files from this CD??? Also, sorry for leaving out details but I am on a network and some settings in the browser may be disabled or controlled through Group Policy.

I did try most of the suggestions above (Newer codecs, older codecs, Flash, Direct X and Firefox). In Firefox instead of media player being pulled up it says missing plug in and advises "Unknown Plugin (video/x-ms-asx)" I Googled this and found this site    http://video-x-ms-asx-firefox-plug-in.fyxm.net/     but it just seemed to take me in endless circles and I was never able to find a download I trusted from the site.

I'm not sure if it makes a difference or not but I included a couple of screen shots of what the browser looks like when the default.htm file is double clicked.

By the way this issue is making me feel like I might have dementia. I'm about ready to call this issue unresolvable but thanks for all of the suggestions and assistance.

Thonk98

Find updates for installed plugins at mozilla.com/plugincheck
Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org

i did find windows media player plugins.

Silverlight is probably required now.

http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx

http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

Windows Presentation Foundation or WPF plugin was installed on many Windows computer as part of a Windows update by Microsoft. Mozilla blocked this plugin and disabled because plugin had a major security vulnerability that can be exploited by malicious websites update.

Block was removed two days later and this plugin does not run by default in Windows 7. Reinstallation of .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is required to install this plugin and add support for XBAP applications. There is another way of enabling support for XBAP application by copying files from a working windows XP or Vista to Firefox plugin directory. Depending on the framework version, you can find these DLLs in these directories.

c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\WPF\NPWPF.dll – for v3.5 [SP1]
c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\WPF\NPWPF.dll – for v4

This plugin was used to view certain multimedia content on websites. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed this plugin in Firefox browser. Windows Presentation Foundation is developed by Microsoft for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.

The security vulnerability is now fixed and you can download MS09-054 patch to enable this plugin.

Did you download and install the Oracle JAVA plugins for IE and firefox?

If you have 64 bit windows you will have to download and install both the 32 and 64 bit versions of JAVA.


  Go to the Manual download page

You may also have to set 32 bit mode for any browser that is going to work with 32 bit plugins.

'video/x-ms-asx' is not a plugin, it's a mime-type.

 What you need is a plug-in for a media player that can handle that type of file. 

Media players that have mozilla plugins
 (that I know of, there are probably more):
 
 mplayer
 xine
 gxine
 totem
 vlc
 
 vlc handles WM playback the best, IMO, but I've never tried the browser plugin myself.

I tried to watch video from a website (video/x-ms-asf format) on a recent Linux (x86) system.
 
 What did not work: npapi-vlc-git, xine-plugin, gxine, libxaw.
 
 What worked: 
 - mplayer based plugins: rosa-media-player-plugin, gecko-mediaplayer.
 - when trying totem-plugin it said: "The playback of this movie requires a Advanced Streaming Format (ASF) demuxer plugin which is not installed." I searched a bit, and had the idea that I would install all gstreamer plugins (the 'ugly' one was missing ('good' and 'bad' were already installed in my system)). After that the totem plugin started to work.
 
 For gecko-mediaplayer: swithcing between the plugins I installed gecko-mediaplayer again, and the video now does not automatically start (only voice), but can be started by stopping and starting the playback (right click...).
 So for mplayer based plugins the rosa-media-player-plugin seems to be better.

One other that I would try would be the DIVX media player/codec and plugin.

http://www.divx.com/downloads/divx/1

The following example shows how to embed the Windows Media Player control in a webpage that can be displayed correctly by both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Script on the page detects the browser type and generates the appropriate OBJECT tag.

64-bit Windows operating systems (which may be Windows 7, Vista or XP) come with a 32-bit Internet Explorer (IE) browser as the standard (default) for viewing web pages. These operating systems also include a 64-bit Internet Explorer browser, however using it is optional and it must be explicitly selected to view web pages. Note that because some web content may not work properly in a 64-bit browser, we recommend using the default 32-bit browser and downloading 32-bit Java. 

  

Follow the steps to verify whether you are using a 32-bit or 64-bit browser. 

  

Click on the item below that represents your set up:

If version of IE displays 64-bit Edition, then it is 64-bit IE, otherwise it is a 32-bit browser. 

To determine whether you are running on a 64-bit version of Firefox, use either of these methods.

If you are running 64-bit Firefox, it may be indicated as 64-bit (e.g., Win64); otherwise it is a 32-bit version of Firefox.