What is "vids:IV32 decompressor"?

[Garry Weil]

In article <3fjuqt$5...@hustle.rahul.net>, g...@rahul.net wrote:

> I tried to play an avi file (which I downloaded from the Net) using
> the Media Player, and I got the error message "Video unavailable. Can't
> find 'vids:IV32' decompressor." What is 'vids:IV32' and where can I
> get it? Thanks in advance for any information.
>
>
> --
> Greg

Greg,

IV32 is the four-cc code for Indeo(TM) video R3.2. Using this code, VfW
knows which codec to call to decode and play an AVI file.

If you have Indeo video installed, then there should be a line in your
system.ini as follows: VIDC.IV32=ir32.dll, in the Drivers section. If
already have this line, then the file maybe corrupted.

If you do not have this line, then you need to install the Indeo video
drivers for VfW. You can find the drivers at the following site:

ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/IAL/Indeo_video/iv32rt.exe

After downloading this self-extracting archive, expand it into a temporary
directory. Then, run the setup.exe from that directory.

Garry

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