I wanted to play that WMV video but I couldn't because of missing WVC1 codec.

Wikipedia says it is Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile and that it requires Windows Media Format 11 Runtime or Windows Media Player 11.

Instead of trying to update files from those packages I found out that MS distributed last year a wvc1dmo.exe package, a copy of which I have been able to find here.

It contains the WVC1 encoder and the decoder in separate files. The encoder does not work as it has missing functions in dependencies but the decoder works OK and allows to play the above file. It is wvc1dmod.dll and it just need to be copied somewhere and regsvr32ed.

It is possible that more recent versions of wmvdmod.dll than the one I have installed (from WMP10 or 11) also allows videos using this codec to be played on 98SE/ME but I am not sure as I haven't tried that.

If of any help the said video plays on win98se using a later version of vlc.

Yes indeed, I have just tried that after unregistering wvc1dmod.dll and making sure Graphedit would not build a graph out of the video.

can someone just post the file itself ?

There is a download link in the first post of this thread. Maybe that's what you are after.

Here:
http://www.mdgx.com/wmp.htm#ENC

Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile (WMV9AP) Update Beta for Windows
2000/XP/2003 includes SMPTE VC-1 standard + Advanced Profiles support
(WMCMD.VBS):
WMV9AP [899 KB]:
http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W...dia/wvc1dmo.exe
To install wvc1dmo.exe :
1. Create C:\TEMP (if not already present) (example):
MD C:\TEMP
2. Run:
WVC1DMO.EXE /C /Q /T:C:\TEMP
to extract the files into C:\TEMP .
3. Open Windows Explorer -> right-click on WVC1DMO.INF -> select Install.
This will copy the 2 DLLs to %windir%\system [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS]:
WVC1DMOD.DLL
WVC1DMOE.DLL
and will also properly regsvr32 them into the registry.
4. Done.

HTH

are you sayin that the decoder requires framework ?

i tryed this and the files didn't copy

If "that WMV video" is a clip of choosing a custom color, the codec seems to work fine on my 98FE box.
WVC1DMOE.DLL did not copy or register. Couldn't register it manually. WVC1DMOD.DLL copied and registered normally.
Rick

Found out that WVC1DMOE.DLL works only under Windows XP/2003/Vista with WMP11 installed.
To make this work under Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME, please follow these updated instructions:
http://www.mdgx.com/wmp.htm#ENC

WVC1 Codec [899 KB]:
http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/W...dia/wvc1dmo.exe
How to install WMV9AP VC-1 Codec on Windows 98/NT4/ME:
1. Create C:\TEMP (example) from a DOS box:
MD C:\TEMP
2. Download wvc1dmo.exe (see above) into C:\TEMP .
3. Run:
C:\TEMP\wvc1dmo.exe /C /Q /T:C:\TEMP
4. Copy WVC1DMOD.DLL from C:\TEMP into %windir%\SYSTEM [%windir% = usually C:\WINDOWS]:
COPY/Y C:\TEMP\WVC1DMOD.DLL %windir%\SYSTEM
5. Run this command from a DOS box:
REGSVR32 %windir%\SYSTEM\WVC1DMOD.DLL
6. Copy + paste text between cut & paste lines below in Notepad -> save as WVC1_9X.REG (example) -> (double)-click on WVC1_9X.REG to merge into Registry:

-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Windows Media\WMSDK\VideoEncode]
"WVC1"=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\Windows Media\WMSDK\VideoDecode\WVC1]
"DllName"="WVC1DMOD.DLL"

------End cut & paste here------

7. Delete C:\TEMP .

HTH

Why not just alter the inf file or make a unofficial

MGDx, thank you for the solution - codec is working right now.

How do you know if the video you have needs this?