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Cinemania: No Sound When You Play Film Clips

Article ID: 176386

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Cinemania 97 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q176386

SYMPTOMS

When you play a film clip in Microsoft Cinemania for Windows, you may not hear any sound.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if the following entry in the [mci extensions] section of the Win.ini file is missing or spelled incorrectly:

   avi=AVIVideo

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use the following steps:

Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type win.ini, and then click OK.
On the Search menu, click Find.
Type [mci extensions], and then click Find Next.
When you locate the [mci extensions] section, scroll down to view the contents of the section and verify that the following line exists and is correctly spelled:
```
      avi=AVIVideo
						
```
If this entry is missing from the [mci extensions] section, add it exactly as it appears above.

NOTE: If the line is present but has a semicolon (;) at the beginning, remove the semicolon.
On the File menu, click Save.
On the File menu, click Exit.
Restart the computer.

MORE INFORMATION

If these steps do not resolve the issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

139806 Err Msg: MMSYSTEM266 The Device Could Not Be Loaded...

Additional query words: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles

Keywords: kbprb kbmm kbsound KB176386