Problem after installing OggDS0995.exe

[JimmyBarnes]

Was finalising setting up a new PC with codecs so it would play any type of movie files (Win ME - don't tell me, I find it quite stable and OK).

Had just installed DivX - tested OK on WIN Media Player 6.4, then installed OggDS0995. Immediately noticed when I went to open some sample files that only *.OGM showed, no *.AVI as would normally be shown (just seconds before). Of course they do show if you select All files rather than the default "Media files (all types)", but I'm wondering if this can be fixed so that *.AVI show as before.

This happened to me a couple years ago, but I did not notice the missing *.AVI until days later. I suspected OggDS but couldn't prove it.

If no one has heard of this prob (Search finds nothing), can anyone tell me how WMP6.4 gets its list of "Media files (all types)"?

thanx
jd

[DKDIB]

Jimmy wrote:
> Immediately noticed when I went to open some sample files that only
> *.OGM showed, no *.AVI [...]

Strange... :confused:
BTW, I suggest you to use Ogg Splitter 1.0 (http://dc0der.is-a-geek.org/Gabest_OggSplitter_20040330.rar) (with installer (http://digilander.libero.it/dkdib/Software/Ogg%20Splitter.rar)) and CoreVorbis 1.0 (http://corecodec.org/projects/corevorbis/).

They're much more stable than OggDS. ;)

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Edit
If you don't resolve removing OggDS, I checked Windows system register and I found this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions

Do you see the value "Video file (*.avi;*.wmv)" into the sub-key "Descriptions"?

If no, tell me how many strings (excluding "Default") do you have in this sub-key and I'll write a little patch for this. ;)

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by DKDIB
Jimmy wrote:
> Immediately noticed when I went to open some sample files that only
> *.OGM showed, no *.AVI [...]

Edit
If you don't resolve removing OggDS, I checked Windows system register and I found this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions

Do you see the value "Video file (*.avi;*.wmv)" into the sub-key "Descriptions"?

If no, tell me how many strings (excluding "Default") do you have in this sub-key and I'll write a little patch for this. ;)

Yes it's there. There are also two other subs keys besides Descriptions: MUIDescriptions and Types and the 3 subkeys all have corresponding entries. One could guess the entries for Descriptions and Types for a missing media file type, by analogy with the ones present but MUIDescriptions refers to a code like 9996 which it might be hard to derive.

Anyway prob solved. When I went on to do the Windows security updates they included one for Win Media Player. When I next opened WMP6.4, *.AVI was back but *.OGM was not present. Better for me as I use *.AVI all the time but *.OGM not much.

Thanks for your input and trouble, I appreciate it.

cheers
JB

[DKDIB]

Jimmy wrote:
> One could guess the entries for Descriptions and Types for a missing
> media file type, by analogy with the ones present but
> MUIDescriptions refers to a code like 9996 which it might be hard to
> derive.
>
> [...] When I next opened WMP6.4, *.AVI was back but *.OGM was not
> present.

They're my values for Ogg/Ogm files:

Descriptions\"6"="Ogg File (*.ogg;*.ogv;*.oga;*.ogm)"
MUIDescriptions\"6"="Ogg File"
Types\"6"="*.ogg;*.ogv;*.oga;*.ogm"

[JimmyBarnes]

Originally posted by DKDIB
Jimmy wrote:
They're my values for Ogg/Ogm files:

Descriptions\"6"="Ogg File (*.ogg;*.ogv;*.oga;*.ogm)"
MUIDescriptions\"6"="Ogg File"
Types\"6"="*.ogg;*.ogv;*.oga;*.ogm"

My MUIDescriptions "7" (for *avi;*.wmv) has the data value
"@C:\WINDOWS\INF\unregmp2.exe,-9997"

Strangely enough the orig PC I had the prob on a couple years ago did not have MUIDescriptions at all, so I was able to add back *.avi;*.wmv quite easily. *.avi files now show up under the default Media files (all types) to Open in WMP6.4

JB