Uninstalling Panasonic DV codec

[HavePh8]

Hey,
I installed the panasonic DV codec. At first all was going good. But, all of a sudden, whenever I capture video through firewire the image looks very bad(pixelated, "compressed like" squares.. I've tried finding a way to uninstall this codec but have found none so far. All I got with this codec was a dll file and an .inf file that served for the installation. There's no uninstall file or anything.

Anyone would know how I could uninstall this annoying little thing?

Thanks!

[bb]

Delete the files pdvcodec.dll and panadv.inf from your System or System32 directory. Then remove the following entries from the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaResources\icm\vidc.dvsd:
- Description
- Driver
- FriendlyName

You may have to delete a line from the [Drivers32] section in system.ini:
- vidc.dvsd=pdvcodec.dll

Maybe there's an easier way. I'll let you know if I find one.

bb

[yg1968]

I doubt that the codec is your problem. Remember that the codec only gets used for type 2 DV avi files. For type 1 DV avi files, the directshow built-in MS DV codec gets used.

Anyways to delete the DV codec, you can first try undeleting it from the codec menu. If that doesn't work, you must type "regedit" (in the Run menu) and then delete the following entries:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\drivers.desc]
"pdvcodec.dll"="Panasonic DV Codec"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32]
"vidc.dvsd"="pdvcodec.dll"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaResources\icm\vidc.dvsd]
"Driver"="pdvcodec.dll"
"Description"="Panasonic DV Codec"

[HavePh8]

Thanks for the replies.

What would you think would be the cause of my problem then?

[yg1968]

I don't know. Perhaps, the firewire cable. It's hard to say. I have never experienced this problem.