"Jeffery S. Jones" <jeffsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:66rll0lgqa5lshf5df4i9in3sntvismclb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(StevenMcLennan)
> wrote:
>
>>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think it
>>>plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right drivers
>>>(which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default, unless you've
>>>downloaded/installed them
>>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>>>it would crash, but it is possible.
>>
>>
>>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I installed
the
>>game
>>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.
>
> If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.
>
> I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
> while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the first
> time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download codec"
> thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed it?
You have to pay to get them from ligos now. I don't know what the other
options may be.
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