class not registered?

[Paul Johnson]

I put this question to the newsgroup for videos but got no reply. I am
running win 98 and have the WMP ver 9 and also Irfanview plug in. Neither
can play music vids or most of them at least. Irfanview searches for a codec
and WMP says class not registered. What is the point of WMP ver9 when it
can't play stuff? In the past I had Media Player Classic but had to get rid
of it as it kept causing the blue screen. What must I do to be able to see
these vids?. Do I need a codec?. Why cant a codec be found and auto
downloaded if that is what I need?
Paul

 

[michael andrews]

I put this question to the newsgroup for videos but got no reply. I am
running win 98 and have the WMP ver 9 and also Irfanview plug in. Neither
can play music vids or most of them at least. Irfanview searches for a codec
and WMP says class not registered. What is the point of WMP ver9 when it
can't play stuff? In the past I had Media Player Classic but had to get rid
of it as it kept causing the blue screen. What must I do to be able to see
these vids?. Do I need a codec?. Why cant a codec be found and auto
downloaded if that is what I need?
Paul

microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player.plugins
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.encoder
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player.visualizations
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player.web

Maybe Google for "class not registered".

 

[XemonerdX]

Which codec(s) do these files require?

XemonerdX

 

[Paul Johnson]

Wish I knew

Paul

Which codec(s) do these files require?

XemonerdX

 

[Johnny]

Try using Mplayer or Mplayer2 that comes with 98. It will at least give you
the error code and codec that it is searching for. I have never found an
answer to the "Class Not Registered" question though.