Error 0xC0000005 in quartz.dll

[Mike Golobay]

My system suddenly developed a problem in that some MPGs cause the
Windows Media Player to launch, display a black screen then crash. I
tried to run one of these through TMPGenc to see if it could convert
it to a more usable state but since it uses the same codecs as WMP it
died too.

This time though I allowed the Visual Studio debugger to look into the
situaiton. It reported an access violation 0xC0000005 in quartz.dll.
Since this is shipped with Win2K I won't be able to uninstall it and
get a different vendor's codec. Or can I? Since I'll probably have
no luck getting a bug fix from Microsoft anytime soon, has anybody
else seen this and found a workaround?

Anxiously,
Mike Golobay

 

[zachd [ms]]

Quartz isn't necessarily the codec, especially if you've installed 3rd party
MPEG or MPEG2 software.
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#alwaysdownload
points to how you can figure out what's actually being used to render the
content, IIRC.

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[Mike Golobay]

Gspot says its the MPEG1 codec in quartz.

A Google search gave me some articles referencing the same problem in
several different scenarios. The only suggested solution I've found
so far is to upgrade the video drivers. I tried to do this for my
system but Compaq (HP nowadays) is so lame they offer a download for
my specific model PC that doesn't actually work on my PC.

More on this as it develops....




Quartz isn't necessarily the codec, especially if you've installed 3rd
party
MPEG or MPEG2 software.
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html#alwaysdownload
points to how you can figure out what's actually being used to render
the
content, IIRC.

--
(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP
info.
Following up to your post with the resolution is good netiquette.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
All e-mail to this account will bounce or be deleted - *use the
newsgroups*.