BUG: MCI Unable to Open .AVI File Using File-Interface Pointer

Last reviewed: December 11, 1995
Article ID: Q140750

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use MCI to access an .avi file by using its reference pointer returned from AVIFileOpen(), the following error message occurs under Windows 95:

   mmsystem 275: CANNOT FIND THE SPECIFIED FILE, MAKE SURE THE FILE AND
   PATHNAME ARE CORRECT"

This problem does not occur under Windows NT or Windows 3.11.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Code to Demonstrate the Problem

hrReturnVal = AVIFileOpen(&pfile,

                          "c:\\winvideo\\sample.avi",
                          OF_SHARE_DENY_WRITE,
                          0L);

if (hrReturnVal == 0) {

     wsprintf(ach, "AVIVideo!@%ld", pfile);
     MCIWndOpen(hwndMci, ach, 0);      //Bug occurs here.
     MCIWndPlay(hwndMci);

}

Additional reference words: 4.00 file-interface stream-interface pointer
KBCategory: kbmm kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: MMVideo

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Last reviewed: December 11, 1995
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