BUG: Windows NT Version 4.0 Bug List - Multimedia

Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
Article ID: Q156854

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT, version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article lists the bugs in the implementation of the Win32 API on Windows NT 4.0 that may be relevant to Application or Device Driver developers (ISVs or IHVs). This article contains only those bugs that were known at the time of the Windows NT 4.0 release.

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mplay32: When playing movies double original size, they sometimes come up 4X size.

 \* 44164

MPLAY32: Movies playing full screen are choppy and out of synch.

 \* 45566

Sndvol32: Scroll bar area is gets wider, but no controls appear.

 \* 48166

mplay32: IR32 compressed movies don't play or are very choppy on MIPS

 \* 49027

Multimedia: External Midi device incorrectly reported as previous midi contained in registry entry.

 \* 49251

mmsys.cpl: After installing new sound card, external midi port is missing.

 \* 49436

Turning off left/right audio channel via MCI has no effect.

 \* 49905

Seeking to track 0 fails in MCI.

 \* 51282

Soundblaster MIDI ports fail to work.

 \* 3549

Using DIB_PAL_INDICES in DrawDib fails to draw occassionally.

 \* 10352

Volume Control: SNDBLST driver is missing PC speaker functionality.

 \* 15760

Sound Recorder : Windows Sound System left channel plays back on both channels.

 \* 16710

SB AWE 32: Model 2760: When you Power off Machine and boot back up Midi stops working.

 \* 18573

Adding MIDI support to PPC results in application error.

 \* 18580

Attempting to add Midi Synthesizer on PPC results in driver error.

 \* 22286

SNDVOL32 : When seleceted from task bar during .wav play -- .wav stops playing.

 \* 29550

When no audio drivers are loaded, "Remove" button should be greyed out.

 \* 31182

When making api call(Sequencer Play Element using auto opened commands (old)) Blue Screens NT.

 \* 35283

Uninstall and Add WSS without reboot causes "An unexpected error has occurred" dialog.

 \* 35794

DSound: Event handle leak arises in stress test.

 \* 38019

Duel: fails if you alt-tab out during the protocol screen on ALL platforms.

 \* 38592

SndRec32: Saves to different locations, depending on how you open.

 \* 39794

PPC Audio: After using audio for several hours, it stops working until a reboot.

 \* 42154

Media Player fails to finish playback, close certain AVI files in full screen.

 \* 44115

Sndvol32: When debugging, it produces heap errors on loading application.

 \* 48161

PSS: Volume control/options: Only most recent radio button is updated on OK, not ones selected earlier.

 \* 48188

Ctrl-alt-del followed by ESC can alter GDI resolution without informing app.

 \* 49037

DirectDrawCreate fails after creating the object via COM.

 \* 50344

mmsys.cpl: "User" attempt to add new (midi) instrument seems to work, but doesn't.

 \* 50447

MMSYS.CPL: Adding New Instrument results in deselection of the former Single Instrument

 \* 50869

AVI calls fault when OLE not loaded.

 \* 51008

IDirectDraw::SetDisplayMode(minus Refresh parm) makes screen flash if refresh rate not the default.

 \* 51222

Media Class Installer: No midi device selected when pnp sound installed.

 \* 51793

DirectX -- Res Change -- Tracking Number 1ZJN.

 \* 11333

Volume Control: Properties: Slider shrinks with toggling between Recording and Other options.

 \* 12108

If more than one mplay32 OLE object in Word6.0, icon changes to gray box when played.

 \* 13046

Volume Control: Recording control: Microphone deselection fails on WSS.

 \* 13838

Volume Control: Wave Level Indicator not functioning on MIPS.

 \* 13934

MMT2: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: bad on PPC.

 \* 14034

Cdplayer.exe: music plays after closing on MIPS.

 \* 14563

Volume Control: Advanced controls: NT/Win95 Auto Gain Control naming discrepancy.

 \* 14956

MMT2:-r MAYOHealth Clinic CD runs in too small of a window (MIPS only).

 \* 15215

MMT2: Simpsons Screen Saver has wrong colors on Alpha only.

 \* 15228

MMT1: MS Julia stops playing sound when clicking on volume control icon on taskbar. MSJULIA

 \* 15602

CDPlayer "Blue Screens" when cd is ejected during playback.

 \* 17367

MMT2: app locks up when taskswitch performed or Start button clicked. (RR2DELUXE)

 \* 17758

CD Player Eject button doesn't function correctly.

 \* 18560

DDRAW: GetEntries() behavior on NT different from Win95.

 \* 19100

Non_ss: Volume Control: The Label for PAS 16 - Cd-Rom Control is incorrect.

 \* 21538

CD player: drag and drop tracks from multiple cd's doesn't error, but only plays 1 track.

 \* 22293

Shutdown hang pointing to Battery meter.

 \* 22461

Ugly mute icon for System Tray Volume Control in NT 4.0 beta1.

 \* 25802

MMT2:r Daedalus Encounter 1.1 volume on wave output adjust by itself. DAEDALUS11

 \* 26179

Sndvol32: Microphone option appears in playback options with SB16 soundcard.

 \* 28024

MVAUDIO PAS : When launching midi & .wav at same time .wav hangs until midi is done.

 \* 30663

When IE2.0 copies image to clipboard, colors are degraded.

 \* 30918

MCIAVI32 asserted when copying and playing file.

 \* 31901

DDRAW: SetDisplayMode() fails when mutiple Exclusive Mode apps start simultaneously.

 \* 32653

VU meter shows full sound output regardless of volume setting.

 \* 36012

Volume control icon doesn't show on task bar.

 \* 36693

Quartz\ActiveMovie MCI command missing

 \* 37235

DDRAW: DDEX3 crashes if color depth is greater than 256.

 \* 37310

MSACMMAP: Doesn't track current user's preferred sound card.

 \* 38491

Media Player fails to recognize CDA cd-audio track file extension.

 \* 39344

mmt132: Music won't shut off for Bodyworks 5.0 when app is shut down. (BODYWORKS50)

 \* 39386

Multimedia tree property buttons is enabled but does not do anything.

 \* 39893

MMT2: Quantum Gate - Response phrases out of boxes -- (Quantumgt)

 \* 40500

Volume control application listbox loses contents in switching from Playback to Record to Playback.

 \* 41264

Control Panel:Multi Media: devices: MCI Microsoft Video for Windows: Handle leak (2) in settings.

 \* 42243

 \* 46640

mplay32: Dragging a window in front of paused movie (uncompressed) causes it to play.

 \* 50400

Tooltip missing from task-tray when maximized.

 \* 50406

Tooltip is empty when paused.

 \* 8802

MMT2:-r TREASCOVECD GPFs on startup.

 \* 8842

MMT2:-r OUTPOST CD locks up system.

 \* 9037

MMT2: TurboTax: setup error (TURBOTAXMM)

 \* 10287

Taskbar: tcm stays on task bar after closed.

 \* 10354

Volume Control: There is a naming discrepancy in the naming of the MIDI control between NT and Win95.

 \* 11209

Volume Control: Speaker Balance: Speaker icons slightly off of allignment.

 \* 12142

Volume Control: inconsistency in component slider selection boxes.

 \* 12796

MMT2: Crayola Art Studio: can't play videos from Start menu. (CARTSTUDF)

 \* 12886

MMT2: Alistair and the Alien Invasion CD app causes black screen/hang. (ALISTAIRAI)

 \* 13938

MMT2: MEDIOMAG1 has choppy video and some sound is missing.

 \* 14162

MMT2: Pagemaster CD animation is choppy, skips frames.

 \* 14179

MMT2: MAPNGO GPF's in setup, can't find control.ini.

 \* 14660

MMT2: Harry and the Haunted House install doesn't create program group. (LBHHH)

 \* 15212

MMT2: Simpsons Screen Saver: DOS monitor not loaded error. (SIMPSONSSS)

 \* 15387

MMT2: MediaBlitz 3.0 Bitmap Editor changes colors to red when Undo is selected.

 \* 19191

Feature: Media Vision Thunderboard is listed as a SoundBlaster in Multimedia Audio tab.

 \* 22374

MPLAY32: Cannot change CD-ROM drive when playing CD Audio.

 \* 31900

DDRAW: CreateSurface() fails if another app takes exclusive control of the display.

 \* 32210

Analog joystick won't work on NT.

 \* 41450

Alert when activating animation/media clip ole object after paste special.

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Version : WNNT:4.0
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Last reviewed: November 26, 1997
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