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| elupin |
| Posted: Jun 24 2009, 04:58 PM |
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I tried to install the Panasonic dvsd codec (in pdvcodec.zip) on my Vista 64 machine. A new window opens very briefly, with what appears to be the folder transfer animation, but it is too fast to be sure. Anyway, the Panasonic codec does not appear in VirtualDub's list (x32 VirtualDub), nor in the list of codecs produced by Gspot. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get the codec installed? Thanks. |
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| elupin |
| Posted: Jun 24 2009, 05:47 PM |
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Additional information:
The registry appears to have entries for this codec, although I don't know if they are correct.
msinfo32 reports that the video codec pdvcodec.dll is in c:\windows\system32 and its status is OK, but still VirtualDub doesn't see it. |
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| phaeron |
| Posted: Jun 25 2009, 03:41 AM |
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I think there's a common problem where attempting to install 32-bit codecs on x64 editions of Windows results in them either being installed to the wrong location or in the wrong place in the Registry. I forget what the fix is on the INI side, but basically, you need to have 32-bit codecs going into the c:\windows\syswow64 directory instead of c:\windows\system32. This should happen automatically if a 32-bit program is doing the installation. Unfortunately, that doesn't help if you're doing it from Explorer, which is a 64-bit program.
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| DarrellS |
| Posted: Jun 25 2009, 07:56 AM |
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Installing the 32bit version on Windows 64
Extract all the files to a folder
Open up a command prompt (start->run: cmd)
Change directories to sysWOW64 ("cd C:\windows\syswow64")
Type the following (replace example_path with the actual path to the extracted files), then hit enter:
rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\example_path\AC3ACM.inf
This method can also be used for installing other 32bit codecs such as Huffyuv that install via a .inf file.
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| elupin |
| Posted: Jun 26 2009, 04:40 PM |
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This worked, but first I had to be running Command Prompt as administrator.
Thank you.
Ed |
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| DarrellS |
| Posted: Jun 29 2009, 07:09 PM |
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You're welcome!
I don't have 64bit Windows but a friend has XP 64bit and I had to figure out why the codecs weren't working for him and found those instructions during a Google search and it worked for him. Figured it should work for Vista 64bit also but wasn't sure. |
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