Error when Starting VS 9 Trial

[dragonsbb16]

I just downloaded and installed VS 9 Trial error free.then i restart and click desktop icon and selct what i want to st to work with i get this error..

AppName: vstudio.exe
AppVer: 9.0.0.0
ModName: ffdshow.ax
ModVer: 1.0.0.1
Offset: 00118bd8

What in the world is wrong? has anyone seen this error before if so can someone help me.otherwise ULEAD is not the correct product for me...
I am on a Win XP-Pro Pent 4 3.2 ghz 1 GB of RAM

[Ken Berry]

The 'modname' file is in fact the FFDSHOW DirectShow decoding filter for decompressing several video formats, including DivX, XviD, WMV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 movies. It is an open source file, and would have had to have been loaded either specifically by you or by some other (earlier?) video software package. As far as I know, it is not part of VS9, either in the trial or full version. I certainly don't have it on my computer, and my full version of VS9 (and all other video editing software I have on my computer -- and I have a fair amount!) works well without it.

I note in a couple of other codec forums, that people have reported problems with it, mainly clashes with other software/codecs -- though I hasten to add that it appears that the codec has been downloaded over 2.5 million times since it was released in 2002, and so must work properly for an awful lot of people. The advice given to those having trouble with it is simply to remove it. I think you would do this by going to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Sound Video and Game Controllers > Video Codecs > Properties, then identify the codec in the list that appears and click on the Remove button.

If later you want to reinstall it, you can find the latest version of it here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... fdshow.cfm

[dragonsbb16]

Thanks...ill uninstall it........i dont know how it got installed or what software put it there but i have NO PROBLEM removing it....id rather have VS work then anything else....Thanks...ill post my results

[dragonsbb16]

Ok now i am Baffled?????? I did what you said and windows gives me a warning saying the "This ffdshow.ax driver is required by the system. If you want to remove it, your system may not work properly.
Are you sure you want to remove it?" So i click yes and remove it from the list....then go back in to check if it is there and sure enough it is there.....i have also uninstalled all other media editing stuff....Software i have installed

DVD Shrink
DVD Decryper
ULEAD VS 9
Quicktime
Microsoft Office
MS Streets & Trips
MS Picture it
Acrobat 7
Spy bot
ad aware
Windows media player 10

I dont know what else i can do.....

[dragonsbb16]

OK............i found the file in system32 i renamed it then tried to run VS9 and it worked........so i downloaded an updated ffdshow since mine was from 2004 and VS works now.so perhaps i have a corrupt ffdshow........Thank you for your help

[Ken Berry]

I think Windows may have been exaggerating somewhat when it said the codec was required by the system. I have all the programs you mention, and quite a few video editing programs, and don't have that codec, so it is clearly not required by anything (unless the software that installed it is also still somewhere on your system). Anyway, glad it is now working. And in fact I am intrigued enough by the codec to have downloaded a copy myself, since it also apparently has the ability to remove time stamps, logos etc and do a pretty nice job of it too...