Err Msg: Importing the Movie Failed. Error -50

ID: Q168352

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.01 for Macintosh

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to play a video (.avi) file on a Web page using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.01 for Macintosh, the following error message may occur:

   Importing the movie failed.
   Error -50

CAUSE

This error message occurs when the .avi file has been encoded with a unsupported compression/decompression software (codec). Some .avi files can be played correctly while others, using an unsupported codec, may produce error messages.

Additional query words: ie301 loading load

Keywords          : kberrmsg msiemac 
Version           : 3.01
Platform          : MACINTOSH

Last Reviewed: September 11, 1997