BUG: Windows NT Version 4.0 Bug List - Multimedia

ID: Q156854

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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
WINMM.DLL has 1992 copyright 

 \* 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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Keywords          : kblist kbNTOS400bug kbSDKPlatform kbSDKWin32 kbbuglist
Version           : WNNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: November 19, 1998