DOCUMENT:Q140663  11-AUG-1999  [homemm]
TITLE   :Cinemania 1996: Expressionism Music Clip Causes MMSYSTEM281
PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
PROD/VER:1996
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbsoundkbbuglist

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Cinemania for Windows, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 editions 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to play the music media for "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari--
1919," in the Expressionism topical article, you receive the following error
message:

   MMSYSTEM281 This file could not be played. Check the filename or install a
   driver that supports this type of file.

CAUSE
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This problem occurs because the program is attempting to play a bitmap (.bmp)
file.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Cinemania version

1. We are researching this problem and will post new information

here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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The movie article about "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1919) contains a viewable
movie still.

Additional query words: 1996 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm cinemania96

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Keywords          : kbsound kbbuglist
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbCineManiaSearch
Version           : 1996

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