DOCUMENT:Q93255 11-SEP-1999 [winmisc] TITLE :VidCap: Err Msg: Cannot Initialize Capture Driver - Indeo PRODUCT :Miscellaneous Windows Products PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows Sound System, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= If you install Microsoft Video for Windows 1.0 on a machine equipped with the Action Media II capture card and you run the VidCap utility that is included with Video, you may receive the following initialization error: VidCap could not initialize the capture device. Capture driver is not installed properly. MORE INFORMATION ================ Indeo (TM) Video driver is installed for software only compression and decompression when Microsoft Video for Windows is installed. No further setup is required for software only operation. If you have an Action Media II capture card in your computer, you will need to re-install the capture driver to get hardware assisted playback and to capture video with the VidCap utility included with Microsoft Video for Windows. To install, remove, or configure a capture driver you need to use the Drivers option in the Control Panel. For more information on installing device drivers, refer to your Windows 3.1 manual. Additional query words: 1.00 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbWinSoundSysSearch kbWinSoundSys100 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.