Missing dll - where to put it ?

[StymiedMike]

I have an Atari Arcade Hits CD which I copied to the HDD and everything works but an introduction video. It says “Video not available, cannot find vids:iv32 decompressor”.
This is on Windows 10 but Windows 7 also used to give the same message.

Not a big deal but I figured why not just add the missing file. I searched & appears “ir32_32.dll” is needed. I downloaded the file & put in the Windows/System32 folder per this link.
vids:IV32 decompressor ? - Matrix Games Forums

That did not work so I also put it in the same folder as the game exe folder but that didn’t work.

I read that the installed codecs are listed in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32". However ir32_32.dll was not there.

Then I read that ir32_32.reg needs to be run so I did that & ir32_32.dll then showed up in the registry. But the video still does not play.

I can play the file in VLC which does say “Codec: Indeo Video v3 (IV32)”. I looked in VLC > plugins but did not find anything similar to what is needed.

Where should the dll be placed? If VLC is able to play the video maybe I need an updated dll for Windows 10. How can I figure out what VLC is using?

Thanks for any information.

 

[SleepyDude]

Hi,

Its a 32 bits file, on a 64 bits OS the file should be on C:\Windows\SysWOW64

 

[StymiedMike]

Thanks for the reply -

I found a few different versions of the dll and tried them all in the games exe folder & the system 32 folder but to no avail.

The SysWOW64 folder already had an ir32_32.dll file, the latest version I’ve seen. The folder also contains several other irxx.dll files and all from 2019 and I’m presuming these came with Windows 10.

I tried to copy my oldest version into SysWOW64 to see if that would work but I did not have permission to do so. I read how to get permission but so far have not had luck. Maybe that’s a good thing.

I did copy this newest version from SysWOW64 into the games exe folder & into the System32 folder but that did not work. IOW it's currently in 3 locations.

The Atari software supposed to be able to play from the CD-ROM & it does. For convenience I copied all the files to my D: HDD and play from there. There is a second introduction video which does work & MediaInfo shows it as
Format: Cinepak, Codec ID: cvid

Any suggestions what else to try?

 

[SleepyDude]

See if the information on this topic helps

"Video not available, cannot find 'vids:IV32' decompressor" error for Pitfall The Mayan Adventure \ VOGONS

 

[StymiedMike]

Thanks for the information.
The link refers to a Wow6432Node registry entry which I do not have & this maybe for Windows 8.1 because they also mention that.
The link also mentioned Indeo is blocked as a security risk on Windows 10, which I also saw mentioned somewhere else.

The closest I have is "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32". However ir32_32.dll is not there.

Previously I ran "ir32_32.reg" and that put the dll in the registry. But how do I know which version was installed? Since it did not work I deleted it.

I then tried this method, after first putting the dll in the System32 folder.
"REGSVR32 C:\Windows\System32\ir32_32.dl".

But got this message:
The module "C:\\Windows\System 32\ir32_32.dll" was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found.
Make sure that "C:\\Windows\System 32\ir32_32.dll" is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again.

All the games play & I thought it would be a simple fix to get a 12 second introduction video working. At this point I’ll just watch the error message for several seconds.

Thanks again for all your suggestions.

 

[SleepyDude]

Thanks for the information.
The link refers to a Wow6432Node registry entry which I do not have & this maybe for Windows 8.1 because they also mention that.

Windows 10 64 bits will have also the registry branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\...

 

[xilolee]

I have the following files:

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C:\Windows\syswow64\ir32_32.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir32_32original.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir41_32original.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir41_qc.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir41_qcoriginal.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir41_qcx.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir41_qcxoriginal.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_32.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_32original.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_qc.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_qcoriginal.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_qcx.dll
C:\Windows\syswow64\ir50_qcxoriginal.dll

KyoriAsh from PCGamingWiki PCGW Community says "This registry patch is to restore the Indeo codec functionality for Windows 10 and above." and "There are two codecs to be restored: iv32 and iv50".
Then he provides 4 files (2 for windows x64 and 2 for windows 32bit).

Given that you have windows 10 x64, you can run these two commands:

reg add "hklm\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32" /t reg_sz /v vidc.iv32 /d ir32_32.dll
reg add "hklm\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32" /t reg_sz /v vidc.iv50 /d ir50_32.dll

If you want to delete them later:

reg delete "hklm\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32" /v vidc.iv32 /f
reg delete "hklm\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32" /v vidc.iv50 /f

 

[StymiedMike]

Thanks for everyone's help -

I did see the "Wow6432Node". Don't know how I missed it before.

I also came across 2 comments that said the codec was disabled in Windows 10 because of a security risk. It's not worth any risk just to watch an introduction video.

 

[Mobman713]

I had the same issue but fixed it by downloading the K-Lite MEGA codec pack. After I installed the codecs, I then launched my game and it worked! My introduction video was played without any issues.