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TP 770/ED - Black box covers video window when playing an AVI file

Applicable to: World-Wide

Symptom:
After an AVI file finishes playing in a Macromedia Director presentation, a black box covers the video window for 2 seconds and then the AVI video reappears.

Configuration:
ThinkPad 770/E/ED running Windows 95/98.

Solution:

1. Edit the SYSTEM.INI file and comment out (;) the following line in the [driver32] section: vids.draw=dvideo.dll
2. Rename DVIDEO.DLL in the Windows\System directory to some other name (i.e. DVIDEO.BAK).

Additional information:
When dvideo.dll is disabled, hardware overlay will not be available to MCI client programs such as the old Media Player, however, the hardware overlay function is provided for DirectX client programs.

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	Hint Category	Multimedia, Display/Monitor
	Date Created	30-03-99
	Last Updated	08-04-99
	Revision Date	08-04-2000
	Brand	IBM ThinkPad
	Product Family	ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED
	Machine Type	9548, 9549
	Model	Various
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