Now this must be way off-topic but if some knowledgeable soul would be
kind enough…? I have 10 files on my system with “ddraw” in their name
(of which 3 are named ddraw.dll). I too have an AMD Athlon machine and I
have the same “missing ddraw.dll” message after having installed the Playa
and trying to play divx files. Anybody know where I can find an undated
ddraw.dll and which one it should replace?
This is what I have:
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM: DDRAW DLL 299,008 04-23-99 10:22p
DDRAW.DLL DDRAW16 DLL 28,000 04-23-99 10:22p DDRAW16.DLL DDRAW VXD 30,389
04-23-99 10:22p DDRAW.VXD DDRAWEX DLL 36,864 04-23-99 10:22p DDRAWEX.DLL
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\INF: MSDDRAW INF 446 04-23-99 10:22p MSDDRAW.INF
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32: DDRAW DLL 266,512 12-07-99 1:00p
DDRAW.DLL
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP: DDRAWEX DLL 36,864 04-23-99 10:22p
DDRAWEX.DLL DDRAW VXD 30,389 04-23-99 10:22p DDRAW.VXD DDRAW16 DLL 28,000
04-23-99 10:22p DDRAW16.DLL DDRAW DLL 299,008 04-23-99 10:22p DDRAW.DLL
This sort of thing is really too difficult for me…
Thanks, Klaas Bil
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 14:50:15 -0600, “Lowell Terry” <yoda@socket.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I’m not too surprised it didn’t work with your AMD processor. The
>> version on www.divx.com is for Pentium 4 systems. You’ll have to browse
>> around on those sites and forums for info on making it work with your
>> system. It’s probably worth your time to do it though, since so many
>> video clips are encoded with the divx codec these days.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> —Nathan
>
>Thanks for the info on the AMD. I did at one time try to install a weird
>program that installed DirectX for me, probably covering up my later
>version. I compared all my DDRAW files, (4 of them), with the ones on
>another identical machine and mine were of an earlier version according
>to the dates on the files. So I replaced mine with the later ones and I
>got the file to play with the Divx player “Playa”. I’ll download some
>more of them and give them a try now. On everything else I’ve tried with
>the Athlon has been compatible so far.
>
>Lowell
>
>> “Lowell Terry” <yoda@socket.net> wrote in message
>> news:<mailman.1007313303.27191.rsu@unicycling.org>…
>> >
>> >
>> > > > Jeff, I can’t watch those videos either. What do I need? I have
>> > > > an
>>
>> > > > 1.1 ghz Athlon with 128 meg memory and 20 gig drive. I downloaded
>> > > > one of them and tried to play it on MS Media player but all I
>> > > > got was some sound. I think I saw something about Divx ?? what
>> > > > is that? Where do I get it?
>> > >
>> > > You just need to get the codec. It’s on doom9.net and www.divx.com
>> >
>> > I downloaded and ran the “package”. Now it says I am missing
>> > DDRAW.DLL
>>
>> > ???
>> >
>> > Lowell
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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