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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:24:40 -0600, "Ranita" <ran...@nospam.edu>
wrote:

> I just got Wing Commander IV, the double-sided DVD edition. I
> am a Windows XP user. So far I can play the missions by using
> Windows 95 compatibility mode. Unfortunately, I cannot play
> the movies.
> 
> I use DirectX 9, and I have a S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR adapter.
> I've gathered from other posts that this was an edition
> intended to work only with a specific graphic adapter from
> Creative Labs.
> 
> Can anyone help me with this to work, or is it a lost case?

To view the movies as part of the game the game (any DVD-capable
system can view the movie files directly, separate from the game), you
need either the Creative DXr2/3 or Hollywood RealMagic (IIRC on the
name) decoder card, as it was set up with a proprietary codec since
there wasn't really any DVD standardization when WC4-DVD came out
(early 1996).

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