Article: Q176362
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg kbsound kbimukbfaq
Last Modified: 15-JUL-2000
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Bookshelf 2000
- Microsoft Bookshelf 99
- Microsoft Bookshelf 98 for Windows
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SYMPTOMS
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While you attempt to play a sound clip or national anthem in Microsoft
Bookshelf, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Filename extension of the specified multimedia file is not associated with
any installed MCI device.
Mmsystem346: No MIDI device available.
You can play pronunciations from the Dictionary, and you can play both wave audio
and MIDI files directly from the Bookshelf CD-ROM using Windows Media Player.
CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if the following entries in the [mci extensions] section
of the Win.ini file are missing or spelled incorrectly:
mid=sequencer
rmi=sequencer
wav=waveaudio
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type "win.ini" (without the quotation marks), and then click
OK.
3. On the Search menu, click Find.
4. Type "[mci extensions]" (without the quotation marks), and then click Find
Next.
5. When you locate the [mci extensions] section, scroll down to view the
contents of the section and verify that the following lines exist and are
correctly spelled:
mid=sequencer
rmi=sequencer
wav=waveaudio
If these entries are missing from the [mci extensions] section, add them
exactly as they appear above.
NOTE: If a line is present but has a semicolon (;) at the beginning, remove
the semicolon.
6. On the File menu, click Exit. If you are prompted to save the changes, click
Yes.
7. Restart the computer.
MORE INFORMATION
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If these steps do not resolve the issue, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q136983 No Sound, MMSystem or MCI Errors In Windows 95
NOTE: You may also receive the "No MIDI device available" error message when you
attempt to play a MIDI file in Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 if you copied the
contents of the Bookshelf 2000 CD-ROM to a folder on your hard disk and
installed Bookshelf 2000 from that location.
Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm bs98 bs99 bs2k
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Keywords : kbenv kberrmsg kbsound kbimu kbfaq
Technology : kbHomeMMsearch kbBookshelfSearch kbBookShelf1998 kbBookShelf2000 kbBookShelf1999
Version : WINDOWS:
Issue type : kbprb
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