I reached the much dreaded position of deciding to do a Clean install of EMC10. This is because Photosuite was virtually unusable due to Runtime errors everytime I tried to save a file or perform a few processing tasks on a photo. This seems to have solved the runtime error and Photosuite seems to perform as it should although I haven't done a thorough test. The audio side also seems to work OK, athough again, I have only had a very cursory flick through.
However, I am now getting a problem with Videowave. When opening it up I get the message:
'The following codec(s) must be activated before using the application.... MPEG-2.... Click OK to activate, or Cancel to abort. I click OK then get the message 'No permission - Bad intstallation'
Is there anyway to solve this problem without doing the Clean Install all over again? I have quite a few VHS tapes still to process.
Some background...............
I have been using EMC 10 for 6 months. Initially for processing videos imported from my VHS tapes and transferring to DVD (about 15 videos done successfully), then to convert 350 LPs and tapes to Audio CDs and MP3 discs. I have had the occasional error message 'Videowave (or Sound Editor) has encountered a problem and needs to close', which I have ignored, and just opened up the programme again, or re-booted the PC and continued working as I could do a lot of processing before the errors happened. I really didn't want to do a clean intall as I was put off by all the problems other users have had with having to go through the process several times.
However, I have several years (many hundreds) of photos to process, so my problems with Photosuite have made me bite the 'Clean Install' bullet. I printed out the instructions and followed them to the letter, ticking off the instructions as I completed each task.
I used the 'Add or Remove Programs' utility in Control panel to uninstall EMC 10 and as I did not get any errors, I did not try the 'Windows Installer Clean Up Utility'. While doing this, I found I had a DE version of EMC that came with my Dell computer (don't know which version but my PC is nearly 2 years old). As I have never used it, I uninstalled this as well before proceeding to the next stage of the instruction on MSCONFIG.
When I had completed the instructions, and before I reloaded EMC 10, I re-checked that all H/W drivers were up to date (they are), ran a virus scan (no probs other than a couple of cookies and removal of temp files), ran a defrag then closed down and cold boot.
I then reinstalled EMC 10 followed by the EMC Content. On opening up EMC, it automatically checked for updates and installed one, but I did not write down what it was - sorry.
EMC 10 is a downloaded version. Shows as Version 1.0.044, build 100B44D, RO3
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I reached the much dreaded position of deciding to do a Clean install of EMC10. This is because Photosuite was virtually unusable due to Runtime errors everytime I tried to save a file or perform a few processing tasks on a photo. This seems to have solved the runtime error and Photosuite seems to perform as it should although I haven't done a thorough test. The audio side also seems to work OK, athough again, I have only had a very cursory flick through.
However, I am now getting a problem with Videowave. When opening it up I get the message:
'The following codec(s) must be activated before using the application.... MPEG-2.... Click OK to activate, or Cancel to abort. I click OK then get the message 'No permission - Bad intstallation'
Is there anyway to solve this problem without doing the Clean Install all over again? I have quite a few VHS tapes still to process.
Some background...............
I have been using EMC 10 for 6 months. Initially for processing videos imported from my VHS tapes and transferring to DVD (about 15 videos done successfully), then to convert 350 LPs and tapes to Audio CDs and MP3 discs. I have had the occasional error message 'Videowave (or Sound Editor) has encountered a problem and needs to close', which I have ignored, and just opened up the programme again, or re-booted the PC and continued working as I could do a lot of processing before the errors happened. I really didn't want to do a clean intall as I was put off by all the problems other users have had with having to go through the process several times.
However, I have several years (many hundreds) of photos to process, so my problems with Photosuite have made me bite the 'Clean Install' bullet. I printed out the instructions and followed them to the letter, ticking off the instructions as I completed each task.
I used the 'Add or Remove Programs' utility in Control panel to uninstall EMC 10 and as I did not get any errors, I did not try the 'Windows Installer Clean Up Utility'. While doing this, I found I had a DE version of EMC that came with my Dell computer (don't know which version but my PC is nearly 2 years old). As I have never used it, I uninstalled this as well before proceeding to the next stage of the instruction on MSCONFIG.
When I had completed the instructions, and before I reloaded EMC 10, I re-checked that all H/W drivers were up to date (they are), ran a virus scan (no probs other than a couple of cookies and removal of temp files), ran a defrag then closed down and cold boot.
I then reinstalled EMC 10 followed by the EMC Content. On opening up EMC, it automatically checked for updates and installed one, but I did not write down what it was - sorry.
EMC 10 is a downloaded version. Shows as Version 1.0.044, build 100B44D, RO3
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Any ideas and help will be much appreciated.
GBR
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