3D Movie Maker: Program Hangs When Playing MIDI (147870)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft 3D Movie Maker
  • Microsoft Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker for Windows 1.0
This article was previously published under Q147870

SYMPTOMS

When you are working in 3D Movie Maker, the program may stop responding (hang) with a sound card that is not configured to use an FM Synthesis MIDI driver.

RESOLUTION

Switch the configuration of the MIDI driver to use the FM Synthesis or OPL2/OPL3 driver (or equivalent) by following the steps below:
  1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Multimedia, then click the MIDI tab.
  3. Make sure Single Instrument is selected and it references MIDI for Internal FM Synthesizer (or equivalent).
  4. Click OK to exit Multimedia.
  5. Run 3D Movie Maker.
The program should run successfully after following these steps.

MORE INFORMATION

Some sound cards may attempt to use a MIDI driver to play MIDI in a manner that is incompatible with the way that 3D Movie Maker plays MIDI. For information on a related issue, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

143232 3D Movie Maker: MIDI Does Not Work Properly with SB AWE 32

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/17/2005
Keywords:kbmm KB147870
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