WinDVD 8 Released

[svishwanathan]

New Version of Intervideo WinDVD was released today. But surprisingly it is available for download on Japan Wesbite and not US website. Check it our here.

Release News :- http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061102/20061102005100.html?.v=1

Intervideo USA :- http://www.intervideo.com -------------- still showing Intervideo WinDVD 7

Intervideo Japan :- http://www.intervideo.co.jp ------------ showing Intervideo WinDVD 8

[svishwanathan]

Does anyone have a download link for Intervideo WinDVD 8

[Darnell 0216]

I couldn't get it to install. Several dll's fail to register. Using MS's dependency app I found out they link to DWMAPI.dll, a Vista dll related to Glass effects. I'm guessing something on my system has WinDVD confused into thinking I have Windows Vista installed instead of XP SP2. There are also posts about this error appearing on a few sites (Google: WinDVD "Error 1904"). Unfortunately most of them aren't in English so I can't get any help from them if they've even resolved the issue. Guess I'm not meant to take it for a spin just yet and I'm stuck with v7.

For those who want exact errors:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: MsiInstaller

Event Category: None

Event ID: 11904

Date: 11/13/2006

Time: 11:31:09 AM

User: xxx\xxx

Computer: xxx

Description:

Product: WinDVD -- Error 1904.Module C:\Program Files\InterVideo\Common\Bin\IVInav.ax failed to register. HRESULT -2147220473. Contact your support personnel.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Data:

0000: 7b 32 30 34 37 31 42 32 {20471B2

0008: 37 2d 44 37 30 32 2d 34 7-D702-4

0010: 46 45 38 2d 38 44 45 43 FE8-8DEC

0018: 2d 30 37 30 32 43 43 38 -0702CC8

0020: 43 30 41 38 35 7d C0A85}

_____________________________________

Same error for all these dll's: IVIVIDEO.ax HDControl.dll GPIProxy.dll DSPDMO.dll compand.dll iviaudio.ax viFxShp.dll viFxRscl.dll viFxRfn.dll viFxPstr.dll viFxNstg.dll viFxNeg.dll viFxMvft.dll timestretchDMO.dll expDMO.dll SpeakerDMO.dll Sharpness.dll

[Cookie]

I got it to install perfectly. It does take time as it seems to load up all the languages for google toolbar for later optional installation. It's also a much bigger installer at 115mb compared with 55mb for WinDVD 7. I've found it to run smoothly and do see an improvement over windvd 7 platinum. I've got the following specs:

Dell XPS m1210

T7200 2ghz Dual Core 2 processor

2gb 667mhz DDR2 ram

Intel 950GM Graphics Card

You also need to download vcredist_x86 from microsoft for it to work seemingly. Available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

Download WinDVD8 from here:

http://www.intervideo.com/WinDVD/WinDVD_Download.jsp

Edited November 14, 2006 by Cookie

[Darnell 0216]

Thanx but found the problem. Though WinDVD7 had no 'official' AMD support it still installed without problems. This one 'officially' hates 32bit AMD CPUs. It seems to be the one common denominator for everyone who's gotten the Error 1904 messages.

[gdw]

quite correct if you have a 32bit amd processor don't even attempt to install this peice of trash as you will only get error after error

talk about intervideo putting all their eggs in one basket

[brtj]

Thanx but found the problem. Though WinDVD7 had no 'official' AMD support it still installed without problems. This one 'officially' hates 32bit AMD CPUs. It seems to be the one common denominator for everyone who's gotten the Error 1904 messages.

This is not true! WinDVD8 can run on an AMD CPU.

I have an Athlon XP CPU and WinDVD8 installs and runs just fine!

Ok, I have to be honest. At first I had the same errors, but I was able to relate them to a faulty installation of the MSXML6 Parser (KB927977), which I got for "free" with dotNET 3.0.

Somehow, this parser does not install properly through Windows Update.

After downloading and manually installing KB927977 the installation of WinDVD8 went without any problems.

I'm not claiming that this is the solution for everybody, but I think it's worth a try.

Having now SOME experience with WinDVD8, I think it's a better player than WinDVD7.

Kind regards.

[Premgenius]

No thank you, CyberLink works fine, Intervideo bundle way too much junk with thiers