Indeo Video IV50 on Windows 7 Fix
Running into unnecessary problems trying to play a movie encoded with the accursed IV50 codec? I sure did. Some of my AVI videos were encoded with the Ligos Indeo XP Video codec awhile back via Pinnacle Studio 8.12.7, and has since stirred up a fuss trying to let me access them in Windoze 7. After much scouring the search results and tinkering and testing stuff, I believe I finally have that gremlin drawn and quartered.
First and foremost, you will need the Ligos Indeo Legacy Package (IV31, IV32, IV41, IV50, YVU9), which I believe is freeware according to my source. It will install Indeo Video codecs for 3, 4, 5, and Indeo Raw (YVU9). The filesize should be about 2,068,266 bytes. You can get it at...
Indeo Codecs Legacy Package (IV31, IV32, IV41, IV50)
Once installed, incredibly enough (believe it or not) you may still run into problems opening your IV50 encoded video. Why? That's because the Indeo installer FAILED (tch! tch!) to register the dll on Windows 7! Is it Indeo's fault, or WINDOZE SEVEN's fault, or BOTH? Who knows? Who cares? OK, I do, but that's a debate for another time. Right now I am itching to share the solution for the good of all mankind.
So go ahead and click that round Microsoft thingy at the bottom leftmost part of your desktop. Then click on All Programs followed by Accessories. Look for Command Prompt and right-click on it. Then click on Run as administrator. Helloooo, are you paying attention there? There's a reason why it's ITALICIZED and BOLDED! I cannot stress enough how *VERY* important this Run as administrator priviledge is, which is a very common problem in Windows 7 with some programs. Ignore it for this instance, and you will be smacked with a pop-up window out of nowhere happily informing you that "... the codec was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with the error code 0x8000ffff".
Assuming that you had followed the given instructions right down to the letter, you should be idling at the command prompt right now. Go ahead and type in the following:
regsvr32 ir50_32.dll
Press your Enter key, and voila, *hopefully* your problem should be solved. I know it did mine. 
February 4th, 2010 - 23:27
Brilliant! It works. Thankyou so much!
February 17th, 2010 - 12:47
I love you.
10 hours trying to open these files…
and your solution worked in 15 seconds
February 18th, 2010 - 20:57
Glad it worked out for you guys!
March 1st, 2010 - 12:53
I want to thank u so much
March 17th, 2010 - 05:01
Brilliant. After hours of searching you have come up with the solution I could find nowhere else. Thank you so much!
March 29th, 2010 - 18:51
yeehaa finaly ty…
April 1st, 2010 - 05:45
Many thanks from Italy.
April 10th, 2010 - 09:04
your a superman dude >>thxxxxxxxx
April 16th, 2010 - 21:47
Bloody great medal to you mate – I was just looking at 5 years of wasted VJ material – many many thanks
April 26th, 2010 - 10:17
holy shit it works – it took me 3 days to fix this shit!
thank you!!
May 1st, 2010 - 09:27
thank you very much! you are a genius!
^___^
May 18th, 2010 - 20:44
Just installed the codec and it works (windows 7 64bits)
no need to register
May 18th, 2010 - 20:58
Thanks for the update. Which reminds me. I should mention that the problem with the codec and solution was experienced on Windows 7 32-bit.
May 20th, 2010 - 14:22
Thanks a lot !
I was facing this problem on a win Vista 32bits, and your solution worked like a charm.
June 2nd, 2010 - 07:13
Thank you so much!!!!
June 7th, 2010 - 16:56
Thanks! I had to go around the damn world to find this. Just to play some cheesy old vids my friend sent me from his webcam LOL
June 12th, 2010 - 19:25
Thank you v.much… at last it works in 1 second.. thanks!!
June 19th, 2010 - 07:29
I tried your suggestion and I didn’t work. I got the error “the module failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specific path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .dll files. The specific module could not be found.” I did download the codecs package first so I am lost as to why that error comes up. I am not all that computer savvy, but I think I did everything right. Any suggestions?
June 23rd, 2010 - 23:27
man thank you! you are the best! it worked immediately
June 24th, 2010 - 09:01
Wow! That’s awesome! It worked flawlessly!!
June 25th, 2010 - 22:23
Works wonders. Thanks man!
July 7th, 2010 - 14:21
Awesome! Totally works.
July 11th, 2010 - 12:23
Thx Bro It realle wors on my acer windows 7.. just install it and it is done..
July 25th, 2010 - 06:52
excellent…
Big Thanks!
July 26th, 2010 - 07:34
Ok ive tryed that now and it sitll dont work. It tells me that the .dll file arent there and i have to find it manually.
Aparantly it dont work on some machines, cos i got it to work in the wifes pc, but not mine.
If any have a othe solution plz share