Microsoft Blocks Bug Rather than Issue Patch

[exfileme]

Microsoft didn't feel like wasting time patching Intel's Indeo codec, so it just blocked it in a recent update instead.

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[JonathanDeane]

The first computer I had, that featured video capture was using this Indeo video compression. I think that was like 1996ish. Was a nice codec I guess since it ran on a 233Mhz machine with 128MB's of RAM and I had decent quality video and sound out of it. I do remember also running a VooDoo2 in it at the time too...

The real test of this blocking is that if anyone notices that they cannot play those video's any more. If no one notices then its a non issue, if a bunch of people complain then MS needs to patch it. I might notice it if I dug around in my ancient CDR's from that time period lol

 

[cryogenic]

They should have done the next best thing to block it. Delete it!

That codec is one of the very first AVI codecs, and it wasn't great even back then, I think it predates Mpeg2, the compression and quality was lousy even for those day's standards. I know this because I've did a fair amount on encoding work in that time period, more than a decade ago.

 

[Honis]

Anyone ever hear of this codec before? Does Intel even support it anymore?

 

[jhansonxi]

That's a good way to eliminate a security risk from an obsolete component. Now just expand that to include all of ActiveX and the world will be a much safer place for Windows.

 

[justiceguy216]

huh, I remember seeing that codec as an option in a video editing program I was using (not sure which one) and wondering why it was there, it looked like rubbish...I guess it was.

 

[ravewulf]

What about ffdshow's implementation of the codec?

 

[doc70]

[citation][nom]excalibur1814[/nom]Suddenly, a lot of old porn is no longer going to play. Jimmy, in his mad rush to 'get there', clicks like a mad man while wondering why the vids won't play?'AGGHHHH'[/citation]
Come on , Jimmy, you need to get newer stuff to watch. That old pornstar could be your granny!

 

[Clintonio]

In my opinion, microsoft should do a little more "blocking" of bad and decades old code. It'd allow us to move on a bit. And dropping some backwards compatibility to improve performance wouldn't hurt either.

 

[randomizer]

How am I supposed to play the cutscenes in my 1997 Battlezone game?

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Hmmmm..... old news getting a new spin.

 

[enforcer22]

[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]That's a good way to eliminate a security risk from an obsolete component. Now just expand that to include all of ActiveX and the world will be a much safer place for Windows.[/citation]

Wait a minute.. just because your not smart enough to not click yes on every box that pops up doesnt mean you have to take out something thats actualy usefull for people with higher IQ's then a snail.

 

[g00ey]

I think the video clips in Sid Meier's Civilization II (such as the close-ups of the advisors) were using the Indeo 5 codec. I remember having problems with this codec on some versions of Windows.

 

[demonhorde665]

so MS is now tellign me that all my old Re games 2-3 and all my dino crisis (1and 2) games will become coasters if i install this update ??? well F--K you MS

 

[demonhorde665]

RE = resident evil to calrify , all teh old RE's used indeo for their video sequences

 

[Regulas]

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]How am I supposed to play the cutscenes in my 1997 Battlezone game?[/citation]
Run Linux

 

[tamalero]

[citation][nom]Regulas[/nom]Run Linux[/citation]
or dosbox?

 

[hixbot]

or windows 98?

 

[duzcizgi]

indeo isn't under control of MS at all. Even, intel sold it long ago to a company I don't remember. (google it to find, if it is very important for you. I'm too lazy to do it now.)

So, it's their responsibility to fix that bug. Not MS's. If they didn't fix the bug, then MS has all rights to block it until a fix comes.

 

[Guest]

I downloaded the indeo 5 codec and reinstalled it and now all my avi's will play again in media player. I won't discuss the quality of indeo but I used this codec to encode video's from my pentax camera (640x480) so the quality wasn't really an issue. Any idea to what codec or format I would better convert all these video's for storage in the long term? I don't want to convert all my home vid's because the codec is 'out of date' every two years.