First post, by VirtuaIceMan
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Ford Racing 2 (by Razorworks/Empire) won't work on Vista/Win7 as it tries to use an old WMA method of playing audio that's been removed from Vista/Win7, even if you disable the audio in the setup program. When you start the game and put in your name it exits with an error "WMA:347 Failed to create the Wma_source_filter"
If you Google "ford racing 2 wma" you'll find many other people talking about it.
Here's a bit about the removed WMA filter: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US … b-f441f8d61c63/
And a bit more here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US … 0a-d4937693691e
It seems that the wma filter used DirectShow, which is not supported in Vista/Win7.
Ford Racing 3 works fine, as it's a bit newer and plays a different music format.
Is there anyone out there who could hack the game so it doesn't call to the WMA filter, or do something even more clever? Or is it a case of trying to hunt down the programmers and asking if they can still help?
