Did you make sure that you stopped the capture before you quit DOSBox?

If you just quit DOSBox while capturing then the video will not work.

I just tested the latest beta of DOSBox on 2003 64bit and the video plays fine with Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic but does not with VLC. (VLC uses it's own built in codec).

If you want to verify that the codec is installed then make sure that zmbv.dll is in the \Windows\System32 directory and also open ZMBV.INF and verify that those registry entries are in your registry.

Yeah, I stopped recording before quitting DOSBox. Did a couple of videos but no luck.

If you want to verify that the codec is installed then make sure that zmbv.dll is in the \Windows\System32 directory and also open ZMBV.INF and verify that those registry entries are in your registry.

I'll go and see if that's the case once I get to the Vista computer. Thank you so far for the help.

I have the same problem in Vista. The ZMBV codec works in XP but not in Vista. One of the moderators here posted on this just a few days ago - something on how Vista uses a different media playback framework, something like that.
Here is the thread:
Editing movies captured in DOSBox

If anyone has got ZMBV working in Vista, please post here and tell what codecs you have.

Hm, just checked and everything seems to be correct.

Ryune wrote:

I have the same problem in Vista. The ZMBV codec works in XP but not in Vista. One of the moderators here posted on this just a […]
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I have the same problem in Vista. The ZMBV codec works in XP but not in Vista. One of the moderators here posted on this just a few days ago - something on how Vista uses a different media playback framework, something like that.
Here is the thread:
Editing movies captured in DOSBox

If anyone has got ZMBV working in Vista, please post here and tell what codecs you have.

Damn, seems like a common problem then? 🙁

in fact, I also have Vista Home Premium, have Dosbox 0.72, have ZMBV installed and have no capture.

I'm using DOSbox 0.72 and running Vista Ultimate.

Capture and playback works, although there is no sound.

Edit: Nevermind, sound works, but midi music is not recorded.
Is this behavior correct?

Yes.

MG55, can you post a list of codecs on your system here for us? Either use the utility mentioned above or look in your system information. My system running Vista Home premium does not play many video clips that play OK in XP, and I'd like to find out why.

Video codecs:

iccvid
iyuv_32
msrle32
msvidc32
msyuv
tsbyuv
zmbv

The only thing I changed was the default security on the capture folder.

if it has some significance, I may attach the InstalledCodec report I get.

As I said, for me now with Vista it's not a a matter of not playing the zmbv files once created, it's the very Ctrl+F5 and Ctrl+Alt+F5 commands who are broken and so my capture folder is empty yet (Ctrl+F6 works instead).

EDIT
of course I made sure that zmbv.dll is in \Windows\System32 and that I stop the capture before quitting DOSBox etc.

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Ryune and DosFreak:

even in WinXP I couldn't play zmbv using VLC, as of v0.8.6 (ought to catch up with coming v0.9 afaik, still in development)

I therefore would normally create the captures via Ctrl+Alt+F5 and then had found a way to open them using e.g. BSPlayer (it was v1.38 iirc, which is/was still freeware).

The codec is irrelevant when recording.
Be sure the CAPTURE directory specified in dosbox.conf is accessible/writeable
for your user account.

wd wrote:

Be sure the CAPTURE directory specified in dosbox.conf is accessible/writeable for your user account.

It is, for the *.wav's captured with Ctrl+F6 do show up in there.

Also,
in dosbox status window the message "capturing wave output etc." will appear too,
while no such message will relating to Ctrl+[Alt+]F5 commands.

Maybe remap those keys, could be vista intercepts those key combinations.

I tried remapping quite a few times, but still no luck whatsoever.

The Ctrl+F6 I was able to change anyway, just in case.
It's really the combinations with F5 and screen capture who seem just off duty 😕

got it sorted out 😀

since what I've been using is 0.72 enhanced with glide & direct3d patches,
I thought it was worth trying with a brand new install of 0.72 "original"
which I did
and there go the screen and video capture features again !

They're both working fine.

Btw the fresh avi I can open with your staple WinMedia Player 11.
(This is to answer Utgardaloke and Ryune about codecs & replay
see also my InstallCodec.xls from yesterday's post
remember you have to install zmbv.inf as an Admin)

Fixed.

It looks like all I needed to do was uninstall my old codecs and add the latest Vista codec pack (4.6.2). I was always able to record the avi files, just that WMP 11 could not play them. It couldn't play A LOT of video files until this latest codec pack. But even GOMPlayer, which is much more reliable, was having trouble with various files until now.

I have never seen such a broken product as VISTA. Even WinME didn't give me so much trouble. I would like to see Microsoft broken up into several smaller companies so we could have some competition.

Just a question.

As it says "Uninstall ALL codec related installations before installing this comprehensive package." in the Vista Codec Package, where do I exactly find and uninstall these codec related installations? As far as I know I haven't installed any other codec related stuff before.

Utgardaloke wrote:

where do I exactly find and uninstall these codec related installations? As far as I know I haven't installed any other codec related stuff before.

I can't really help you (probably Ryune could) because I actually never uninstalled/installed any special codec pack, I just rely on native Vista 32 bit codecs plus zmbv addon and as I wrote WMP 11 works all the same.
(Personally I'll confess I'm even a little shy of those general purpose codec packs and stuff)

If you never installed anything like that and in fact the control panel and dependencies don't show any such software to uninstall either,
then I guess you can skip that warning and proceed with your pack install if you want 😉
not 100% sure though, I'm sorry.

Just be aware that codec packs have been the source of many problems ever since they surfaced. Nowadays I just grab VLC and if that can't play the thing, only then will I insall the one codec that is missing to play a certain file...