[PD] error: pix_video: could not initialise COM

[Drew Browning]

Problem solved! In short, it was a service called app_filter. Disabling 
that service fixed the problem.

Here's what I did:
I went back to the advice Carmen gave a year ago about making sure certain 
services were running.
http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2005-11/032424.html
Although those particular services were running I had not tried disabling 
all the others. There are so many services I was fearful of screwing up my 
machine. I guess I was now frustrated enough to try anything. I ran 
services.msc and disabled everything else and pix_video worked! Then I 
re-enabled each service until I found the culprit ... a tedious process.

I have no idea what app_filter is but I hope this might help someone else 
if they encounter the same problem.

Drew

At 08:24 PM 11/3/2006, chris clepper wrote:
>On 11/3/06, Drew Browning <<mailto:drew at uic.edu>drew at uic.edu> wrote:
>Hey Chris,
>The OS is 32 bit: Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2
>Drew
>
>
>I have an Intel CoreDuo laptop running that exact OS with no problems.  I 
>didn't install anything other than Pd and it has captured hundreds of 
>clips from a DV cam so far.   Unfortunately, I don't know what to suggest 
>as a solution to this problem.
>
>Chris