http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58352
Bug ID: 58352 Summary: Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs doesn't play videos. Product: Wine Version: 10.9 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: ir50_32 Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: hibbsncc1701@gmail.com Distribution: ---
Under wine 10.9, attempting to start Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs in a clean prefix results in a silent black screen that requires clicking the mouse a bunch of times to get past it.
Playing the game results in certain areas where the game will seem to stop responding while waiting for a video to complete. Such as exiting the bus. The BGM keeps playing, and the background image keeps updating, but the video itself doesn't play at all, and the user's input is ignored until the video finishes "playing".
When this happens, we see stub messages from mciavi in the console.
As a workaround for the required clicking, placing a copy of ir32_32.dll from a WinXP SP3 x86 installation in the game's install directory will result in the audio playing during the initial black screen and allow it to continue without user input, but we still get no video output.
Console log attached.
As a note for anyone trying to reproduce this bug: The game's installer won't work due it requiring 256 color mode to run, and the suggested workaround on the Wiki (DxWnd) not being able to handle 16-bit NE executables.
To get past the installer issues, You'll either need to have old enough hardware to run X in 256 color mode, or use a VM to install it and copy the resulting files (and "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Kids" registry keys) over.
You'll also need to fix the system.ini in the wine prefix, to enable the vidc.IV31 and vidc.IV32 lines or the game will refuse to start.