Summary
An installation error can occur when installing Omnivex Display Player on a computer running Microsoft Windows Vista, 7 or Server 2008 operating systems.
This error occurs when the installation process attempts and fails to register the VideoCapX.ocx file. This registration failure occurs because the installation process does not have sufficient system privileges to perform this step. The installation completes whether or not this registration failure occurs.
VideoCapX.ocx is a file that is used for rendering a live video stream from a hardware capture device on the Player computer.
If displaying live video content on the Player computer is not a requirement, then a repair is not necessary.
If displaying live video content on the Player computer is a requirement, then follow the steps in the Solution below.
Solution
This can be resolved by performing any of the following:
- Disable User Access Control (UAC) on the Player computer, restart the installation and select Repair in the installer application.
- Start the system’s Command Prompt with Administrator level privileges. Restart the installation and select Repair in the installer application.
- Start the system’s Command Prompt with Administrator level privileges and enter the command appropriate for the specific version of Windows,
- For 32-bit Windows versions: regsvr32 C:\windows\system32\VideoCapX.ocx
- For 64-bit Windows versions: regsvr32 C:\windows\SysWOW64\VideoCapX.ocx
