what are prefer ffdshow over LAV" ? i dont know much about this stuff can some1 help ??

i have tried all the things mentioned...got k-lite installed and selected prefer ffdshow where i could...also i removed the audio files from the silver>data>intro folder...nothing seems to work and i keep getting that stupid error :/ a bit annoyed now since i just bought this, got all excited and have no idea how to fix this error ?? can some1 pls ans me ??

Did you try to add Silver to the DEP exclusion list that Timeslip mentioned? That should do it...If you already tried it, contact the support. They are very helpful!

P.s Be sure to uninstall previous codec packs like DivX etc.

Ok. What type of computer are you running this game on? OS? Hardware? It should work on most computers, but the best way to find out is to contact the GOG support. It's more possible that it's a software issue.

What I meant was, that if you have any other codec packs installed, it could interfere with your K-lite settings. I myself, made that mistake when I installed K-lite. I had to uninstall DivX to make it work.

I hope you will make it work!

I just converted the avi videos quickly to divx/mp3 using VLC media player and everything has been working well since that. It was actually much faster than trying to figure out why the current codecs in my computer were causing it to crash with access violation error.

SOLVED FOR ME AFTER CONVERTING VIDS & ADDING SILVER.EXE TO THE DEP EXCEPTION LIST

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
VId Card: ATI Radeon 6770
Sound: the usual REALTEK onboard 7.1 HD Audio chip.


- I converted the vids and they play correctly from in the game now.
- I also added Silver.exe to the DEP exception list.
GAME RUNS FINE
For now I can concur that converting the vids works as they're encoded details are a bit old which is what usually
causes them not to play in the first place so here's the converted vids for anyone that wants them.

FiN-Gaming.com/support/help/Silver_Vid_Converted.rar
Just OVERWRITE the old ones with these in the ..\Silver\data\intro folder

Thank you to TIMESLIP for the fix on this. Here's his post with instructions on the DEP issue:

gog.com/forum/silver/exception_access_violation/post21

...Seal...

BTW the "you cannot post any links at the moment" is ridiculous and annoying. I'm trying to help people and it's a pain. THIS IS WHY you have to cut-paste the incomplete links I put up as this site wouldn't allow me to post 2 links or any for some reason. This needs to be changed there's just no doubt about it :)

Hello, I have the same problem I cant finish the game, because the last level in metalon, always get the same error, no matter what, already add dep exclusion, update video and audio drivers, still get the error: exception access violation in random places throw the last part of metalon, help me please, im desperate.

Greetings.

The converted videos worked for me, fixed it on Windows 8 + CCCP. Thanks a lot!

How exactly did you convert these video files? Im trying to convert a different language version file thats why im asking.

It's possible to dub the converted videos (but only "Intro.avi contains speech) for example with Virtual Dub or you can download these German converted Intro.avi:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9797284/Silver/intro.avi (right click -> Save target as)

:)

Thank you very much. Exactly what I was looking for!

Moving the videos worked fine for me. Normally I'd be pissed but I just watched the intro and there seems to only be like 2 other super short cut scenes. Can't complain too much.

This was the solution for me.
Thanks.

Thanks for the solution, mate! :)