The module msvidc32.dll is the 32-bit version of the Microsoft Video 1 video codec. Microsoft Video 1 (MS CRAM) is an early video compression and decompression algorithm (codec) that was released with Microsoft's Video for Windows. It provides excellent video quality and reasonable compression ratio, and was bundled with Windows Operating System in Windows 95, 98, and Me. Video 1 uses the 4 character codes (fourcc) to identify video data streams, and msvidc32.dll, one of these modules, uses the Video 1 (MS CRAM) compressor. The MS CRAM codec contains the lossy and spatial/ temporal codec that is used for compressing analog video. Two variants are used by the Video 1 codec. One variant encodes 8-bit palletized data, where the palette is stored in the AVI file header, and the second variant encodes 16-bit colors. The colors are BGR555 data. The variant used in a particular AVI can be determined by examining the AVI file header, specifically the biBitCount field of the bitmap header.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. msvidc32.dll. is used by Microsoft Video 1, If you shut down msvidc32.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop msvidc32.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft Video 1, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

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A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft Video 1, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if msvidc32.dll. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that msvidc32.dll, belongs to, in this case Microsoft Video 1