FF8 Crash Disc 1

[ReikonSaisei]

Hi. I recently restarted FF8 for PC since I never got around to finishing it before. I am now running Windows Vista 64-bit and using the 1.2 Patch and the game has run perfectly so far. But when I get to the last segment of the game (after beating the Sorceress), during the FMV where Squall gets stabbed by the icicle and Rinoa screams, when the camera zooms out from the gate, the game freezes and eventually kicks me back to the desktop. I've tried various things but no matter what I try, it hangs during that same FMV. I can't even make it to Disc 2.

CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
RAM: 4GB DDR2 1066mhz
Video: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

[Terid__K]

Corrupted movie file, most likely. Nothing you can do about it, other than getting a new disc.

[Kranmer]

well if it is a corrupt movie file you may need a new disc or you could try a few things first, you could try changing to low quality setting in FF8config and see if that will get you past it (it has worked in the past for some ppl). You could try making a image of the CD at 1x and seeing if any errors appear and if they do you then need to use a program to repair damaged discs (somthing like badcopy or along those lines) if none of these work then i would also sugest the same as Terid_K

[Xelane]

OR you could simply request a save where that part has been passed

or if possible you may be able to skip the fmv all together