Playing those damn videos

Ellakano · Post by **Ellakano** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:46 pm

Something very wierd has happened to my video playing ability.

I wish I could take screenshots of the problem, because photo would illustrate anything 100x better than anyting I could write about it, but most video players don''t play well with screenshot utilities. As best as I can sum it up:
- The video is very bright/washed out. Blacks and dark colors don't display well, existing whites, reds and yellows are way oversaturated.
- Lots of macroblocking.
- The video otherwise plays normaly.
- This problem has occured in Winamp (my default player), Windows Media Player 9/10, PowerDVD (even with DVDs) and VLC. Sometimes a video will play correctly in one player one day, then fail in the same player on another.
- Reinstalling players/codecs *sometimes* fixes the problem...for a few hours/days.
- Setting XVID to Force RGB24 or RGB32 *sometimes* fixes the problem on some files for a few hours/days.
- videos *always* play correctly under VirtualDubMod no mater how bad any other playing mode is screwing up.

Heeeeeeeelp....my saniity......

Ellakano · Post by **Ellakano** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:48 pm

Oh yeah, system specs: Windows 2000, 1.4 GB CPU, 512MB RAM, Nvida 5700LE graphics card.

milkmandan · Post by **milkmandan** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:38 pm

are you useing the the latest codec versions? if not, get the newest versions for all your codecs.

this sure is a weird problem..O_O

try getting ZoomPlayer, its free and simple, and see if it still gives you these weird colors...

try checking your video card settings..might have some to do with that

otherwise i duno...

anyone else care to input?

risk one · Post by **risk one** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:19 pm

Ellakano wrote: - videos *always* play correctly under VirtualDubMod no mater how bad any other playing mode is screwing up.

This suggests the problem has to do with DirectShow (vDubMod uses VfW if I recall correctly). Of course, that doesn't explain why VLC doesn't work, since VLC doesn't use codecs, let alone directshow stuff, but the problem might have to do with directX (which VLC does use). Try upgrading to the latest version of directX (keep your activation keys handy, Microsoft has gotten real fussy about that).

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:27 pm

I would recommend the following:

1. Uninstall every codec and player that you have installed on your system.

2. Install the latest FFDSHOW: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video ... fdshow.cfm

3. Install the latest VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

I don't know why vlc wouldnt display properly... but hopefully that should fix the issue.

risk one · Post by **risk one** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:46 pm

Reinstalling your videocard drivers might help too, btw.

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