Video Problem

The_Last_Rebel · Post by **The_Last_Rebel** » 2007-11-01 12:56pm

I'm having trouble when I try using a media player like WMP 11--I have to expand it to full screen in order to see the whole picture; it won't fit the video to the window size.

Also, on certain vids the color is all distorted-it will look like something out of an acid trip!

Any ideas why it's doing that?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-11-01 01:14pm

What type of video files are you trying to play? Do you have all the most recent codecs you need for the files in question?

The_Last_Rebel · Post by **The_Last_Rebel** » 2007-11-01 01:41pm

Just standard Windows Media stuff. I'm using Media Player 11.
I don't know if it could be a problem with my video driver. Everything else seems ok. I try adjusting it and nothing changes.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-11-01 03:23pm

The_Last_Rebel wrote:Just standard Windows Media stuff.

That doesn't help. Is the container .avi? MPG? WMV? Does it use AAC, Divx, xVid, h.264, AC3, what?

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2007-11-02 10:31am

Can you check out VLC or Media Player Classic and use one of their non-overlay renderers? If it shows up normally on them its likely that your drivers are doing some funky things with the overlay renderer, if not then I'd check codecs.