My DVD player software is fucked. Help.

Post by **Vympel** » 2007-10-24 09:24am

I recently got the latest drivers from my video card (Radeon X1950) and the result has been that trying to play DVDs on PowerDVD and Windows Media Player is a total disaster. I tried to put one of my Stargate DVDs on, and I could only hear audio.

Meanwhile, my Nero player still works, but is pixellated and spotty compared to before - on full screen on my 19 inch LCD (1280x1024) the aspect ratio just looks wrong. (also, when I flip the mouse wheel, which in Nero plays with the volume, the image becomes intercut with images from earlier in the piece for split seconds).

Any ideas what's wrong? I need this shit to work perfectly, I watch DVDs on my PC exclusively and like taking screencaps.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2007-10-24 06:56pm

As a temp fix, you could install an older set of drivers.

Post by **Vympel** » 2007-10-27 10:46am

Not much of a fix though, is it?

I even updated my version of Power DVD to Ultra - it didn't do anything. I get no image whatsoever on PDVD or WMP, and Nero looks like arse and runs strangely.

No one has any ideas?

Argosh · Post by **Argosh** » 2007-10-28 12:54pm

Does VLC work?

Phantasee · Post by **Phantasee** » 2007-10-29 10:57pm

Try Media Player Classic before you go for VLC, IMHO. It runs a little smoother, and it plays DVDs excellently for me, even though WMP and WinDVD play really poorly (stuttering non-stop).

You might want to go with the CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack), that has a load of codecs and comes with MPC.