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May 30th, 2002 20:00
Unable to play a DVD. Error with display or driver
When I try to play a DVD using PCFriendly or InterVideo I receive errors that do not allow me to play the DVD. PCFriendly states "Cannot render video. Please check your graphics drivers to ensure they support the latest version of DirectX."
InterVideo states "Create Overlay failed. Please lower your screen resolution or color depth and try again."
I have lowered my screen resolution to 800X600 and am only using 16 bit color. I have updated my video and audio drivers to the most recent available for Windows 2000. I have also updated to use Direct X version 8.
I even installed InterActual software that comes with the DVD and that won't even allow playback.
Any suggestions to help me enable DVD playback on my Dell system?
InterVideo states "Create Overlay failed. Please lower your screen resolution or color depth and try again."
I have lowered my screen resolution to 800X600 and am only using 16 bit color. I have updated my video and audio drivers to the most recent available for Windows 2000. I have also updated to use Direct X version 8.
I even installed InterActual software that comes with the DVD and that won't even allow playback.
Any suggestions to help me enable DVD playback on my Dell system?
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dharvela
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May 31st, 2002 18:00
DKP
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May 31st, 2002 18:00
DVD Playback is not supported on all video cards..
FlashGordon75
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September 15th, 2002 19:00
mebethe
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January 3rd, 2003 15:00
did anyone find a solution for this? I am also having the same problem after my hard drive crashed and I had to install a new hard drive and video drives. Any suggestions?
Thanks
alfmal
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January 10th, 2003 07:00
cowcrombie
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July 11th, 2003 12:00
mowox
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August 17th, 2003 11:00
i have same problem with a latitude c810 and nvidia / win2k sp2/
powerdvd & realplayer.
are a solution found
wolf
Tech42day
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October 16th, 2003 22:00
I was browsing the forums, and came across an error I've seen before, and decided to share my knowledge of the topic. I ran into the same error on an IBM ThinkPad, and the problem isn't a M$ issue (although their the easiest to blame!)
The "Create Overlay Failed" error occurs when an application has disabled a portion of DirectX. Try running "dxdiag" from the Start > Run menu, and see if there are any errors with DirectX. Check the "display" tab, and check for errors in the "notes" section.
In my clients' case, they ran a product called Proxy which is used for the help desk staff to "shadow" the user and take control of their PC (similar to Symantec's PC Anywhere) and any product that does the same thing may cause the same error.
There are two solutions I looked at - one was to stop the ProxyHost service (or PCAnywhere) before launching the DVD software, and the other was to create a batch file to disable it, launch the DVD player, then restart it the service when it was closed. The second solution works better, but is trickier to set up. It also only works if you launch the DVD player from the shortcut, not by the "AutoRun" feature of Windows.
Tech4now
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June 11th, 2004 14:00