Windows media player 9

Question

When I run news videos from MSN and my internet provider thru windows media player 9 they work fine.  However when I try to play movie trailers or movie shorts from various other sites (gaming sites, etc) thru the media player the movies play the sound fine and I can see all the shapes but the colors are out of whack.  They are all like bright orange and blue and other colors.  I can play movie trailers with quick time with no problems.  I am using windows xp with the latest service pack.  I have also gone into the media player and I have it set to be the default player for all files on my system except dvd as I have a dvd player software for that.   Any ideas why the colors are out of whack?

device manager · Answer

Please supply more info about your computer. Make & Model?   NVIDIA had a bad set of drivers a while back with a gamma bug. Even if you don't have an NVIDIA based card try uninstalling and updating to the latest video drivers.

X-Rogue · Answer

Larry,

Has nothing to do with video drivers, WMP needs codec for playing movies. Go to WinDVD site and download their demo, then WMP should work.

X-Rogue
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X-Rogue · Answer

DeviceManager,

Let me correct you again with your inaccurate information. One may be able to "play" the movies to some degree with WMP without the codec, but video and sound can be will be distorted without them. Therefore he does need to try WinDVD. You are just upset because your over inflated ego got brusied. If WinDVd doesn`t help, then fine I tried, I know I can`t walk on water, how about you?

X-Rogue
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Message Edited by X-Rogue on 01-05-2006 04:16 PM

device manager · Answer

@X-Rogue wrote:
Larry,

Has nothing to do with video drivers, WMP needs codec for playing movies. Go to WinDVD site and download their demo, then WMP should work.

Rogue, let me correct you again. He has the codec or it would not play the movie. He's not having trouble playing DVD video since he stated that "movie trailers or movie shorts from various other sites (gaming sites, etc) thru the media player the movies play the sound fine and I can see all the shapes but the colors are out of whack." Therefore he doesn't need WinDVD.

Larryhog · Answer

I have a Dimension 8200 with a Radeon 9800pro with the latest video drivers on it.  In addition I have the power dvd player software which my understanding has the codec information in it.  I use this to play dvd movies so I have not tried playing dvd movies thru windows media.  I am back to my original question of why my windows media 9  will play news videos from msn and my cable isp but will not play movie trailers or videos from other web sites correctly.   I get the sound fine and the outline of the picture is fine it is just the colors are all messed up.  As I said earlier I can play movie trailers thru quick time without any proplems.  any thought why the colors are messed up?

device manager · Answer

@Larryhog wrote:

any thought why the colors are messed up?

Has it ever worked properly? So you have the catalyst 5.13's installed?

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

Try an older version or the Omega's.

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php

If other DVD movies and video play then video overlay is working properly. Report back with your results. :)

msil217 · Answer

Try this:

In Windows Media Player.

Tools--options--performance(tab)

Click "advanced"

Uncheck "Use Overlays"

Uncheck "Use video mixing renderer" under DVD options. (and under performance options, if the prior doesn't help" OK

I hope it helps.

Larryhog · Answer

Why I was messing around with this I found window media player 10.  I downloaded it and all my problems seemed to have gone away.  I never was able to get media player 9 to work right.  I do appreciate all those that responed to my question.  As usual you can always get help here.

X-Rogue · Answer

Downloading WMP 10 did the trick, good for you Larry.
Thank God you didn`t mess up your video drivers ;)!

X-Rogue
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