Audio but no Video

[Zoom7000]

It had been a while so I decided to do a format. I reformatted and reinstalled all my applications back to the state I had before the format, however, since the format, all my videos no longer play properly. I can hear audio, but get a black screen. The same goes for my TV Tuner. It comes with its own software. But again, audio but no picture. I tried watching Divx videos on Stage6 - same problem! I've got the K-lite Mega Codec Pack installed and I am sure I have the same level of codecs as before the format.

However, here is where the problem gets weird. If I turn off Hardware Accelaration or if I go to dxdiag and turn off the Direct Draw then the videos work, but they are quite clearly "fuzzy" rough edges and movement lines.

If I update my GPU to the latest drivers, then it goes all haywire. So I am currently using nvidia forceware release 94.24. Is it my graphics card that is causing the issue? Why would a format cause the issue?

[DigeratiPrime]

Hmm, sounds like it might be an issue with the graphics card drivers. My guess is the video is being rendered and output to overlay and the video card is ignoring it, that would explain why disabling hardware acceleration then displays the video. The latest drivers (169.21) should work for your card (6200A), if they do not then there is probably something wrong with your video card. What type of video formats are you trying to playback? You can also use Media Player Classic and GraphEdit to do some troubleshooting.

[Zoom7000]

Fixed! You won't believe how silly a fix it was, it didn't like the fact that I was using both the VGA and DVI inputs. The minute I disconnected the VGA, it burst into life! It's silly! There must be a way to get it working, for example if I was using a Dual Monitor setup. I'd want it to work, but I'm not for now so I'll leave it at that.