Codec problems

[purg99]

Ive never had a codec problem before but always relied on codec packs to do the work for me.

Just been testing an unattended rebuild that worked without a problem. Then came the time I wanted to watch a movie (xvid)!!! After running the full klite codec pack and using windows media player. The picture is washed out and a little corrupted aka unwatchable. So I thought it could have been the pack, so uninstalled and installed a pack I used to use (Gordian.Knot.Codec.Pack.1.9) but the exact same problem.

Gspot says I have the xvid codec installed

File properties agree the codec is xvid

Mplayer properties codec said XviD MPEG-4 Video Decoder

And this is what I don’t understand

If I boot the computer into safe mode the movies play without problem

Ive tried other players, mplayer 6.4 & vlc both with no change

HELP this is driving me crazy

[Mercury_22]

Try DivX Play Bundle it's free!

http://download.divx.com/divx/DivXPlay.exe

OR check this site http://www.free-codecs.com/

I use only divx ,CyberLink Powerdvd and CyberLink PowerEncoder MPEG4 AVC Edition(for H.264 codec) and that's all i need to watch movies (avi mpg divx xvid .....)

[n7Epsilon]

Do you have an nVidia Card ?

There was a bug in the release before 77.77 that caused this issue...

Try updating to the latest drivers (81.85) from here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.85.html

Edited October 28, 2005 by ChipCraze23

[purg99]

Do you have an nVidia Card ?

There was a bug in the release before 77.77 that caused this issue...

Try updating to the latest drivers (81.85) from here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.85.html

My god

I doubt I would ever have thought the graphics driver could shag up something that looked like a codec problem.

I was using a guru3d forceware 77.72 driver for a nVidia 6800GT card

Your link to 81.85 driver didnt like something leaving me in a 640 x 4colour screen. I think that driver is for a 64bit setup.

Went back to guru3d and grabbed 79.11

http://194.71.11.70/pub/games/PC/guru3d/nv...ru3D.com%5D.exe

(link taken for a europe download)

Worked like a charm

Thank you

[n7Epsilon]

Actually the driver clearly is for 32-bit CPUs...

But you can try here:

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

if you have any driver related problems...

Anyway, glad you fixed your problem...