Tech Question

[DiscGo]

I did an operating system reinstall about a month ago. Everything is as good as ever with one exception: My video now gives me a negative image. In Windows Media Player, & VLC I get a weird negative image (of which I could not even take a screen shot), but in Nero or Divx Player it looks fine.


I obviously can just use Divx or Nero, but I am looking to understand how to fix this, and for the sake of learning I would rather not do an additional OSRI.

[jumar]

What OS?

[theking648]

first i would say reinstall your video drivers then direct x. and if that don't fix it look at this:


not sure if this is your problem
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898549/en-us


are you sure you don't have any of the video settings messed up in the player?

[Redpb]

What a perfect time for a new monitor :naughty: Say Apple's 30 inch cinema display :nod:

[DiscGo]

I am using XP. I have the most recent driver for my system. The monitor is only a couple of months old, and it worked fine before I reinstalled my OS, so I know this is a software issue. I have tried to reinstall WMP and I have tried to adjust the settings but I can not find anything.

It works fine with other media players, just not my main ones.

[theking648]

are you running v10 or v11?

[DiscGo]

I don't know what you mean by v10 or v11???

[theking648]

I don't know what you mean by v10 or v11???

umm.. WMP10 or WMP11. or maybe an older version.

if it's not 11 i'd say upgrade/update it and see what that does...


if that don't help then do what i do. seach google and see what others with the same problem have done.

i wish you luck. :2thumbs:

[DiscGo]

I thought you were referring to XP.

WMP11.

I have tried to do a search for this, but can not find much. I know people on this site can probably figure it out, but I seem to be at a loss.

[theking648]

I thought you were referring to XP.

WMP11.

I have tried to do a search for this, but can not find much. I know people on this site can probably figure it out, but I seem to be at a loss.

o crap im an idiot. i didn't think about codecs.


what type of videos are you playing in WMP .avi or DVD(vob)

if it's an avi. then you may need some codecs. i think if i remember right i had this problem but my video was fliped 180 degrees, and sometimes i only had sound.

so update your codec pack.

[DiscGo]

I have tried a couple of different codec packs. And I still get the same negative image.

[DiscGo]

bump

[Sombeech]

Try opening the video through Windows Movie Maker, see if it looks the same.

Then take a snapshot of a frame, and post it here.

[Rev. Coyote]

I did an operating system reinstall about a month ago. Everything is as good as ever with one exception: My video now gives me a negative image. In Windows Media Player, & VLC I get a weird negative image (of which I could not even take a screen shot), but in Nero or Divx Player it looks fine.


I obviously can just use Divx or Nero, but I am looking to understand how to fix this, and for the sake of learning I would rather not do an additional OSRI.

Your screen is reversed. Peel it off, then stick it back down on the other side.

[DiscGo]

Thanks Rev!


Beech-


Movie maker did allow a screen shot, but the screen shot looked perfectly normal.

This is the screen shot:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/DiscGo/01-Pilot001_0001.jpg

But it looks more like these two combined:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/DiscGo/01-Pilot001_000123.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj294/DiscGo/01-Pilot001_00012.jpg



Again, in some video players it looks fine, and in others it looks awful.

[Iceaxe]

Format C: /s

That should work.... :lol8:

[DiscGo]

:D

If I can't get this resolved, that is the route I will probably end up going.