I FOUND THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
i dont know what caused it, or what the feature is, but while i was going
through it and messing with the settings
i went under options, then performance, advanced (under video acceleration)
and unchecked "use overlays" the moment i did that my video files worked
PERFECTLY. i dont know what caused this to happen and i know that i didnt go
through all my players and selected the same option, but when i deselected it
my media players worked perfectly
THIS is the solution to the unsolvable black screen, the details behind it i
still dont know, i just know it worked
"Zeld" wrote:
> could someone PLEASE help me with this problem? it's driving me nuts
>
> "Zeld" wrote:
>
> > the codec pack that i downloaded was suggested by one of those "geek squad"
> > guys from best buy, so i dont think that'll be an issue, but that's beside
> > the point
> >
> > i ran gspot with one of my files (a mpeg) and told me that the codec (divx)
> > was installed properly. it still would not run
> > though when running tests i got only one error message
> > Failed to connect output pin 0x008f295c ("Stream 00") on AVI Splitter to
> > input pin 0x0384a15c ("In") on filter 0x0199dafa ("ffdshow raw video
> > filter"). ConnectDirect() failed. Error: 0x80040207: There is no common media
> > type between these pins
> >
> > something i forgot to mention, an audio file i had ripped from that mpeg and
> > turned into a Windows Media Audio/Video file would do the same thing, show me
> > a black screen when it used to simply show me a visualization
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> > > Codec packs..... never ever good news. Uninstall it.
> > >
> > > OK, back to the beginning. Let's find out with which codecs these files
> > > were encoded... download and install G-Spot from
> > > http://www.headbands.com/gspot
> > >
> > > Analyze the files and find out what codecs you REALLY need and not what
> > > 'someone' says you should get. The only 2 real essential ones are XVID and
> > > DIVX which can be obtained from their writers... www.xvidmovies.org and
> > > www.divx.com.
> > >
> > > MPEG2 files need DVD decoding software... WinDVD or PowerDVD or similar.
> > >
> > > So once you've found out with which codecs they were originally compressed,
> > > let us know and we'll move to step 2.
> > > --
> > > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > > Printing & Imaging
> > > http://www.coribright.com/windows
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Zeld" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:94D64860-25EE-4D50-A1EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > >a couple days ago I suddenly was unable to view videos. WMP 10 (i upgraded
> > > >to
> > > > 11 to try and fix the problems) would only show a black screen but I can
> > > > still hear it. the window will resize and everything, but it wont show
> > > > anything.
> > > > also, winamp, realplayer, and divx player has the same problem.
> > > > someone suggested to me that it might be a codec problem and told me to
> > > > download the codec package from cole2k.net
> > > > it still didn't fix it so it's not a codec problem.
> > > > before someone asks what file format I'm having problems with, it's ALL of
> > > > them (from avi, to mpg) save for quicktime files (.mov)
> > > > I have searched multiple threads and have seen that no one has gotten an
> > > > answer as to how to fix this problem and help would be appriciated
> > > > (i posted this in another thread but havent gotten an answer, hopefuly i
> > > > will here)
> > >
> > >
> > >
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