Media Player question

[BillW]

I have not used Media Player 10 for several weeks (months?) and recently
attempted to play a video. The colors bleed so badly, it's difficult to
make out the images. I opened other videos that have worked fine in the
past and the some colors are so badly faded that it's difficult to make out
the images. I downloaded and installed the latest video driver as well as
Media Player. There is no improvement. Other video player continue to work
just fine. Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I might fix this problem
with Media Player 10? I am running XP SP2 with latest updates. Thank you.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have not used Media Player 10 for several weeks (months?) and
recently attempted to play a video. The colors bleed so badly, it's
difficult to make out the images. I opened other videos that have
worked fine in the past and the some colors are so badly faded that
it's difficult to make out the images. I downloaded and installed
the latest video driver as well as Media Player. There is no
improvement. Other video player continue to work just fine. Does
anyone have a suggestion as to how I might fix this problem with
Media Player 10? I am running XP SP2 with latest updates. Thank
you.

Programs do not "degrade" over time - so if it worked when you used it
months ago - it would work the same now - unless YOU changed/allowed
something to be changed.

Figure out what you did/allowed to be done and undo it.
Do you have the corect codecs? Are these DVDs or AVIs or MPEGs? What
codecs do you have installed?
Have you changed your brightness levels in software or on the hardware?
Contrast? What about colors themselves? Changed monitors lately?

 

[BillW]

Shenan,

Thank you. I realize that it must be something I did - just don't know
what. Also realize that you can't tell me what I did. But, in an attempt
to get Player back to normal, how do I determine if I have the correct
dodecs installed? I have not made any changes to monitor or video related
components. These are MPEGs that I'm trying to play. I have 2 networked
computers and make the same changes to each whenever I implement a change or
install software. The other computer is running fine. Thanks for your
help.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thank you. I realize that it must be something I did - just don't
know what. Also realize that you can't tell me what I did. But, in
an attempt to get Player back to normal, how do I determine if I have
the correct dodecs installed? I have not made any changes to monitor
or video related components. These are MPEGs that I'm trying to
play. I have 2 networked computers and make the same changes to each
whenever I implement a change or install software. The other
computer is running fine. Thanks for your help.

What I would do in your case is this:
Turn off System Restore (if you machine is clean) and reboot. Turn it back
on and make a manual restore point. This gets you ready for the rest.

Uninstall any Video/Player software you have installed (making sure you have
the media to reinstall at hand befotre you do.)
Download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack and make sure it doesn't put
Media Player classic as the default for anything when you do.
Reinstall your Video/Player software (DVD, etc) and make sure they have the
latest patches.
Reinstall DirectX 9.0c.
Now - try to play in Media Player 10 the files in question.
Try to play the files in question in Classic Media Player (available now
through the K-Lite Codec Pack programs folder.)
Compare the video settings (color, contrast, etc) between your two machines.
Adjust as needed.

 

[BillW]

Thank you, Shenan. I appreciate your help.

What I would do in your case is this:
Turn off System Restore (if you machine is clean) and reboot. Turn it
back on and make a manual restore point. This gets you ready for the
rest.

Uninstall any Video/Player software you have installed (making sure you
have the media to reinstall at hand befotre you do.)
Download and install the K-Lite Codec Pack and make sure it doesn't put
Media Player classic as the default for anything when you do.
Reinstall your Video/Player software (DVD, etc) and make sure they have
the latest patches.
Reinstall DirectX 9.0c.
Now - try to play in Media Player 10 the files in question.
Try to play the files in question in Classic Media Player (available now
through the K-Lite Codec Pack programs folder.)
Compare the video settings (color, contrast, etc) between your two
machines. Adjust as needed.