blue-green tint with movies

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When ever im playing a video either one I have saved or from the internet on
media player it gives everything ablue green tint. i get this in embedded
movies as well as ones in the default player. This only happes when im in
player (not quicktime etc...) and (althought i haven't tried any other files)
WMV files... Any suggestions, thanks in advance.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

"Poinky Doinker" <Poinky_Doinker@YourHouse.Now> wrote in message
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> "Ben" <Ben@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> When ever im playing a video either one I have saved or from the internet
>> on
>> media player it gives everything ablue green tint. i get this in embedded
>> movies as well as ones in the default player. This only happes when im in
>> player (not quicktime etc...) and (althought i haven't tried any other
>> files)
>> WMV files... Any suggestions, thanks in advance.
>
>
> I have the same problem. Does the same thing whether
> played in new media player or old one ... ver. 6.
> Seems the driver might be screwy????
>
> Please help us...thanks
> Alan
>
>

I fixed mine in Options. Go to : Options/Performance Tab/Advanced

Under Video Acceleration I set mine to use High quality mode instead of
Overlay.
Hope that fixes your problem also.
Alan