my video disappears...why?

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Do you have your monitor set to power down after a certain amount of
time..... ?
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Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing/Imaging and Hardware
www.coribright.com

"JeanValjean24601" <JeanValjean24601@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Occasionally, in the course of watching a film, my video stops working (i
> just get a black screen) for no apparent reason. It's not codec related
> because once it happens it happens for any video player and for any file
> format. Rebooting fixes this, but I would like to know what causes this,
> and/or how I might go about tracking it down. Appreciate any suggestions
>

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

My theory:
It is a driver bug. Driver may be leaking memory and after sometime the
memory runs out and the directshow surfaces get destroyed causing black out.

So try updating the video driver or borrow a graphics card (different make
model) from work or a friend and try that.

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Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for Windows Movie Maker





"JeanValjean24601" <JeanValjean24601@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Let me clarify...even in windowed (non-full screen) mode i can still see
> everything else BUT the film, just a faint frame box where the video would
> be
> slowing. I get no errors using WMP or VLC...i just can't see anything
> (although I can hear the sound fine). My guess is something is happening
> with DirectShow--I would like to know what (I have a programming
> background,
> and do have the source code for VLC), or at least how to track it down.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Do you have your monitor set to power down after a certain amount of
>> time..... ?
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing/Imaging and Hardware
>> www.coribright.com
>>