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realmadmartian   09-13-2006 at 03:39:39 PM

Example here:

www.madmartian.com/special/MOV01119.MPG

Notice how the entire screen flashes black 3 times just before the video starts to play. Happens with any video in any player software. Any idea how to fix this?

eVGA 7900 GT KO Relaunch (N584), latest driver
WindowsXP SP2

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realmadmartian   09-13-2006 at 11:14:31 PM
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Nothing is overclocked on my machine.

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realmadmartian   09-14-2006 at 03:46:08 PM
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...but I AM having problems, so I AM worrying about it. Try having a giant projected image flash like that before every short video clip. Not acceptable.

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mkaibear   09-14-2006 at 04:16:22 PM
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It happens (iirc) when Windows shifts to use video playback mode instead of the normal desktop mode. AIUI there's no way to stop it doing it. Try it with a different graphics card, it may just be that your card is doing odd things when Windows says "go to video mode!"

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realmadmartian   09-14-2006 at 04:38:08 PM
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I have the latest drivers as of 3 days ago.

I have had several ATI video cards over the years but this is my first Nvidia card. None of my ATI cards ever had this problem. I doubt this is normal for Nvidia either or more people would be complaining about it.

-Mike

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qwertycopter   09-14-2006 at 04:40:14 PM
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Well, does it do it if you open and play files from within your video player (rather than double-clicking the files from a folder)?

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realmadmartian   09-14-2006 at 04:44:35 PM
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Yes, upon loading every video, no matter what method used, what format of video, or what player is used.

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phreejak   09-14-2006 at 04:51:03 PM
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If it just happens with video then, perhaps, the issues lies with whatever codecs you have installed on your computer. The codecs are what your system uses to play various multimedia files - video and audio.

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qwertycopter   09-14-2006 at 07:59:36 PM
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So did it start as soon as you installed the nVidia? Maybe try rolling back the drivers.

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realmadmartian   09-15-2006 at 01:30:58 AM
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Yes, it has happened with three versions of drivers now. It never not happened with Nvidia.

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