Media Player question

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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.

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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" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> BillW wrote:
>> 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?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
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Thank you, Shenan. I appreciate your help.


"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> BillW wrote:
>> 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.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>