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Some avi files display corrupted using WMP10 on XP

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Martin C - 23 May 2008 16:12 GMT
I have been using WMP10 on my WinXP Home SP2 for quite a while with no
problems at all. Not sure if some windows update has caused this problem or
not, but some (not all) of my avi files do not display correctly.

While most avi files run fine, 4 of my avi files will play, but the video is
colour distorted with poor resolution and is predominantly red/orange in
colour. By chance, I found that if I move the WMP window around, the full
colour is restored and is perfectly watchable - apart from having to move
the window all the time. If I stop moving the window, it goes back to the
reddish colouration again.

This seems to smack of a video driver problem with my Nvidia card, but why
should it be ok for most files and also worked previously with the same
files.

Anyone have any ideas.

TIA

Martin
zachd [MSFT] - 28 May 2008 09:05 GMT
There was an old WMP10 update that exposed a problem in ... overlays or some
such in a bunch of video card drivers.  This isn't unprecedented and should
indeed be a driver bug as you appear to have correctly guessed.
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#vdriver

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>I have been using WMP10 on my WinXP Home SP2 for quite a while with no
>problems at all. Not sure if some windows update has caused this problem or
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> Martin
 
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