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shantanubasrur - 13 Oct 2008 04:58 GMT

I have windows media player 11 and i recently downloaded some codecs to play
AVI files. however, the file only plays clearly at 100% size, which is pretty
small. if i switch to video size 200% or even full screen the video becomes
very grainy. is there a way around this? what codec would i need to use and
from where could i get it?

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Swifty - 13 Oct 2008 07:06 GMT

> I have windows media player 11 and i recently downloaded some codecs to play
> AVI files. however, the file only plays clearly at 100% size, which is pretty
> small. if i switch to video size 200% or even full screen the video becomes
> very grainy. is there a way around this? what codec would i need to use and
> from where could i get it?

That is the nature of the beast. Try looking at a newspaper picture, or
even a portion of your screen through a magnifying glass to see what is
happening.

If you *do* find a codec which allows you to display an image sized to
200% clearly, then you won't need to ask here for help. One of your many
minions will leap to your command, in your life of luxury and idleness.

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shantanubasrur - 13 Oct 2008 07:16 GMT

well, before i had to re-format my computer thanks to a virus, i used to get
crystal-clear images in full screen.
thanks, swifty, for a particularly un-helpful answer

> > I have windows media player 11 and i recently downloaded some codecs to play
> > AVI files. however, the file only plays clearly at 100% size, which is pretty
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> 200% clearly, then you won't need to ask here for help. One of your many
> minions will leap to your command, in your life of luxury and idleness.

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Swifty - 13 Oct 2008 08:58 GMT

> well, before i had to re-format my computer thanks to a virus, i used to get
> crystal-clear images in full screen.
> thanks, swifty, for a particularly un-helpful answer

You must be odd. It's been correct for the last 1000 or so posts
containing details like yours. Trust me to pick the odd one out. :-)

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zachd [MSFT] - 15 Oct 2008 08:52 GMT

Given that you have now provided data (that this worked in a different
fashion previously) that you hadn't supplied before, it seems his sage-like
reply was actually helpful to you.

Given the current data set, I'd upgrade your video card driver. You haven't
said what codecs within AVI are affected nor whether it affects WMV files
too so anybody attempting to help you is grasping at straws at this point.
=)

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> well, before i had to re-format my computer thanks to a virus, i used to
> get
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>> 200% clearly, then you won't need to ask here for help. One of your many
>> minions will leap to your command, in your life of luxury and idleness.

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Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] - 15 Oct 2008 22:14 GMT

>Given the current data set, I'd upgrade your video card driver. You haven't
>said what codecs within AVI are affected nor whether it affects WMV files
>too so anybody attempting to help you is grasping at straws at this point.

What Zach's saying makes some sense :

A (very few) video cards have some form of hardware up-scaling
capability built in for video. In almost all cases though, that's part
of MPEG2 acceleration, that is - for DVD playback. I'm not aware of a
mass market video card that up-scales any video and does a great job
in all cases.

HTH
Cheers - Neil
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