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  1. 03-09-2006, 06:36 PM #1
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    Default Green Screen when playing videos.

    I recently had to have a full system recovery on my pc, so all my software etc. have gone. Now when I open online videos on my pc, the sound is played but the video is just a green screen. It is only green when it is played on Realplayer. I had this problem when i got this pc a year ago, but I forgot how I solved it.
    I have looked all over the net, and I can see this is quite a common question, but I don't seem to get any answers.

    Could anyone tell me how to get the video to work, as I would really appreciate it.
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    Try to download the lastest version of Realplayer, that fixes that problem for Windows Media Player so it might work
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    Quote Originally Posted by starseeker
    Try to download the lastest version of Realplayer, that fixes that problem for Windows Media Player so it might work
    I've done that and it's still not coming up as it should.
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    I'm stumped, I'd personally mess with the Realplayer settings at this point.
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    You lost your video codecs.

    Personally I like XP Codec Pack, but some recommend others. I've never had any problems with it, though.

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    Yeah, Real Player does that sorta stuff. Green will also flash around on the display if the file is incomplete, corrupted, and stuff like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hsu
    You lost your video codecs.

    Personally I like XP Codec Pack, but some recommend others. I've never had any problems with it, though.
    That still didn't work, the video is still green
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    Try the codec pack link in my sig - least bloated codec pack I've come across that provides playback for a large number of things

    Also, what type of file are you trying to play?
    Problems playing downloaded videos? Try CCCP

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    Quote Originally Posted by cl_out
    Try the codec pack link in my sig - least bloated codec pack I've come across that provides playback for a large number of things

    Also, what type of file are you trying to play?
    I'm just trying to play music videos on the net.

    Ok, I downloaded that, and now when I try to play, I can see a still image with green lines, and i can still hear the sound..

    EDIT: Oh, I think the problem must have been something to do with Media Player, because I set the video acceleration to None, and now I can see the video.. So I think it's problem solved.
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    You have bad/old video drivers than, if you had to do that to restore video. Which is probably likely, seeing as you did a system restore Go to your video card manufacturer's web site to get more recent ones
    Problems playing downloaded videos? Try CCCP

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