Video Overlay problems in Win2K3
Im running Windows Server 2003 and whenever I try to play movies divx/xvid/whatever all I get is either a grey screen or inverted colors in the movie. The only way Ive found to fix this is to use a media player that allows you to change the overlay from Overlay Mixer to Extended VMR9(DirectX9).
Im running Windows Server 2003 and whenever I try to play movies divx/xvid/whatever all I get is either a grey screen or inverted colors in the movie. The only way Ive found to fix this is to use a media player that allows you to change the overlay from Overlay Mixer to Extended VMR9(DirectX9). I use ZoomPlayer wich allows me to do this but anything else that doesnt have this option only gives me a grey screen. Ive got full hardware acceleration on, latest nvidia drivers (I have a GeForce3 Ti500), and Directx9a installed. Any suggestions?
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Did you enable DirectDraw in DxDiag?
Yes, all directx video options are enabled
I've tested several nVidia drivers on several different machines with different nVidia cards and there seem to be a problem with all of them under Windows 2003 Server.
To correct that (until a compatible driver is out) you can do this:
For Zoom Player
Play a movie, right click on the movie area and select Color Controls.
When asked to confirm enabling it answer Yes.
Set the colors as/if you like.
For Windows Media Player
Go to Tools menu -> Options -> Preformance tab -> Advanced button, and disable Use overlays under Video Acceleration.
Hope it helped
To correct that (until a compatible driver is out) you can do this:
For Zoom Player
Play a movie, right click on the movie area and select Color Controls.
When asked to confirm enabling it answer Yes.
Set the colors as/if you like.
For Windows Media Player
Go to Tools menu -> Options -> Preformance tab -> Advanced button, and disable Use overlays under Video Acceleration.
Hope it helped
If using Zoomplayer, enabling the VMR renderer works on my 2K3 box
