Windows Media player green screen

[thalenoi]

I made a DVD with Windows Media Audio/Video and Movie Clips on my home PC, copied them to my hd here in LOS on a 2.66 Prescott P4 with a Geforce FX5200 AGPx8 video card.

 

Most movies I want to view here turn to a green screen.

Subsequentely I upgraded to WMP version 11 with same result.

 

Any clues besides buying a new PC

I guess the FX5200 should do its job?

CPU is at 100% when screen turns green.

[elef]

More memory is the first thing to try - buy 1 GB.

[carlton68]

thalenoi,

 

to play videos on the computer you need the appropriate codec installed. Even for playing standard DVDs. WMP does not bring any codecs (not sure for wmv/wma), so you need to get them somewhere else.

Your problem might be solved by installing one of the k-lite codec packs . Besides installing heaps of codecs and tools it brings a tool named G-Spot which helps to identify the codec used to encode a certain movie file, and if the codec is installed on your computer.

What worries my is the 100% CPU load. That might be the problem of two tool trying to decode the movie at the same time. I suggest you install the k-lite codec pack and see if WMP does play the movie and the CPU load is gone.

 

Another option is to try another player. VLC media player is a very good player that does play most movies.

 

Besides, ever thought about not using wmv/wma ? There's a reason why many DVD players these days support DivX and xvid, some even Nero Digital. Never saw one that supports wmv.

 

And no, I don't think something's wrong with your hardware. Your Geforce 5200 is perfectly capable of playing video.

[shygye]

Also check that you have the latest drivers for the 5200.