VLC very much access the video card differently.

A really great example is this is WMP10 ... 4363 and 4364 (I don't recall
the exact versions, but it was before/after the WMV hardware acceleration
QFE) where just ONE line of code moved down after ONE other line of code,
and yet it exposed tons of broken video card drivers that only worked if the
unrelated calls were made in one certain order. That was even with the same
player - once you change players at all, it's kind of apples to oranges
comparison. =)

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"Socomwiz" wrote in message
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I've been running a XFX 8800GT with Omega Drivers 1.169.25

I came back to this site to post this info on another site and found a
reply
(thanks for that). For some reason now I think it has to do with the
MPEG-2
decoder as I get the same issue with WinDVD player. Everything plays fine
in
VLC so I have my doubts about pointing the finger at the video card just
yet.
I feel it's software side somewhere...

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:


If it's affecting all file types, this is a video card driver issue.
What
video card do you have?

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