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def1eppard
03-26-2005, 03:59 PM
Ok this problem just recently started. If I try to adjust the brightness on windows media player, the video will freak out and have a big green/pink line across the bottom of the video. It looks as if WMP is trying to give me a seizure. Has anyone ever heard of this? As soon as I move up the brightness it happens.
85GP4
03-26-2005, 04:14 PM
This could be a long shot, but...
I had a similar issue on a laptop and reducing the resolution fixed the problem.
I only had problems when trying to watch videos thru Media Player. I reduced the resolution while watching video and then changed it back for all other functions.
DarkWolf
03-26-2005, 06:23 PM
Or you could just try a different media player, instead of jumping through hoops to get wmp to work.

Are you trying to watch these videos in full screen, or in windowed mode? Also, what type of video is it?
def1eppard
03-27-2005, 01:13 PM
Its in windowed mode....I'm not sure on the type of movies....I'll get back to you on that. I THINK its WMVs.
def1eppard
03-27-2005, 01:17 PM
Yeah I think its mostly if not only on WMVs. Its so strange, I wish I could take a screenshot of it. It's only the bottom half of the video, and once it happens the only way to get rid of it is to start the video over.
DarkWolf
03-27-2005, 01:51 PM
wmv's are glitchy enough to begin with. I hate that everyone's a whore for them on the streaming sites.

Try using another player. I use BSPlayer (http://www.bsplayer.org/) exclusively, since I used nLite to make sure wmp never got installed during my last format/reinstall. Also nice, because it allows you to take snapshots of the video.

You might also try switching to fullscreen, see if that acts like changing the resolution.
stan kobus
03-28-2005, 09:39 AM
What version of the media player do you have? Theres a critical update for version 9 if that's what you've got. It could be the problem. I had a similar problem with mine till I installed the update. :D
def1eppard
03-29-2005, 03:36 PM
BSplayer sounds nice because I always like taking screenshots of videos but it doesn't always work. I've tried to update it and it says I have the latest version.
def1eppard
03-29-2005, 03:38 PM
That nLite thing also sounds kinda interesting.
DarkWolf
03-29-2005, 06:42 PM
[QUOTE=def1eppard]That nLite thing also sounds kinda interesting.[/QUOTE]

http://nuhi.msfn.org/

It's great. I'd suggest setting up a test system first, so you can try different configurations to see what breaks what, and if you can live without whatever gets broken. Either a test system, or dual boot, or set up a virtual machine with VM Ware, or VirtualPC.