Ghost2520 Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 So I've only been on this windows install for about a month, and until now its only been for visual studio/a few games. Last night I tried to watch a dvd, and I noticed that every video file type plays in black and white! Any idea what would cause this? Looked around in settings and couldn't find much....VLC plays b&w, powerdvd, windows media etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky C Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 So I've only been on this windows install for about a month, and until now its only been for visual studio/a few games.Last night I tried to watch a dvd, and I noticed that every video file type plays in black and white! Any idea what would cause this? Looked around in settings and couldn't find much....VLC plays b&w, powerdvd, windows media etc. do you have the latest graphics card driver, i had a problem like this with my laptop when i used an older version Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 try installing ffdshow: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow its not a program, it just kinda routes audio and video properly either through internal codecs, or codecs already on your system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 Vid card? I know nvidia has settings that allow you to change video overlay color. A long while back, all my videos were extremely dim, but I found this, adjusted, and it was fixed. So try and tweak the overlay/video color options and see what happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhenKittensATK Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 In WMP, unders Tools>Options>Performance>Advanced, look in VideoAcceleration to see if "Use high quality mode" is selected - that's what turned out to be the problem with me. Selecting "Use high quality mode" caused the video to play in black and white. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronbo191 Posted October 20, 2007 Posted October 20, 2007 There is another setting in the Nvidia control. I think it is called color corection. Make sure it is set to all. not just desktop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted October 21, 2007 Posted October 21, 2007 None of the suggestions worked I also downloaded the k-lite mega codec pack that I normally install right after getting windows up and running, no luck with that either. God this is the weirdest problem I've run into. It's sorta like that movie sin city? Everything is black and white, but occasionally the color red is visible. <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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