Problem playing DVDs/movies

hawihoney · 2007-02-25, 19:52

Hi,

two days ago I discovered Mediaportal and I'm really impressed. Congratulations to the developers about this fine piece of software.

May I ask a question?

All my videos and DVDs have a pink background when played from within MP. If I close MP and use Videolan (just to name one) the colors are correct. I played around with the video codecs in the settings ... without success. What do I need to do?

Many thanks in advance.

Greetings
Harald

Paranoid Delusion · 2007-02-25, 20:21

Welcome Harald

For us to help you, we need to know lots.

Your system for one, outputting to what display and using what to connect it with is another, codecs you have installed, and your version of Mediaportal.

If you fill in your usercp, all that information is automatically added.

Thanks

FlipGer · 2007-02-25, 20:25

Hi,

is the complete background pink or is it a sort of false color? Like pink instead of blue? A screenshot would be nice.

Sounds like a codec problem. Do you have an ATI card? Could be a bug they have with the colorspace. You have to set it to RGB instead of YUV.

This can be set depending on your used codecs. Eg. for ffdshow (AVIs) in Start->Programs->ffdshow->Settings->Output (uncheck everything besides RGB). Or for MPV (DVD / MPEG). Configuration(MP)->Filters->MPV (uncheck YUV).

Flip.

FlipGer · 2007-02-25, 20:26

Hi,

and as PD said, please fill out your system specs in the User CP.

Flip.
PS: We have also a german section in the forums...

hawihoney · 2007-02-26, 13:59

Hi,

thanks for all these useful tips. The following hint did it. The whole picture was sort of "pink-ish". I was using MPV and had to uncheck the YUV filters.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlipGer

Hi,

is the complete background pink or is it a sort of false color? Like pink instead of blue? A screenshot would be nice.

Sounds like a codec problem. Do you have an ATI card? Could be a bug they have with the colorspace. You have to set it to RGB instead of YUV.

This can be set depending on your used codecs. Eg. for ffdshow (AVIs) in Start->Programs->ffdshow->Settings->Output (uncheck everything besides RGB). Or for MPV (DVD / MPEG). Configuration(MP)->Filters->MPV (uncheck YUV).

Flip.

Thanks a lot.

Regards
Harald

2007-02-25, 19:52	#1 (permalink)
hawihoney Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne Posts: 94 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country:	Problem playing DVDs/movies Hi, two days ago I discovered Mediaportal and I'm really impressed. Congratulations to the developers about this fine piece of software. May I ask a question? All my videos and DVDs have a pink background when played from within MP. If I close MP and use Videolan (just to name one) the colors are correct. I played around with the video codecs in the settings ... without success. What do I need to do? Many thanks in advance. Greetings Harald

2007-02-25, 20:21	#2 (permalink)
Paranoid Delusion Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cheshire UK Posts: 6,602 Thanks: 129 Thanked 233 Times in 207 Posts Country: My System	Welcome Harald For us to help you, we need to know lots. Your system for one, outputting to what display and using what to connect it with is another, codecs you have installed, and your version of Mediaportal. If you fill in your usercp, all that information is automatically added. Thanks __________________ Ray\PD Check your codecs are fine with Filmerit. XP\Vista known issues FOR FULL SUPPORT PLEASE GIVE USER SPECIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT LOG's as per HERE

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2007-02-25, 20:25	#3 (permalink)
FlipGer Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leipzig, Germany Age: 33 Posts: 2,235 Thanks: 30 Thanked 53 Times in 39 Posts Country: My System	Hi, is the complete background pink or is it a sort of false color? Like pink instead of blue? A screenshot would be nice. Sounds like a codec problem. Do you have an ATI card? Could be a bug they have with the colorspace. You have to set it to RGB instead of YUV. This can be set depending on your used codecs. Eg. for ffdshow (AVIs) in Start->Programs->ffdshow->Settings->Output (uncheck everything besides RGB). Or for MPV (DVD / MPEG). Configuration(MP)->Filters->MPV (uncheck YUV). Flip.

2007-02-25, 20:26	#4 (permalink)
FlipGer Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leipzig, Germany Age: 33 Posts: 2,235 Thanks: 30 Thanked 53 Times in 39 Posts Country: My System	Hi, and as PD said, please fill out your system specs in the User CP. Flip. PS: We have also a german section in the forums...