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Black screen with xvid/avi using VMR9??
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<blockquote data-quote="Crackofdawn" data-source="post: 513043" data-attributes="member: 98108"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.0.2</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: StreamedMP</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Windows 7</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: AMD X2 II 245</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: WD Caviar Green</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2GB</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Gigabyte 785G chipset </p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATI HD4200 IGP</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Catalyst 9.9</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: On-board Realtek</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: S/PDIF</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: Windows 7 drivers</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: ffdshow</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: ffdshow</p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: DivX H.264</p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: nMEDIAPC 5000B</p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: </p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: Cooler Master Elite 460</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: Harmony 676</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: Hitachi 60V500A</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: HDMI on PC side to DVI on TV side (TV has no HDMI) </p><p></p><p>Ok I'm almost 100% sure this worked previously and I have no idea why it doesn't anymore. When I select VMR9 as my directshow video renderer I get beautiful blacks and colors for MKV files, but when I try to play XVid/AVI files no picture shows up at all, I just get audio. If I change to EVR, I get video fine for XVid/AVI but my MKV files have extremely washed out/grey blacks making the video horrid to watch.</p><p></p><p>Ideally I'd just like to use VMR9 since it works so good, but I have been searching for nearly 8 hours and cannot figure out why none of my AVIs play correctly with VMR9 selected. I have no idea why that would even affect anything since it's using the same codec either way.</p><p></p><p>Someone please help, it has to be an easy answer! I did look into making the blacks better with EVR but that seemed impossible or at least extremely complicated to fix, I think finding a solution to the VMR9 issue will be easier (I hope).</p><p></p><p>Has anyone had this issue and if so how do I fix it? I can play any of these AVI videos just fine in any external player, and like I said if I switch mediaportal config from VMR9 to EVR, the AVIs play fine, but then the MKV files look horrible!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crackofdawn, post: 513043, member: 98108"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.0.2 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: StreamedMP [b]Windows Version[/b]: Windows 7 [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD X2 II 245 [b]HDD[/b]: WD Caviar Green [b]Memory[/b]: 2GB [b]Motherboard[/b]: Gigabyte 785G chipset [b]Video Card[/b]: ATI HD4200 IGP [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Catalyst 9.9 [b]Sound Card[/b]: On-board Realtek [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: S/PDIF [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: Windows 7 drivers [b]1. TV Card[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: ffdshow [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: ffdshow [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: DivX H.264 [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: nMEDIAPC 5000B [b]Cooling[/b]: [b]Power Supply[/b]: Cooler Master Elite 460 [b]Remote[/b]: Harmony 676 [b]TV[/b]: Hitachi 60V500A [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: HDMI on PC side to DVI on TV side (TV has no HDMI) Ok I'm almost 100% sure this worked previously and I have no idea why it doesn't anymore. When I select VMR9 as my directshow video renderer I get beautiful blacks and colors for MKV files, but when I try to play XVid/AVI files no picture shows up at all, I just get audio. If I change to EVR, I get video fine for XVid/AVI but my MKV files have extremely washed out/grey blacks making the video horrid to watch. Ideally I'd just like to use VMR9 since it works so good, but I have been searching for nearly 8 hours and cannot figure out why none of my AVIs play correctly with VMR9 selected. I have no idea why that would even affect anything since it's using the same codec either way. Someone please help, it has to be an easy answer! I did look into making the blacks better with EVR but that seemed impossible or at least extremely complicated to fix, I think finding a solution to the VMR9 issue will be easier (I hope). Has anyone had this issue and if so how do I fix it? I can play any of these AVI videos just fine in any external player, and like I said if I switch mediaportal config from VMR9 to EVR, the AVIs play fine, but then the MKV files look horrible! [/QUOTE]
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