blue bars/lack of blue when playing videos. (1 Viewer)

[glenavery]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3
CPU Type: Intel Pentium E2180 @ 2.0 Ghz
HDD: 500Gb
Memory: 2Gb
Motherboard: Asus P5G43T Pro
Video Card: Onboard Intel
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Onboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Haupauge PVR 250
1. TV Card Type: Analogue
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPC (Gabest)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPC
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Haupage
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: Cable


When I play a divx v4/v5 movie then it is missing the blue color. In windowed mode the video has a very greenish tinge and in fullscreen mode it has blue bars superimposed over the picture. Has anyone else seen this problem? I have tried reinstalling both ffdshow and the mediaportal client however it didnt help.

Im using this ffdshow: ffdshow-rev3128_20091108.zip. However I have also tried the old ffdshow (2004) at source forge and one called ffdshow tryouts.

If I play with the ffdshow video settings while the video is playing then I can see that toggling the blue component of the picture has no affect, however the red and green components can be adjusted.

This problem occurs also when watching TV if I use the ffdshow codec instead of the non-css haupauge ones.

 

[catavolt]

AW: blue bars/lack of blue when playing videos.

Maybe you could try the SAF codecs?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Green video, usually relates to GPU type or the driver, make sure you have the latest BIOS update and drivers for your motherboard.

Also make sure under the BIOS setting, that any video memory is not set to AUTO, but given a definate amount, usually 256mb is enough.

 

[hoborg]

This si problem of Intel GPU drivers. If you have still problems after SAF install, post me SAF logs, i can fix it.

 

[glenavery]

Thanks! It works good now, I installed the SAF codec and then had to reinstall the codec for the Haupage TV card and now everything works beautifully

Cheers
Glen