If you tweak your video card driver settings (changing Video Hardware
Acceleration), does the problem clear up?

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"pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Every DVD I try to play has unusable video -- the display flickers
> severely
> (but is not pixilated). The audio is fine.
>
> I've used the Video Decoder Checkup Utility to verify that I have a
> compatible DVD decoder, and have set it as "preferred." I can play DVDs
> in
> other programs, including Media Player Classic and Showshifter.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks -- pmosher

Thanks for the response. No, I tried that, and there was no change. Any
other ideas?

I have more than one decoder on my system. One thing I was wondering about
was whether there was any way within WMP10 to select a specific decoder.
I've installed the Windows decoder utility, and identified a decoder that
says it's compatible with WMP10 as the default, but I think the player is
using a different one, as I don't see the correct properties sheet when I
look at Options/DVD.

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> If you tweak your video card driver settings (changing Video Hardware
> Acceleration), does the problem clear up?
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> Now Playing: "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by "The Police" in WMP10.
> --
>
> "pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4B7503B-5F2A-41F3-ABE3-AD77D80ADA9B@microsoft.com...
> > Every DVD I try to play has unusable video -- the display flickers
> > severely
> > (but is not pixilated). The audio is fine.
> >
> > I've used the Video Decoder Checkup Utility to verify that I have a
> > compatible DVD decoder, and have set it as "preferred." I can play DVDs
> > in
> > other programs, including Media Player Classic and Showshifter.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks -- pmosher
>
>
>

That utility does help, but it doesn't guarantee the right decoder. You may
want to try unregistered the other decoder and seeing if that helps...

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"pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2EDCDA10-55F0-474D-AE93-CF81E469DD8A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the response. No, I tried that, and there was no change. Any
> other ideas?
>
> I have more than one decoder on my system. One thing I was wondering
> about
> was whether there was any way within WMP10 to select a specific decoder.
> I've installed the Windows decoder utility, and identified a decoder that
> says it's compatible with WMP10 as the default, but I think the player is
> using a different one, as I don't see the correct properties sheet when I
> look at Options/DVD.
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> If you tweak your video card driver settings (changing Video Hardware
>> Acceleration), does the problem clear up?
>>
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> Now Playing: "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by "The Police" in WMP10.
>> --
>>
>> "pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B4B7503B-5F2A-41F3-ABE3-AD77D80ADA9B@microsoft.com...
>> > Every DVD I try to play has unusable video -- the display flickers
>> > severely
>> > (but is not pixilated). The audio is fine.
>> >
>> > I've used the Video Decoder Checkup Utility to verify that I have a
>> > compatible DVD decoder, and have set it as "preferred." I can play
>> > DVDs
>> > in
>> > other programs, including Media Player Classic and Showshifter.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks -- pmosher
>>
>>
>>

Well, interesting ... WMP was using a decoder that was NOT identified as the
default, but I did as you suggested and unregistered it, after which WMP
picked up the right one! This behaviour isn't quite as Microsoft describes
in its KB, but if it works, who cares?

Thanks -- pmosher

"zachd [ms]" wrote:

>
> That utility does help, but it doesn't guarantee the right decoder. You may
> want to try unregistered the other decoder and seeing if that helps...
>
> --
> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2EDCDA10-55F0-474D-AE93-CF81E469DD8A@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the response. No, I tried that, and there was no change. Any
> > other ideas?
> >
> > I have more than one decoder on my system. One thing I was wondering
> > about
> > was whether there was any way within WMP10 to select a specific decoder.
> > I've installed the Windows decoder utility, and identified a decoder that
> > says it's compatible with WMP10 as the default, but I think the player is
> > using a different one, as I don't see the correct properties sheet when I
> > look at Options/DVD.
> >
> > "zachd [ms]" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> If you tweak your video card driver settings (changing Video Hardware
> >> Acceleration), does the problem clear up?
> >>
> >> --
> >> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
> >> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> rights.
> >> Now Playing: "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by "The Police" in WMP10.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "pmosher" <pmosher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:B4B7503B-5F2A-41F3-ABE3-AD77D80ADA9B@microsoft.com...
> >> > Every DVD I try to play has unusable video -- the display flickers
> >> > severely
> >> > (but is not pixilated). The audio is fine.
> >> >
> >> > I've used the Video Decoder Checkup Utility to verify that I have a
> >> > compatible DVD decoder, and have set it as "preferred." I can play
> >> > DVDs
> >> > in
> >> > other programs, including Media Player Classic and Showshifter.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks -- pmosher
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>