I get lines that look like creases as well as these blocky step-ladder type
lines whenever I play video files through Win Media Player. I always assumed
it was a problem with Nvidia's drivers for my video card. But recenty, I
tried playing my AVI files through PowerDVD, AND THERE WERE NO LINES!!! No
problems whatsoever! Then I played WMV and ASF files on PowerDVD and they
were also perfect! The picture is even sharper than using WMP.
I think it's hilarious that Microsoft's video codecs for their own format
don't even work with their own player. The only reason I even use WMP is
because it's better at organizing my thousands of files, but audio sounds
better on WinAmp or Real Player, and now I find video plays very well on
third-party applications but not on WMP. Of course, I would like the option
of using WMP because it's a pain having to switch back and forth, so if
anyone knows exactly what the issue and fix is - DiVX or DirectX 9c problems
that confuse WMP, let me know. Thanks.

As he mentioned elsewhere, this was a bug in his video card driver. So
really nothing to do with MS. =\

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"ShameOnYouBill" <ShameOnYouBill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I get lines that look like creases as well as these blocky step-ladder type
> lines whenever I play video files through Win Media Player. I always
> assumed
> it was a problem with Nvidia's drivers for my video card. But recenty, I
> tried playing my AVI files through PowerDVD, AND THERE WERE NO LINES!!!
> No
> problems whatsoever! Then I played WMV and ASF files on PowerDVD and they
> were also perfect! The picture is even sharper than using WMP.
> I think it's hilarious that Microsoft's video codecs for their own format
> don't even work with their own player. The only reason I even use WMP is
> because it's better at organizing my thousands of files, but audio sounds
> better on WinAmp or Real Player, and now I find video plays very well on
> third-party applications but not on WMP. Of course, I would like the
> option
> of using WMP because it's a pain having to switch back and forth, so if
> anyone knows exactly what the issue and fix is - DiVX or DirectX 9c
> problems
> that confuse WMP, let me know. Thanks.