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Posted by Marcus Fox on 11/25/05 17:46
"Steve Roberts" <steveroberts@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:4386d334.5618929@news.reith.bbc.co.uk...
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:46:19 GMT, "Marcus Fox"
> <please-reply-via-newsgroup-th@-i-posted-to.com> wrote:
>
> >When I insert a DVD into my computer, it used to play without problems in
> >Power DVD, but not now. Now, Power DVD starts like it is going to play,
and
> >the title bar moves for the first part, such as the copyright warnings or
> >Fox logos, except the screen remains black. Then when I close it, I get a
> >few milliseconds flash of what should have been playing then Power DVD
> >closes.
> >
> >I can open the individual VOB files and play them without problems using
> >Power DVD, just not the DVDs themselves. What gives?
>
> Sounds like possibly something to do with your video card's overlay
> function, although why it should be different if you play the VOB's
> directly, I don't know... Have you recently updated your video card
> drivers? You could also look at the PowerDVD options and turn off the
> hardware acceleration, see if that makes a difference.
Have discovered something interesting, although it doesn't really solve the
problem. The DVD was playing as I was writing to this newsgroup, and I saw
the black text in the newsgroup listing go funny colours. I opened up
IrfanView (over the top of the PowerDVD window) which has a black
background, and the DVD was playing fine in that. However it's awkward with
menus as I have to keep switching back to the blank PowerDVD screen whilst
remembering the positions of the menu items. My monitor is an Acer 19" TFT,
simply swiched over from the original Dell monitor. As an aside, the screen
flashes blank for a few seconds whenever I click on a WMP video file.
Marcus
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