Hi.! I am trying to play a DVD video file on my windows 7 windows media player. Since it is a DVD format, the movie is crystal clear (hv tested it on my laptop [vista]). When i play it in windows 7, the movie shows a lot of grains and is not at all clear.! I've even tried a couple of codecs, tried k-lite mega pack, Media player classic...btu in vain. Kindly help me out plz. Thanks in advance.
Hi..thanks for replying... i had used VLC..K-lite...media player classic...windows media player...winamp...NOTHING worked..
I'm another that will recommend CCCP + ZoomPlayer. Plays everything I've ever tried with excellent quality. I've tried VLC on Windows and Linux and it's just so clunky and it sucks at rendering subtitles.
@above Hi.! Thanks for replying.! Tried all of this...still in vain...the video did improve a little bit though but not fully... for the record...these are my system specifications Operating System: Windows 7 CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.00 GHz Motherboard: Asrock Graphics Card: Onboard Intel Memory: 1 GB System Type: 32-bit It has a "Intel(R) 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GE/GL Processor to I/O Controller - 2580"
might be your vga driver, intel always have or had some issues with intel clear video tech besides other issues related to vga driver... in the past i had issues with it, had to use an older version to work properly... try get the changelogs for your vga driver (actual, older and newer) directly from intel and check it out... good luck
Also, to rule out W7 on thsi particular hardware. I would either install vista or xp on this hardware platform and try to watch the dvd from that OS and see what it looks like. Or boot up with something like "Ultimate Boot CD -Windows " and try to watch the dvd from there (may require 2 optical drives) If either of those methods show the video like you expect it, then more than likely the video drivers that are being used with your W7 install aren't a perfect match. You can try to download the most current Vista drivers for your video card, uninstall your currently installed drivers through device manager ot add/remove programs (if there). Then install the newly downloaded Vista drivers and run with a right-click --> Troubleshoot Compatibility on the actual EXE. Take the "Try recommended settings" option and it may install it as a vista install. Sorry for being long winded. Hope everything works out. Mfk
Actually I have this same problem with blu-ray in powerdvd on nvidia. I will try to update my mobile drivers and see what it does. Slightly improves with the latest drivers
You need to go into the Nvidia control panel applet under adjust video colour settings and increase the dynamic range to full 0-255