Video Overlay problems in Win2K3

[lordbelial 0]

Im running Windows Server 2003 and whenever I try to play movies divx/xvid/whatever all I get is either a grey screen or inverted colors in the movie. The only way Ive found to fix this is to use a media player that allows you to change the overlay from Overlay Mixer to Extended VMR9(DirectX9). I use ZoomPlayer wich allows me to do this but anything else that doesnt have this option only gives me a grey screen. Ive got full hardware acceleration on, latest nvidia drivers (I have a GeForce3 Ti500), and Directx9a installed. Any suggestions?

[adamvjackson 0]

Did you enable DirectDraw in DxDiag?

[lordbelial 0]

Yes, all directx video options are enabled

[katsyonak 0]

I've tested several nVidia drivers on several different machines with different nVidia cards and there seem to be a problem with all of them under Windows 2003 Server.

To correct that (until a compatible driver is out) you can do this:

 

For Zoom Player

Play a movie, right click on the movie area and select Color Controls.

When asked to confirm enabling it answer Yes.

Set the colors as/if you like.

 

For Windows Media Player

Go to Tools menu -> Options -> Preformance tab -> Advanced button, and disable Use overlays under Video Acceleration.

 

Hope it helped

[Champion_R 0]

If using Zoomplayer, enabling the VMR renderer works on my 2K3 box