Problem with movies

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vi · #1 Post by vi » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:32 am

I have T42 2374E18.

Radeon 7500 inside.
When i try to play movies in mplayer (windows XP home) the sound is ok but screen is black (seems like overlay is on different monitor)
But if i try to play DVD movies via PowerDVD - all is ok. And if i pause movie in PowerDVD and try to open in mplayer - it is ok also.

I have radeon drivers for my thinkpad from IBM site.

Please help. Problem is very strange. i think i should reinstall video driver - but when i try to install newest driver from ATI - all games (like NFS) runs very slow and with bugs in calculations.

thinhare · #2 Post by **thinhare** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:34 am

Don't expect too much to mplayer. The compatibility always is its shortage, at least by far.

#3 Post by **daeojkim** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:10 am

I don't think it has anything to do with your video card driver.
Check the version of mplayer that you have. mplayer version 10 plays DVD pretty well. But I usually play DVD with powerDVD.

mattfromomaha · #4 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:26 am

In your display settings, does it have multiple monitors enabled? Make sure your LCD is the Primary Display, because only the primary display will show moving video.

vi · #5 Post by vi » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:33 am

hmm it is very strange..

after reboot i can watch movie only one time. when i close player and open movie again i see black window.
Primary monitor set correctly.

any more ideas?

combustion · #6 Post by **combustion** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:18 pm

use anyhting BUT mplayer for dvds.. its useless IMO.

vi · #7 Post by vi » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:10 am

i like it - it small and comfortable player
i'm not using mplayer10. i use mplayer 8 (from win9x) and i'd like it too much to change it.

but two weeks ago player works fine. and something happened. i think i should change video drivers but not on last version.

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