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[RobbieG]

When I try to play avi files on my second display, I get sound, but the video is just black.  The video plays normally on my primary monitor.  It doesn't matter if I drag media center over to the second display, detach the video and drag it, or even start video playback in the second display.  But, I am able to play the same video file in a program like Media Player Classic on both displays.

I am currently running Vista 64 bit.  This was not a problem when I ran media center in XP.  I also use K-Lite codec pack for my codecs (used this in XP as well)

Thanks for any ideas.  Let me know if you'd like more info.

[RobbieG]

Any ideas?  Media Center appears to be the only program unable to play videos on my second display.

[Yaobing]

Not sure. Try selecting a different video renderer. Tools -> Options -> Playback -> DirectShow Playback Settings... Select the file type (avi) from the list on the right-hand side, and click Select Filters button.

[AoXoMoXoA]

I have experienced this often.

After moving the display to the second monitor where the picture is black, try double-clicking on the picture to blow it up to full-screen and then again to resize to the original size.

While I do not understand why, this has always corrected the problem.

[RobbieG]

Not sure. Try selecting a different video renderer. Tools -> Options -> Playback -> DirectShow Playback Settings... Select the file type (avi) from the list on the right-hand side, and click Select Filters button.

Yaobing: I switched the Video Renderer from "Video Mixing Renderer 9" to "Lagacy Video Renderer" for avi files, and this fixed the problem.

AoXoMoXoA: No luck on my computer.  Thanks for the tip anyways.

Thanks for the help.  I appreciate it!

[RobbieG]

Update: Video Mixing Renderer 9 still does not work, but Video Mixing Renderer 7 does.

Also, the same thing happens for .mpg files, not just .avi's.

Robbie G

[Yaobing]

We may have solved this problem. Wait for the next release.

[RobbieG]

Will do (anxiously!) 

Thanks for the feedback

[RobbieG]

Fixed! (12.0.185)