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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: RobbieG on February 13, 2007, 08:24:39 pm

Title: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on February 13, 2007, 08:24:39 pm

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.

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on February 15, 2007, 05:39:32 pm

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

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: Yaobing on February 15, 2007, 05:58:14 pm

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.

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: AoXoMoXoA on February 15, 2007, 06:16:46 pm

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.

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on February 16, 2007, 03:36:23 pm

Quote from: Yaobing on February 15, 2007, 05:58:14 pm

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!

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on March 01, 2007, 06:11:55 pm

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

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: Yaobing on March 01, 2007, 06:34:04 pm

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

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on March 01, 2007, 06:38:40 pm

Will do (anxiously!)  :)

Thanks for the feedback

Title: Re: Video playback black on second display
Post by: RobbieG on March 05, 2007, 06:15:46 pm

Fixed! (12.0.185)