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Title: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: brad2266 on January 12, 2008, 05:19:00 pm

Hi can any one help??? When i switch to theater view the display locks up and the pc crashes. I running on a 18 month Hush PC P4 with a ATI 8800 video card, all the drivers are the latset

Title: Re: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: JimH on January 12, 2008, 06:10:41 pm

Theater View uses 3D drawing.  If it crashes, it probably means that the video card driver has a problem.  You could try updating the driver.  If you haven't done it already, try updating Windows, too.

Title: Re: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: Mr ChriZ on January 12, 2008, 06:51:29 pm

Also maybe worth reinstalling DirectX 9, as I believe that's how Theater View is rendered? (Or was that my imagination?)

Title: Re: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: fitbrit on January 13, 2008, 12:29:30 am

Quote from: Mr ChriZ on January 12, 2008, 06:51:29 pm

Also maybe worth reinstalling DirectX 9, as I believe that's how Theater View is rendered? (Or was that my imagination?)

If I could render Theater View with my imagination, it'd have hot chicks and laser-beam wielding sharks showing me my movies one by one. So I guess it's probably DirectX 9.

Title: Re: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: brad2266 on January 13, 2008, 03:18:16 pm

I'm running direct X 10 and all the latest drivers and the windows updates are current. Any other ideas???

Title: Re: pc crashes when running in theater view
Post by: JimH on January 13, 2008, 03:23:33 pm

If the PC really crashes (not just MC), it is a hardware problem.  The latest driver may not be the best.  If switching drivers doesn't fix it, your only option is to try another video card.

DirectX isn't the issue.