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Can any of you tech guys help me?

KilarneyKilarney
edited July 2008 in Technology
I've got a problem playing an mpeg video on my Infocus projector. The projector displays everything fine, except the video. There is just black where the video should be. This happens if I use Windows Media Player and/or VLC.

The projector is an ancient Infocus X1. I've played DIVX, XVID, etc all fine. For some reason, MPG video doesn't agree with it.

Any thoughts?

Comments

  • kiwi_birdkiwi_bird
    Tried Mplayer?
  • KilarneyKilarney
    I figured it out. I had to set the computer to ONLY display on the projector, and not the laptop screen at the same time.
  • ......
    This happens if I use Windows Media Player and/or VLC.
    While it wasn't the problem, as you have already figured out, why the hell do you use those programs? Especially VLC. But yes, just use the proper screen setting which requires fiddling depending on what hardware you have.
  • KilarneyKilarney
    why the hell do you use those programs? Especially VLC
    I don't use VLC anymore. I was just trying it out of desperation.

    Windows Media Player has done fine by me. There may be better out there, but I've yet to need it.
  • ......
    I don't use VLC anymore. I was just trying it out of desperation.
    Wait... You tried VLC before Mplayer or the CCCP?

    . . . I think Wikipedia needs to put a HUGE warning at the top, and bottom, and after every other line of text, on the VLC page, that people should STOP using VLC until it finally works more than 10% for any given file format.
  • KilarneyKilarney
    edited July 2008
    The only reason I tried VLC is because it was on my computer from a long time ago. It actually reminded me that I need to delete it.
    Post edited by Kilarney on
  • ThemistakenoneThemistakenone
    This sounds like I problem I had with my TV set to display as a clone. For some reason it won't display video on a device that isn't set as the primary display, It has something to do with DirectDraw. If you're using Windows Media Player, Tools>Options>Performance>Advanced...>Video Acceleration, then uncheck the "Use Overlays" box. It should start displaying on both displays.
  • LusankyaLusankya
    DirectDraw really does bork things up when it comes to multi-monitor desktops. From a programmer's point of view, you have to do some awful nasty things to get any DirectX component to play nice with multiple outputs/pieces of hardware.
  • AprecheApreche
    I can explain this magic to you, but not right now.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I don't know what you guys are doing, but VLC has always worked perfectly for me, even with multi-monitor display setups.
  • TyashkiTyashki
    As long as you don't watch textsubs with it. Gawd VLC is awful for that.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    I don't know what you guys are doing, but VLC has always worked perfectly for me, even with multi-monitor display setups.
    Nvidia or ATI?
    I also recommend SMPlayer which combines MPlayers performance with the nicer VLC interface.
  • TyashkiTyashki
    But... but... Command line Mplayer is awesome!
  • ......
    But... but... Command line Mplayer is awesome!
    That, and with the recent discovery by me that ! and @ are backwards and forwards through chapters, it is so much more awesome. I should've looked up that keybinding before, no more fiddling to skip OPs and EDs for Nine anymore! :D
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    I don't know what you guys are doing, but VLC has always worked perfectly for me, even with multi-monitor display setups.
    Nvidia or ATI?
    ATI Raedeon Xpress 200M in my Laptop.
  • VhdbloodVhdblood
    I've never had a problem with VLC. I've used it on multiple systems, with Nvidia and ATI cards, and it's never done me wrong.

    Are there some features I should know about that I'm missing out on by not using MPlayer? I mean, I have MPlayer installed, but VLC just seems cleaner to me.

    Please though, explain and steer me away from the evil I have been using for years.
  • chaosof99chaosof99
    edited July 2008
    Currently my media player of choice is Zoom Player after I was fed up with VLC crashing on .mkv all the time.
    Post edited by chaosof99 on
  • KilarneyKilarney
    But... but... Command line Mplayer is awesome!
    And so are buggy whips!
  • AprecheApreche
    But... but... Command line Mplayer is awesome!
    And so are buggy whips!
    It's true, however bad the user interface for command-line mplayer, it is actually superior to other players in terms of features and performance.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    Currently my media player of choice is Zoom Player after I was fed up with VLC crashing on .mkv all the time.
    What do you guys do that gives you all these problems? Most of my anime is in MKV format and never have I experienced a problem.
  • ......
    Are there some features I should know about that I'm missing out on by not using MPlayer? I mean, I have MPlayer installed, but VLC just seems cleaner to me.
    Video quality, actual subtitle rendering, reliable playback, and you will miss the experience of knowing that you use better written software than VLC.
    What do you guys do that gives you all these problems?
    Use VLC to watch anime. That is all that is being done. VLC is crap, ignores standards, supports jack outside of the most basic of functionality to play a file back, video rendering is worse than Mplayer and MPC or Zoom Player with the CCCP, subtitle rendering is non-existant, the program is filled with horrible hacks to deal with all sorts of bullshit that pop up because they do not follow standards.
    Most of my anime is in MKV format and never have I experienced a problem.
    When you see it, you'll shit bricks. Try to playback a release by say... gg.

    If you primarily use Windows, get the CCCP instead of Mplayer, while Mplayer already supports a lot of things for filetypes like MKV, it does not yet support everything. Neither does the CCCP, but it supports more, like linked files.
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