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stufarq
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Can anyone recommend a decent HD video player for PC? I mean one that actually works. WMP, Media Player Classic , Nero Showtime and VLC all result in the dfreaded black screen crash and DVX pretends that it's going to play but then sticks and skips like a stuck record, especially in full screen mode. Is there anything out there that will just, you know, play and HD video?
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I thought that just happened to me. :urff:
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if you're getting the same thing with more than one player it sounds like either a codec issue (try downloading the latest versions) or a hardware problem (get a mac) :|

for me running a mac with quicktime using the perian & flip4macWMV plugins "just works" :D

maybe some of the AV guys on here can be of more help...
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Quiff Boy wrote:if you're getting the same thing with more than one player it sounds like either a codec issue (try downloading the latest versions)
I seem to have tried every codec in existence at one time or another.
Quiff Boy wrote:or a hardware problem

I guess it could just be that my PC is old and knackered. I keep meaning to try running some on my laptop just to see.
Quiff Boy wrote:(get a mac) :|
See my sarcastic comments in the various other threads that have gone over the "Macs are better than anything in the world ever ever ever" fallacy.
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What kind of Graphics card are you using??

that can make all the difference.. :?
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Doktor Gott wrote:What kind of Graphics card are you using??

that can make all the difference.. :?
Ah, I didn't think of that. I don't think it's been replaced since I bought the machine in 1859 so it's probably too old.

I can't find anything listed specifically as a graphics card in the hardware manager. The only thing that looks close is, under Display Adaptors - Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller. Is that it? And should I be embarrassed to admit that that's what I have?
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