Urgent: Inverted colors

[genki]

Whenever i play any video file format in VLC the colors (mostly red and blue) are inverted. I'm using Windows 2000 NT Professional. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[DJ]

Hardware YUV ->RGB conversions are a function of your Video card and its Overlay functions through DirectX. You can try shutting off this option in Preferences, Video, Output modules, DirectX then press Save and close the player.

The more common is that the video card does not have enough memory, so you can also try reducing the resolution and or color depth of your video card.

[finny]

I had this problem too - here's what I did to fix it.

VLC > Settings > Preferences > Video > Output modules

Change the option "Video Output Module" from Default to "DirectX 3D video output" (like I did) or something else. See if that works. The default setting made the sky orange.

[DJ]

I had this problem too - here's what I did to fix it.

VLC > Settings > Preferences > Video > Output modules

Change the option "Video Output Module" from Default to "DirectX 3D video output" (like I did) or something else. See if that works. The default setting made the sky orange.

I would strongly suggest updating your video drivers if another output module corrects color issues or at very least reset the defaults on your video card.

[finny]

My video drivers are up to date, and even if they weren't, the colors worked just fine in every other player. In that case, it could even be a bad idea to update working drivers - why not just swtich to a player that works? I don't want to risk getting a new driver that isn't as compatible as my current one just because of vlc.

[DJ]

My video drivers are up to date, and even if they weren't, the colors worked just fine in every other player. In that case, it could even be a bad idea to update working drivers - why not just swtich to a player that works? I don't want to risk getting a new driver that isn't as compatible as my current one just because of vlc.

I agree! VLC is NOT the player for you and it probably will never work correctly on your equipment given your attitude.

[finny]

Given your attitude, VLC will never work (period). I'm glad the developers don't have that attitude - otherwise they would never get rid of a single bug. You shouldn't just quickly assume any problem is just with "your system". That's not giving advice, it's being plain lazy. Wouldn't you hate it if Dell just blamed everything on Microsoft software, and Microsoft blamed everything on Dell hardware?

I gave a simple solution, alot like the one you gave. I hope it helps somebody. Thanks for nothing.

[DJ]

Oh! Your welcome!

I sure am glad my cup is half full and I don't have the bazaar problems you have described.

[CloudStalker]

I don't like where this thread is heading, well I kind of do; I'm unofficially locking it; don't post after this.

Wouldn't you hate it if Dell just blamed everything on Microsoft software, and Microsoft blamed everything on Dell hardware?

We hate it becuase they already do it, right?

[DJ]

I have a true problem with belligerence and hatred as expressed here or in our every day lives. I was not raised that way. I hate no one. Not for their color, ideals, beliefs or life style. What does bother me is when someone lashes out for no good reason and doesn't even bother to ask a question or believe there is one, even if it's a stupid question. For I also believe there are no stupid questions only misunderstanding.

I have seen two really good movies in the past few days that express these same ethics.

Bobby expresses some of the ideals and hope that we have lost as a society or perhaps just a reminder of what we were once struggling for like peace and love.

Freedom Writers that shows what we become through mistrust and blaming everyone and everything else for our problems. But if we work together we can accomplish oh so much more. This requires trust, respect and love, but is well worth the effort.