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According to GSpot, (which can successfully preview the file), type is MPEG-1 and it uses the MPEG1_Payload codec.

Thank you for your help. It would appear I have a problem with less than perfect encoding.[/b]

"Have you tried other file types??" - yes, no problem. The file I'm having trouble with is .mpg, but VLC works with other .mpg files. "reset the defaults" - done "in the wxWidgets mode, from the Settings pull down check Extend GUI, on the video tab check enable and then rest...

I have the same problem and turning the overlay video output off has not worked. My computer is a 2.0 GHz Toshiba laptop with 1 GB of ram and 128 MB of Nvidia video memory, resolution 1440x900 in 32 bit colour. It's 6 months old so I don't think any drivers are out of date. DirectX is up to date and...