Black SCreen with twoflower

[guywire]

I just DL'd 2.0.1 and , playing an avi or anything else, it gives me a jagged pixilated unreadable colorful screen for video; and perfect audio. I have windows xp sp3. . OLder VLC worked fine, but twoflowers sounded great so I tried it. The laptop is a vaio Mobil Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 cpu 3.20 GHZ
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HERE IS THE LOG
main debug: adding item `in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi' ( file:///G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item: in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi, node: null, skip: 0
main debug: resyncing on in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi
main debug: in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi is at 0
main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\DOCUME~1\lexow\LOCALS~1\Temp'
main debug: `file:///G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi' gives access `file' demux `' path `/G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi' file='G:\In Treatment S03e17up\in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 3 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matching "file" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.872 ms - Total 0.872 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.872 ms)
main debug: creating access 'file' location='/G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi', path='G:\In Treatment S03e17up\in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: looking for access module: 3 candidates
filesystem debug: opening file `G:\In Treatment S03e17up\in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: using access module "filesystem"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.312 ms - Total 0.312 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.312 ms)
main debug: Using stream method for AStream*
main debug: starting pre-buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 11111 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 4 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.145 ms - Total 0.145 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.145 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.117 ms - Total 0.117 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.117 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='file' demux='' location='/G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi' file='G:\In Treatment S03e17up\in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: looking for demux module: 55 candidates
qt4 debug: Adding a new MRL to recent ones: file:///G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi
avi debug: <list 'AVI '>
avi debug: <list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: <list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'strl'>
avi debug: </list 'hdrl'>
avi debug: <list 'INFO'>
avi debug: </list 'INFO'>
avi debug: skipping movi chunk
avi debug: </list 'AVI '>
avi debug: * LIST-root size:244010730 pos:0
avi debug: + RIFF-AVI size:244010722 pos:0
avi debug: | + LIST-hdrl size:306 pos:12
avi debug: | | + avih size:56 pos:24
avi debug: | | + LIST-strl size:116 pos:88
avi debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:100
avi debug: | | | + strf size:40 pos:164
avi debug: | | + LIST-strl size:106 pos:212
avi debug: | | | + strh size:56 pos:224
avi debug: | | | + strf size:30 pos:288
avi debug: | + LIST-INFO size:28 pos:326
avi debug: | | + ISFT size:15 pos:338
avi debug: | + JUNK size:1666 pos:362
avi debug: | + LIST-movi size:242375606 pos:2036
avi debug: | + idx1 size:1633072 pos:242377650
avi debug: AVIH: 2 stream, flags HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED
avi debug: stream[0] rate:23976024 scale:1000000 samplesize:0
avi debug: stream[0] video(XVID) 624x352 24bpp 23.976024fps
main debug: selecting program id=0
avi debug: stream[1] rate:48000 scale:1152 samplesize:0
avi debug: stream[1] audio(0x55 - MPEG Audio layer 1/2/3) 2 channels 48000Hz 16bits
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[0]
avi debug: selected standard index for stream[1]
avi debug: stream[0] created 37280 index entries
avi debug: stream[1] created 64787 index entries
avi debug: stream[0] length:1554 (based on index)
avi debug: stream[1] length:1554 (based on index)
main debug: using demux module "avi"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 114.291 ms - Total 114.291 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 114.291 ms)
main debug: looking for a subtitle file in G:\In Treatment S03e17up
main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates
main debug: Creating an input for 'in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi'
main debug: meta ok for (null), need to fetch art
main debug: looking for meta fetcher module: 1 candidate
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\lexow\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\fetcher\tvrage.luac
qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input
main debug: using meta fetcher module "lua"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 269.710 ms - Total 269.710 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 269.710 ms)
main debug: removing module "lua"
main debug: searching art for in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi
main debug: looking for art finder module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\lexow\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\00_musicbrainz.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\01_googleimage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\02_frenchtv.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\art\03_lastfm.luac
main debug: no art finder module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 752.347 ms - Total 752.347 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 752.347 ms)
main debug: art not found for in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x360a64)
avcodec debug: trying to use direct rendering
avcodec debug: allowing 1 thread(s) for decoding
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (MPEG-4 Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 2892.333 ms - Total 2892.333 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2892.333 ms)
main debug: looking for decoder module: 31 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.545 ms - Total 0.545 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.545 ms)
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Documents and Settings\lexow\Application Data\vlc\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.luac
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 13.573 ms - Total 13.573 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 13.573 ms)
main debug: `file:///G:/In%20Treatment%20S03e17up/in.treatment.s03e17.hdtv.xvid-fever.avi' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates
main debug: Buffering 8%
mpeg_audio debug: MPGA channels:2 samplerate:48000 bitrate:128
main debug: Buffering 16%
main debug: Buffering 25%
main debug: Buffering 33%
main debug: Buffering 41%
main debug: Buffering 50%
main debug: Buffering 58%
main debug: Buffering 66%
main debug: Buffering 75%
main debug: Buffering 83%
main debug: Buffering 91%
main debug: Buffering 100%
main debug: Stream buffering done (325 ms in 40 ms)
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 118.620 ms - Total 118.620 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 118.620 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
swscale debug: 32x32 chroma: YUVA -> 16x16 chroma: RGBA with scaling using Bicubic (good quality)
main debug: using video filter2 module "swscale"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 206.107 ms - Total 206.107 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 206.107 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 18 candidates
yuvp debug: YUVP to YUVA converter
main debug: using video filter2 module "yuvp"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 809.904 ms - Total 809.904 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 809.904 ms)
main debug: Deinterlacing available
main debug: deinterlace 0, mode blend, is_needed 0
main debug: Opening vout display wrapper
main debug: looking for vout display module: 6 candidates
direct3d debug: creating Vout EventThread
direct3d debug: DirectXCreateWindow
main debug: looking for vout window hwnd module: 2 candidates
qt4 debug: requesting video...
qt4 debug: Video was requested 0, 0
main debug: using vout window hwnd module "qt4"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 64.090 ms - Total 64.090 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 64.090 ms)
direct3d debug: created video sub-window
direct3d debug: Vout EventThread running
direct3d debug: disabling screen saver
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 632x386 window
direct3d warning: trying surface pixel format: YV12
direct3d debug: selected surface pixel format is YV12
direct3d debug: Using D3DTEXF_LINEAR for minification
direct3d debug: Using D3DTEXF_LINEAR for magnification
direct3d debug: Direct3D scene created successfully
direct3d debug: Direct3D device adapter successfully initialized
main debug: using vout display module "direct3d"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1161.761 ms - Total 1161.761 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1161.761 ms)
main debug: original format sz 624x352, of (0,0), vsz 624x352, 4cc I420, sar 1:1, msk r0x0 g0x0 b0x0
main debug: removing module "freetype"
main debug: looking for text renderer module: 2 candidates
freetype debug: Using Arial as font from file C:\WINDOWS\Fonts\ARIAL.TTF
main debug: VoutDisplayEvent 'resize' 624x352 window
main debug: auto hiding mouse cursor
freetype debug: using fontsize: 2
main debug: using text renderer module "freetype"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 17.846 ms - Total 17.846 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 17.846 ms)
main debug: creating audio output
main debug: looking for audio output module: 2 candidates
aout_directx debug: Opening DirectSound Audio Output
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
main debug: End of video preroll
main debug: Received first picture
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
main debug: Post-processing available
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
aout_directx debug: found device: Primary Sound Driver
aout_directx debug: found device: Realtek AC97 Audio
aout_directx debug: using device: Realtek AC97 Audio
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
aout_directx debug: device supports 2 channels (DEFAULT!)
aout_directx debug: device supports 1 channel
aout_directx debug: Windows says your SpeakerConfig is stereo
aout_directx debug: creating DirectSoundThread
aout_directx debug: DirectSoundThread ready
main debug: using audio output module "aout_directx"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 295.729 ms - Total 295.729 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 295.729 ms)
main debug: output 's16l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/4 bytes
main debug: mixer 'f32l' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1 samples/8 bytes
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'s16l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
audio_format debug: f32l->s16l, bits per sample: 32->16
main debug: using audio filter module "audio_format"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1011.128 ms - Total 1011.128 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1011.128 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: looking for audio mixer module: 2 candidates
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
main debug: using audio mixer module "float32_mixer"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 93.735 ms - Total 93.735 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 93.735 ms)
main debug: input 'mpga' 48000 Hz Stereo frame=1152 samples/969 bytes
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 1 candidate
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
scaletempo debug: format: 48000 rate, 2 nch, 4 bps, fl32
scaletempo debug: params: 30 stride, 0.200 overlap, 14 search
scaletempo debug: 1.000 scale, 1440.000 stride_in, 1440 stride_out, 1152 standing, 288 overlap, 672 search, 2400 queue, fl32 mode
main debug: using audio filter module "scaletempo"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 86.086 ms - Total 86.086 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 86.086 ms)
main debug: filter(s) 'mpga'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
mpgatofixed32 debug: mpga->f32l, bits per sample: 32
main debug: using audio filter module "mpgatofixed32"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.319 ms - Total 0.319 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.319 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 48000 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: filter(s) 'f32l'->'f32l' 52800 Hz->48000 Hz Stereo->Stereo
main debug: looking for audio filter module: 14 candidates
main debug: using audio filter module "samplerate"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.339 ms - Total 0.339 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.339 ms)
main debug: conversion pipeline completed
main debug: End of audio preroll
main debug: Decoder buffering done in 3809 ms
main warning: PTS is out of range (-8887), dropping buffer
main warning: PTS is out of range (-32851), dropping buffer
mpgatofixed32 debug: libmad error: bad main_data_begin pointer
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)
direct3d debug: Direct3DImportPicture:1172 (hr=0x8876086C)

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Use directDraw in preferences for your video output.
Can you tell me what GPU you have?

[guywire]

WHAT IS DIRECT DRAW? and how do I figure out my GPU

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Preferences->Video->Video Output. Change it from default.

[guywire]

allright, Ill try that. and come back. thanks

[guywire]

That worked for avi's and Merci, but MKV is still an unreadable screen, horizontal grey bars covering chopped up color

[guywire]

The problem is back here's a log NO I fixed it

[guywire]

wait. the problem is that the preferences keeps losing the direct draw request and defaulting back to something. that is even though I hit save and hit reset preferences. it doesn't stay in that mode.

[guywire]

I got the preference to stay, so I am good. almost everything I have seems to open, except an 8gig x 264 that opens, goes good for a while, pixilates, and then works again for a moment. That may be my old time computer ( late 2004). Thanks for your help and I hope youre not mad that I tried to say a french word. I'm actually going to Paris in a month. keep on,

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Quit all VLC. Start VLC. Reset preferences. Change to DirectDraw. Save and quit VLC.

Now, it should be ok.

Do you happen to know the graphic card in this machine?