Black screen - No picture at all

[SilentViruzz]

Ever since I've been running vista I haven't been able to use vlc at all.
The screen is totally black when I play something and the only time I can get a glimt is when I take a screenshot, and that lasts for 3 seconds and then the screen goes black again.

Any fixes for this?

Thanks in advance.

[chun13]

Hi,

i have vista, but i have been running VLc with it and it hasn't been a problem, untill yesterday when i reinstalled it and now my screen is completly black (the sound still works). the only time a can get a glimps is when i go to video and click on screen (guess it's a screenshot).
Well, i'm begining to get really annoyed!!
can anybody help me with this??
I'm really not a computer person, my computer skills are very basic so please try to understand me...

[DJ]

Last week at CES Bill Gates announced that Vista was the most media friendly operating system to date. I don't believe this for a second after reading peoples comments here and on the doom9 forums. How bout you?

[osmanosman]

disable overlay

[DammitDan]

I have the ame issue with Vista.

I trried disabling overlay as posted above. Still doesn't work.

[Toni]

Ciao,

go to Settings >>> Video >>> Output modules >>> enable Advanced options >>> Videooutput-module and select "DirectX Videooutput".

Then it should work, anyway for me with Vista...

[gimmegimme]

Hi had the same Prob, thx for the solution,

anyways I notiecd, GDI Out works also and doen't need Basic Windowing Mode. It also needs less PC performance. So u should give it a try. OpenGL out worked also, but needs even more performance.

Try for yourself what works best for u.

I also noticed that none of the modes enables viewing on 2nd Monitor. Only Primary Monitor seems to be supported under Vista atm. Or I'm doing something badly wrong

cheers
gimmegimme