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Pretty common issue according to SevenForums.com , anyone know of any fixes or workarounds?

Windows 7 is great but I'll be lost without VLC. Anyone any suggestions?

Latest video drivers/updates installed. Latest version of VLC installed.

ATI?

Use Vista drivers.

I will try this too.

Its an Nvidia 8800GTS 512MB

So I use the Vista drivers and not the Windows 7 specific drivers?

Use Vista drivers.

Works perfectly.

Thank you very much.

Sorry to revive a somewhat old thread, but I have a question to add onto this so people coming from Google search results can have more information (This thread shows up at the top of the search results).

How do I force the NVIDIA installer to use Vista drivers instead of the W7 drivers? Note that I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

At least NVIDIA doesn't give info how to do that. Pixelation should also vanish if you use DirectX video output, but that disables Aero.

At least NVIDIA doesn't give info how to do that. Pixelation should also vanish if you use DirectX video output, but that disables Aero.

I know they don't document that, otherwise I wouldn't be posting here

Any idea how to do it, though?

Unpack the installer, remove/edit some files and run the install INF manually.

remove/edit some files

Elaborate.

You have to edit the install inf to make it so that it install Vista drivers instead of 7 drivers. You might find more info from driver modifications forums.