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So VLC is the only media player I'm gonna use in W7. I'll be installing it in a few days. I just saw the front page and although it says W7 Compatible, I heard there are pixelation issues. Please someone post a solution ASAP so I can finally install Windows 7. Because seriously, this is the only thing stopping me.

In short, my question is:

Does VLC 1.02 fix the pixelation issues in Windows 7 when fullscreen? Or is it still there? PLEASE REPLY!

i want an answer as well. or just give me an alternative then

Exactly!!!

Pixelation will be there if you use Direct3d video output module of VLC in Windows 7 with WDDM 1.1 compatible display drivers.

What is WDDM 1.1?

wow you guys never wanna admit that there is something wrong. i like vlc for some unknown reason and im finding it hard switching players.

I'm gonna stick with Vista till they fix this issue. I don't know why they aren't admitting it. I don't think it will be this hard for them to fix. Weird really.

There isn't anything wrong in VLC. Same codepath works OK in XP, Vista and even in 7 if you use Vista display drivers. There aren't any documented changes to Direct 3D in 7 that would cause this.

Please tell me how do I use Vista drivers in 7.

One way is to extract the display driver installation package to hard drive and install from Vista inf.

there seem to be no issues except the one i reported, using the drivers i got from windows update and only one problem that isn't really a problem...