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Ok so last night windows did a automatic update on my computer, and now i cant play .avi files in any player.

I have tried rebooting, reinstalling codec drivers, (k-lite codec pack & nimo codec pack). Also i have the newest version of VLC player ofc.

I can get sound in VLC but no image. This is the same for all my avi files, and some mpg files and wmv files. But most wmv files will play.

Here is the last part of the VLC message error feed:






main debug: Registering subpicture channel, ID: 2
main debug: Registering subpicture channel, ID: 3
main debug: Registering subpicture channel, ID: 4
main debug: Registering subpicture channel, ID: 5
vout_directx error: cannot lock surface
vout_directx debug: NewPictureVec overlay:yes chroma:YV12
vout_directx debug: YUV overlay created successfully
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseSurface
vout_directx error: cannot lock surface
vout_directx debug: NewPictureVec overlay:yes chroma:YUY2
vout_directx debug: YUV overlay created successfully
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseSurface
vout_directx error: cannot lock surface
vout_directx debug: NewPictureVec overlay:no chroma:YV12
vout_directx debug: created plain surface of chroma:YV12
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseSurface
vout_directx error: cannot lock surface
main error: plugin was unable to allocate at least one direct buffer
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseDisplay
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseDisplay clipper
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseDisplay display
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseDDraw
main debug: thread 4692 (video output) created at priority 1 (video_output/video_output.c:421)
main error: video output creation failed
vout_directx debug: CloseVideo
vout_directx debug: DirectXEventThread terminating
vout_directx debug: DirectXCloseWindow
vout_directx debug: WinProc WM_DESTROY
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.187500s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 4260 joined (directx.c:509)
main debug: removing module "vout_directx"
main debug: thread times: real 0m0.171875s, kernel 0m0.125000s, user 0m0.000000s
main debug: thread 4692 joined (video_output/video_output.c:437)
main error: cannot delete object (397, (null)) with children
main error: failed to create video output



Please help me, im desperate! '



Also here is a image from the program Gspot, that shows what error occurs there.

Try doing a DirectX Diagnostic.

BTW All the codec packs in the world will not effect VLC.

and how do i do that?

i have done: run>dxdiag and checked direct3d directdraw and all sound things.

Nothing wrong there.

I fixed this problem. Removed all safety updates/hotfixes applied that night and the problem went away.

I think it might have had something to do with me having a cracked version of windows xp sp2, and in one of the updates i read something about directx validation blabla.

Dunno, however if someone gets the same problem, this is a solution that works!

i got the exactly the same problem so my question is how do i do to remove theese thing s you removed to make it work again?
im wuite nubish at computers at large so help is appreciated

Go to Windows update service to see what updates were installed. Then open your add/remove programs and uninstall them one by one until you find the one that gives you problem. Then go back to Windows update service and set the one that gives you the problem as not wanted and install the rest. Done!

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cheers!
problem is though it still doesnt work

ok this is what worked for me just uninstalling the hotfixes and stuff didnt work but i had to reinstall them to when i did this it all worked perfectly.
and thanks for all the help ^^