VLC media player and Windows Vista

[kuatengineer]

I am having an occasional problem when I play back some .mov files. I am getting them with a blue tint. It's not every time, and if I use Quicktime I can see that it downloaded fine. It's just that Quicktime doesn't play nice with Vista, which is why I have VLC. 95% of the time VLC is perfect, it's just this occasional blue tint problem on certain files.

Thanks

[cl_gary]

Just started using VLC player 0.8.6.f on a Dell xps1730 (intel c2d 9300, with NVIDIA 8700 graphics) today. Playback of AnyDVD video (ripped to HDD) seems very good. Picture seems "slightly blue". Does this player have ability to adjust hue, saturation, red, blue, yellow, and contrast and brightness.... like the Power DVD player?

[VLC_help]

Settings -> Extended GUI has some color correction options. If you get blue tint, take snapshot and check if that tint shows up on snapshots. If it doesn't, it is issue with video output (maybe Overlay issue).

[ashnizzle]

hey guys i tired playing transformers 720p from my laptop to my hd tv with hdmi. im using vlc media player for my video. now i can watch the movie fine on vlc when its not connected to the tv. but when i do connect it, i can only see the picture on my notebook and nothing on the tv(everything except blank screen on vlc) except sound. so please help it could be something simple but im getting frustrated lol

[VLC_help]

If you have extended Desktop, you have to move VLC window to it (drag the VLC window to another desktop).

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Deactivate Overlay in preferences.

[ddomi]

Bonjour,

Je sous VISTA , et il m'est impossible de changer l'ic^ne vlc sur mes fims.

Pouvez- vous me donner la procédure à suivre

Merci d'avance

[monica228]

Does The VLC media player assist the transcription of video and audio files? There are softwares like <sniped> that do exactly that. One can fasten or slow down the playing of the media file. <sniped>

[VLC_help]

monica228: you have some Vista issues? If not, please use another thread.

[MetalheadGautham]

Does The VLC media player assist the transcription of video and audio files? There are softwares like E-scribe that do exactly that. One can fasten or slow down the playing of the media file. Escribe info regarding media transcription and video transcription can be found easily on the internet.

I think you are a spammer
And btw, yes VLC can do everything you said and more

[taxon]

hello,sorry for my english,i'm italian.

i have the latest official version of videolan and vistax64.

Videolan play divx not very well,with the encoder Directx3d (default) on 16:9 divx the borders of the video are not perfect...

I must change encoder to directx (that encoder deactive aero) to have a perfect video.

Is it a bug?

Thank you.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

hello,sorry for my english,i'm italian.

i have the latest official version of videolan and vistax64.

Videolan play divx not very well,with the encoder Directx3d (default) on 16:9 divx the borders of the video are not perfect...

I must change encoder to directx (that encoder deactive aero) to have a perfect video.

Is it a bug?

Thank you.

Yes. and it is fixed in dev version

[theodor]

hi, first i would like to thank you for your amazing program. I've been using it for so long i'm not sure how i coped before with windows media player. however recently it's been acting up and plays videos with no sound. I already tried uninstalling and reinstalling it but this hasn't fixed the problem. I would greatly appreciate your help in fixing this problem.
a loyal user

[VLC_help]

You have tried to change audio output module? And you are sure you haven't muted VLC from Windows mixer?

[theodor]

well i'm not sure what happened but i uninstalled it, performed an antivirus scan and reinstalled it and its working again!
thanks 4 your advice anyway

[posthaste]

Windows Vista Home Premium & VideoLan Media Player 0.8.6h

Videos (AVI & MKV) play back fine on the desktop, but if I place them inside my Documents folder, they won't play at all. When the videos are in this particular Documents folder, double-clicking on them causes VLC to launch, but it doesn't open a video window and there is no playback. Pressing start/stop/pause doesn't work.

Now, if I create a new folder inside the problematic "Documents" folder, and place the videos in it, then VLC launches and plays back just fine. The permissions and ownership, etc., of the Documents folder and the one inside it appear to be identical so I can't figure this out.

Help?

Thank you!

[VLC_help]

Does View -> Messages give any errors when you try to open files from problematic folder?

[posthaste]

Does View -> Messages give any errors when you try to open files from problematic folder?

Yes, after double-clicking on an .mkv file in the suspect directory, the View -> Messages gets stuck in a loop with the following:

ABC.mkv
access_directory debug: not starting directory playback
access_directory debug: unable to find item in playlist
access_directory debug: opening directory `C:\Users\xxxxxx\Documents\NZB Downloads\!RnE - 2008.05.01 22.52.26 -

[ohgami]

Howdy,

When I run VLC 0.86c (latest download) on Vista with a Nivida 7900GTS - I have problems when I use full screen.

The Start Bar of Windows draws in FRONT of VLC.

I have only one screen, DVI connected, 1080p TV at native 1080p resolution.

Anyone else having this problem with the Windows Start Bar not hiding?

Thank you.

I have the same problem but I am using an ATI HD2600XT with 1 DVI output to 1080p monitor and windows Vista Business.
This happens also when I am using powerdvd deluxe. All videos are playing smoothly though when I am
using Windows Media Player.

I am having the same problem and I didn't see a solution. I has a Geforce 8500 with Vista x64 home premium and until reciently the VLC worked properly but I can't figure out how to fix this. It also opens 2 windows in full screen, one is the show the other is just the VLC player with nothing on it. but if I take it out of Fullscreen it goes back to 1. I been trying to exorcise this demon for weeks now.

Any help would be a much needed relief.
Thanks Rik

[VLC_help]

posthaste: you have multiple MKV files in same folder?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#I_h ... ues_to_VLC

ohgami : does it help if you change video output module to another one?

[ohgami]

I tried them all and no difference.

[posthaste]

posthaste: you have multiple MKV files in same folder?
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#I_h ... ues_to_VLC

Yes, I have a large number of MKV files in the problematic Documents folder; however, each MKV is inside its own, individual folder inside the Documents folder.

For example:

->Documents -> ABC_Movie_Folder -> ABC.MKV
->Documents -> DEF_Movie_Folder -> DEF.MKV

[VLC_help]

ohgami: you pressed save and restarted VLC after changing output module?

posthaste: does renaming the MKV file to something simpler like my.mkv help?

[posthaste]

ohgami: you pressed save and restarted VLC after changing output module?

posthaste: does renaming the MKV file to something simpler like my.mkv help?

Renaming the mkv files didn't help.

[ohgami]

ohgami: you pressed save and restarted VLC after changing output module?

I did for each the Direct X one kills my Aero and it doesn't fullscreen properly