mpeg2 playback colors mostly wrong - very blue

[rocket888]

Just did a quick test of vlc-1.0.0-rc2-win32.exe which I just dloaded.

All the colors seem to be wrong. It didn't matter if I used my old configuration or let it create a new one. The colors are all bluish.

I'm running this on a windows 2000 system inside a virtual vmware machine, but I don't think this is an issue, since pre v1.0.0 versions work just fine.

The files I am playing are all mpeg2 files. Haven't tried anything else since this is such a complete showstopper.

I tried searching for a related post before posting but surprisingly I didn't find anything. Apologies if I missed someone.

[rocket888]

Ok, I see, I need to set it up using openGL mode, for the colors to be correct.

If I revert back to 0.8.6, my prior version, this was/is not necessary. in particular, I can use direct3d or direct-x mode with the older version.

I also see that v 1.0.0-rc3, which I just tried, seems much more choppy in openGL mode than before.

Again, I'm still trying this out inside a vmware virtual machine and I don't know what video hardware it simulates nor how it deals with my multiple monitors with multiple video cards.

[The DJ]

Sounds like you should try updating your DirectX installation and video drivers.

[MichaelMc]

Sounds like you should try updating your DirectX installation and video drivers.

From experience what he is describing fits in with the blue and red colour components being swapped around. I see this also in the git master (1.1.0) when compiled with cygwin.

[liquidcool]

I am also having the same problem.

I am using 1.0.0-rc4.

If I stream without Activate Transcoding it streams (via HTTP) without a problem and comes through as the correct colour (only problem it uses 5% of the network adapter per connected user). If I activate transcoding the stream ends up at the client all tainted in blue.

Is there anybody who has sorted this out ?

[liquidcool]

This is problem is really frustrating. Has no-one been able to get this working ?

I really would like to get this fixed and reduce the load on my streaming servers.

[The DJ]

We have no real windows developers atm, so I don't think this is being worked on.

Please file a bugreport at http://trac.videolan.org/vlc

[liquidcool]

What happens if I dont go onto irc. how can you validatemy account ?

[The DJ]

What happens if I dont go onto irc. how can you validatemy account ?

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