VLC 2.0.0 shows no video-output on Windows XP

[pictor]

I had VLC 1.1.13 installed on an recent patched XP notebook, which was able to play all my videos.
After I upgrade to Version 2.0.0 I see instead the pictures of the video only a noisy static black and white pattern, which is not changing during playback of the video.
The audio-stream of the video however is working just as before.
That seems to happen to all kind of media as I tried different movies with the following Codecs (as per Codec-Information from VLC)
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Windows Media Video 9 WMV3
Resoltion 688x384
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H264-MPEG-4 AVC (part10)(avc1)
Resolution 960x544 and 720x404
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A DVD with
Stream 1 MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
720x576


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I reinstalled 2.0.0 now three times, rebooted the notebook between deinstallation an new installation, however no change in the behavior.

All the movies could be played without any problem with all previos VLC versions, last 1.1.13


Any ideas?


Regards

pictor

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Buggy drivers. Change video output module.

[pictor]

Hello,

thanks for this tip!
Changing Output either to DirectX (DirectDraw) oder Windows GDI works both.
Setting it to Direct2D shows the same problem as the "Standard"-setting.

Which setting ist the best performance-wise ? Are there recommendations?

Pictor

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

try Direct3d, OpenGL, DirectDraw and GDI (in order)

[VLC_help]

Direct2D doesn't work with XP (I should ticket this during weekend).

[tarachand_s]

I have downloaded new version of vlc player after deleting old version. Now vlc player is not running . ihave widows xp system. What should i do so that vlc player may run properly.

[VLC_help]

Reset VLC settings by removing %appdata%\vlc folder.

[mysoul]

Reset VLC settings by removing %appdata%\vlc folder.

How ıs the above done please?

Thank you.

[flurospar]

Reset VLC settings by removing %appdata%\vlc folder.

How ıs the above done please?

Press Winkey + R. In the dialog box that appears, type "%comspec%" (without the quotes). A command prompt window opens. In the window type the following:

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del /Q /S "%appdata%\vlc"

This will delete the folder and restore your default settings. Then set the video output device as DirectX and run VLC.

[mysoul]

Thanks a lot flurospar

much appreciated.

[rpremuz]

After I upgrade to Version 2.0.0 I see instead the pictures of the video only a noisy static black and white pattern, which is not changing during playback of the video.
The audio-stream of the video however is working just as before.

I also have this issue on a PC with ATI Radeon 7000 card and MS Windows XP Pro. SP3 (ATI driver 8.252.0.0).
As suggested, it can be fixed if user changes the video output mode in VLC:
Tools → Preferences → Video → Display → Output → OpenGL
This actually sets the following in the "%APPDATA%\vlc\vlcrc" file, section [main]:

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# Video output module (niz) vout=glwin32

-- rpr.