video codecs...

[krnjason]

b4 i had reformatted my comp, avi's mpegs dvds played fine with no problems what so ever, but after i reformatted, and installed ALL the codecs i had before, i get this wierd orangish tinge on all video/avi/mpeg..etc files i have, the only files that work are the quicktime files...
is there any megapackage of codecs that could help my situation?

thanks in advance

[kschang]

You did not adjust the overlay color settings.

[krnjason]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH lol it was the overlay hahha

[redwudz]

And I wouldn't even consider installing a 'megapackage of codecs' or most any other type of codec pack in any circumstances as they usually 'install' about as many problems as codecs. When you do have codec problems, use a program like Gspot to identify the needed codec, then install just it. Codec packs have a long history of damaging other installed codecs and even operating systems when used indiscriminately.

[mysts]

To kschang,

What color overlay are you referring to and which video player?

[kschang]

Explanation: some video cards allow a separate "layer" of data to be displayed, rather than mixing up everything in the "main" display. This is done often to speed up display of the "main" display. Video is usually played on this "overlay" layer, with most players, as this lets the video card do most of the work, rather than the CPU. However, this also means that this layer has its own set of video color controls.

Usually this is a hardware function, not specific to a software player, but some software player can let you adjust the hardware settings from within the software.