Discolored Video

[snake2589]

When i play a video file, its discolored. Its the same when i stream with wmp online. I got the k-lite codec pack, but the picture is still dark and discolored. have now idea whats wrong.

[Richard_G]

I got the k-lite codec pack,

have no idea whats wrong.

You've answered your own question. Junk the pack and only install individual codecs as you need them.

[jagabo]

And check your video overlay settings.

[snake2589]

so what are the main basic codecs should i download, and how do you check the video overlay settings.

[jagabo]

Download codecs as you need them. When you run across a video that doesn't play examine it with AVICodec or GSpot. Those tools will tell you what codecs are used in that file.

Or you can use a player that has codecs built in, then you won't have to download any codecs. VLC or KMPlayer for example.

[snake2589]

So for one file, it said i needed xvid 1.1.2. I downloaded it, and also played in on vlc, but it was still dark and discolored. Is there way to enable the codec or something.

[jagabo]

You probably don't have a codec problem but a video overlay problem. Go to the advanced display properties dialog and look for overlay settings for brightness, contrast, etc.

[snake2589]

Thanks, just had to adjust the settings, thanks for the help.
Just need to fix one more problem, its that when i stream wmp on firefox it causes it to crash. I reinstalled both wmp and firefox, now i have wmp 11 and the plugins but it still crashes. If any1 has encountered this and fixed it would be helpful.

Just to throw that problem out there.

[Squash]

@snake2589,

Microsoft released a new WMP plugin for Firefox on April 13. Platforms are XP SP2 and Vista, 32 or 64 bit. See here for download:

http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

I don't remember offhand if I installed from the .exe at the top of the page or from the .xpi about half-way down.

I installed it about a week ago, then visited a streaming WMP site that had crashed my FF previously, and this time the page played with no problems. I was using FF 2.0.0.3 at the time (since updated to 2.0.0.4) on XP SP2 32-bit.