Corrupt Codec? Screenshot included!

[sunny112]

Hey all,
I've just tried playing one of the many video files on my computer, however there appears to be faint coloured lines appearing on the video. I was watching a movie 12 hours ago without any problems and this just happened now. No changes were made (i.e installing/removing software/hardware).
Any ideas as to what it could be?
I've attached a screenshot to better explain the problem!
Cheers!

[Baldrick]

Many of your video files but not all?
Tried played in another player like vlc or smplayer(they have built in codecs)?

It could be a video overlay graphics card issue. My video looked similar like that when my graphic card was overheated(the fan had died).

[sunny112]

i've checked...it appears on all of them! Also, i saw the lines appearing on some parts of windows (such as the start button and taskbar at the bottom).
I've tried both players also and the same thing still occurs. I did try in windows media player and it occurred as well but very little compared to other players.
How can i check to see if the graphics card is causing this?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[cd090580]

So the problem is your graphic card. Probably overheating. Does it occur when your computer is freshly started after a few hours of power off ???

Cause can be overheating or defecting memory chips on the card.

[sunny112]

i have had overheating issues with my comp before. Today it occured when freshly started, i will probably switch off to let it cool and start again in a couple of hours to see what happens.
Thanks for your help guys, will let you know of the outcome shortly!

[sunny112]

Its working now guys!
All I did was to shut the computer off (from the mains) for 2 hours and restart it, works fine. May just have been an intermittent fault.

Thanks again for the help Baldrick and cd090580!!

[lordsmurf]

"intermittent fault" = OVERHEATING!

[lordsmurf]

"intermittent fault" = OVERHEATING!