Auto-tint or something?

[afb1302]

So here's my weird problem, lets see if you guys can help me out. Let me start by saying that I work in IT most recently as the desktop admin, so I know my basics at least.

So what happens is that when I open an mp4 movie, the screen does some tint adjustment on its own. This is in all players, not just VLC. And affects the entire screen, not just the movie. Sometimes the tint will start screwing up the movie so that yellows are displayed as blue,white,purpleish...

To fix it I had been uninstalling the graphics card driver (Geforce 970). Then restarting and making windows update the driver instead of nvidia. That would work for a month or so but then it would always come back, screwed up yellow. I was assuming that the driver had gotten updated, maybe by my son. So I didn't mind having to do the driver re-install.

Lately the driver reinstall is working less and less however, the fix isn't lasting as long etc..

I was messing with it last night and found that if I went into devmgr and disabled the 970 graphics card that the problem is fixed however there is a very low fps on the movie, and obviously that's not a final solution anyways..

But that tells me alot. also it appears to be only affecting mp4 playback...

I'm going into the nvidia control panel and I'm searching the net but I have found nothing about an auto-tint feature on Windows 8.1 or really any reference to that problem at all.

I've got to run, but does anyone have any suggestions? So what am I missing?

Also to confuse me further, this same problem occurred when I was running a geforce 740. So somehow it's followed me even after the card upgrade.

[newpball]

You would have to provide more information:

- OS version and bitdepth.
- NVIDIA control panel settings (give us an image please)

Use the NVIDIA driver and install GeForce Experience to keep your system up to date do not use windows update.

Do you use color management?

A screenshot of the problem will help as well.

[afb1302]

ok. Thanks for the response.

I'm running 8.1 Pro 64-bit
I can't actually get a screenshot of it because when I re-enable the graphics card the screenshot changes as well.

I put the latest and greatest from NVIDIA and it's ok for now. That usually only last a week or two. I'll keep this thread open and get back in a few weeks or if it changes.

[newpball]

I can't actually get a screenshot of it because when I re-enable the graphics card the screenshot changes as well.

What do you mean by re-enable the graphics card? Are you doing something funky?

Alt PrintScreen is all you need!

[Cornucopia]

Sounds to me like you have a bad connection in your monitor - or in your graphics card - and one (or more) of the color channels is flaking out (intermittently?). Have had similar things happen many times. If it is that, it has nothing to do with the drivers

Scott

[afb1302]

I said in my post the only way to get rid of it is to disable the graphics card. Well it lasted all of a few hours. I have purple yellowish tint again. If it were a bad connection on the motherboard why would it follow me when I upgraded graphics cards. Plus, why does it happen only when I open mp4's?

What screenshots do you want to see? I was saying the the problem goes away with the graphics card disabled. So if I take a screenshot of it, it will only go back to normal in the screenshot once I enable the graphics card. It's not the images fault, its the OS/GPU.. gotta be.

[afb1302]

So it acts like its a problem with VLC ie... when I open a movie file, the whole screen gets screwed up.

[newpball]

What screenshots do you want to see? I was saying the the problem goes away with the graphics card disabled. So if I take a screenshot of it, it will only go back to normal in the screenshot once I enable the graphics card. It's not the images fault, its the OS/GPU.. gotta be.

You keep going on about enabling/disabling a card.

I suggest you do not mess with that, just enable it, play a video with some recognizable things and then make a screenshot.

If you provide a screenshot we can determine what it might be, e.g. a color channel issue, a color inversion, bleeding, levels etc.

[newpball]

So it acts like its a problem with VLC ie... when I open a movie file, the whole screen gets screwed up.

Show it with a screenshot!

[afb1302]

Dude. I've said 4 times. The screenshot CHANGES.... You can't take a screenshot of a display problem..

[newpball]

Dude. I've said 4 times. The screenshot CHANGES.... You can't take a screenshot of a display problem..

A screenshot does not change anything.

I am beginning to question your actual knowledge of computers and unfortunately your explicit declaration of "I work in IT most recently as the desktop admin, so I know my basics at least." does confirm it more than exclude it. Neither does your vague "disable video" card comments.

If you say this only happens with MP4 files the problem is not your card output circuitry, neither your connection and neither your monitor.

Thus it must be a rendering issue and thus it can be viewed with a screenshot!

If you want help you need provide screenshots that show the problem.

[afb1302]

I guess clever insults hiding behind an IP wont get you banned as fast as reacting to it will? Or is that the plan?

[Cornucopia]

Since you are a pro at IT and desktop admin/support, you should already know, and I shouldn't need to tell you (but I am!), that to fix this thoroughly you need to individually check each link in the chain (isolate), and verify that that section (alone or in concert) is the culprit (repeatability). Use known goods to compare against.

Does your file(s) consistently work OK on other computers? If so, it's NOT the files.
Try different drivers (and lock them in so they cannot be changed), different MOBOs, different OSes, different monitors, different cabling, different apps...
Maybe you have a weirdo virus. Maybe somebody is gaslighting you.

All your arguments aside, what you've said so far still doesn't make me believe it ISN'T what I said.

Scott