*FIX* for washed out video problems using new 77.72 drivers

Howdy:

Like many others, my video playback with the new Nvidia drivers that
shipped with Battlefield 2 got all washed out and blurry.

Nvidia doesn’t yet have any fix for this, but I found what was causing
the problem and a fix for it that should help a lot of you.

The problem in my case anyway was the video acceleration setting. I
had to set mine to about midway, where it says all directX
functionality is disabled. I had to get that for DVDs to play. You
can get there by rightclicking on your screen, going to properties,
and then going to settings, advanced, and then troubleshooting. I run
XP Pro.

Getting AVI and DIVX playback to function was a little different: If
you disable the overlay feature you can get normal playback and you
won’t have to reduce the acceleration features.

If anyone else has a better fix please let us know.

Arkaleus

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"Arkaleus" wrote in message
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Howdy:

Like many others, my video playback with the new Nvidia drivers that
shipped with Battlefield 2 got all washed out and blurry.

Nvidia doesn't yet have any fix for this, but I found what was causing
the problem and a fix for it that should help a lot of you.

The problem in my case anyway was the video acceleration setting. I
had to set mine to about midway, where it says all directX
functionality is disabled. I had to get that for DVDs to play. You
can get there by rightclicking on your screen, going to properties,
and then going to settings, advanced, and then troubleshooting. I run
XP Pro.

Getting AVI and DIVX playback to function was a little different: If
you disable the overlay feature you can get normal playback and you
won't have to reduce the acceleration features.

If anyone else has a better fix please let us know.

Arkaleus


Taken from an earlier post

Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out video playback.

To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a change, then
click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone. Even though
the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the Overlay
controls

It really is that simple.

"" wrote:
"Arkaleus" wrote in
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Howdy:

Like many others, my video playback with the new Nvidia
drivers that
shipped with Battlefield 2 got all washed out and blurry.

Nvidia doesn't yet have any fix for this, but I found what
was causing
the problem and a fix for it that should help a lot of you.

The problem in my case anyway was the video acceleration
setting. I
had to set mine to about midway, where it says all directX
functionality is disabled. I had to get that for DVDs to
play. You
can get there by rightclicking on your screen, going to
properties,
and then going to settings, advanced, and then
troubleshooting. I run
XP Pro.

Getting AVI and DIVX playback to function was a little
different: If
you disable the overlay feature you can get normal playback
and you
won't have to reduce the acceleration features.

If anyone else has a better fix please let us know.

Arkaleus


Taken from an earlier post

Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
video playback.

To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
change, then
click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
Even though
the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
Overlay
controls

It really is that simple.

Thank you! That did the trick. I searched everywhere for a fix but I
couldn’t figure out which phrase to use to find it. How exactly do
you standardize the problem description of "whacked out gamma?"
:roll:

Nvidia should be on something like this rather quickly and should at
least post this in the FAQ for the new driver.

Now I can watch all my DIVX movies again. Yahoo!

Arkaleus

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On 9 Jul 2005 03:35:41 -0400, Arkaleus
wrote:


I've been on NV cards since they first came out and
the drivers have been in chaos since the beginning.

The dance is always the same ......

They are always fked up it's only a question of how bad
for any given release ....... fix it .....breakit ....... fix it
....... break it ...... new card series ...... fix it .... break it
..... fix it break it ........ new card series ....... fix it ......
break it ..........

With the pricing on their cards you'd think they could afford to hire
people that know how to write consistently ood drivers for their
customers ...... obviously not to be



"" wrote:
"Arkaleus" wrote in
message
news:7_296334_c94f8685b99dbb4978b30be7afc64c6c@har dwareforumz.com...
Howdy:

Like many others, my video playback with the new Nvidia
drivers that
shipped with Battlefield 2 got all washed out and blurry.

Nvidia doesn't yet have any fix for this, but I found what
was causing
the problem and a fix for it that should help a lot of you.

The problem in my case anyway was the video acceleration
setting. I
had to set mine to about midway, where it says all directX
functionality is disabled. I had to get that for DVDs to
play. You
can get there by rightclicking on your screen, going to
properties,
and then going to settings, advanced, and then
troubleshooting. I run
XP Pro.

Getting AVI and DIVX playback to function was a little
different: If
you disable the overlay feature you can get normal playback
and you
won't have to reduce the acceleration features.

If anyone else has a better fix please let us know.

Arkaleus


Taken from an earlier post

Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
video playback.

To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
change, then
click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
Even though
the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
Overlay
controls

It really is that simple.

Thank you! That did the trick. I searched everywhere for a fix but I
couldn’t figure out which phrase to use to find it. How exactly do
you standardize the problem description of "whacked out gamma?"
:roll:

Nvidia should be on something like this rather quickly and should at
least post this in the FAQ for the new driver.

Now I can watch all my DIVX movies again. Yahoo!

Arkaleus

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:30:53 +1200, Tony
wrote:

What a Idiot you are why not blame yourself for the Idiot you are.,,.



It you that is the Problem..

Sppekee da Engleesh?

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** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 03:30:53 +1200, Tony
wrote:

You obviously haven't been around very long dip****


On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:56:56 GMT, wrote:

On 9 Jul 2005 03:35:41 -0400, Arkaleus
wrote:


I've been on NV cards since they first came out and
the drivers have been in chaos since the beginning.

The dance is always the same ......

They are always fked up it's only a question of how bad
for any given release ....... fix it .....breakit ....... fix it
...... break it ...... new card series ...... fix it .... break it
.... fix it break it ........ new card series ....... fix it ......
break it ..........

With the pricing on their cards you'd think they could afford to hire
people that know how to write consistently ood drivers for their
customers ...... obviously not to be



What a Idiot you are why not blame yourself for the Idiot you are.,,.



It you that is the Problem..






"" wrote:
"Arkaleus" wrote in
message
news:7_296334_c94f8685b99dbb4978b30be7afc64c6c@har dwareforumz.com...
Howdy:

Like many others, my video playback with the new Nvidia
drivers that
shipped with Battlefield 2 got all washed out and blurry.

Nvidia doesn't yet have any fix for this, but I found what
was causing
the problem and a fix for it that should help a lot of you.

The problem in my case anyway was the video acceleration
setting. I
had to set mine to about midway, where it says all directX
functionality is disabled. I had to get that for DVDs to
play. You
can get there by rightclicking on your screen, going to
properties,
and then going to settings, advanced, and then
troubleshooting. I run
XP Pro.

Getting AVI and DIVX playback to function was a little
different: If
you disable the overlay feature you can get normal playback
and you
won't have to reduce the acceleration features.

If anyone else has a better fix please let us know.

Arkaleus


Taken from an earlier post

Bug #2 - Color correction default profile causes whited out
video playback.

To fix, select All instead of Desktop or Overlay and make a
change, then
click Restore Defaults. The whacked out gamma is gone.
Even though
the overlay was only affected, the problem is not in the
Overlay
controls

It really is that simple.

Thank you! That did the trick. I searched everywhere for a fix but I
couldn’t figure out which phrase to use to find it. How exactly do
you standardize the problem description of "whacked out gamma?"
:roll:

Nvidia should be on something like this rather quickly and should at
least post this in the FAQ for the new driver.

Now I can watch all my DIVX movies again. Yahoo!

Arkaleus

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:56:56 GMT, wrote:

On 9 Jul 2005 03:35:41 -0400, Arkaleus
wrote:


I've been on NV cards since they first came out and
the drivers have been in chaos since the beginning.

The dance is always the same ......

They are always fked up it's only a question of how bad
for any given release ....... fix it .....breakit ....... fix it
...... break it ...... new card series ...... fix it .... break it
.... fix it break it ........ new card series ....... fix it ......
break it ..........

With the pricing on their cards you'd think they could afford to hire
people that know how to write consistently ood drivers for their
customers ...... obviously not to be


Well, you have a solution, buy ATi next time, then you can complain
about their drivers on the Ati newsgroup and not waste bandwidth
here.

Don't forget the old adage about frying-pans and fires.

John Lewis
- Technology early-birds are flying guinea-pigs.

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:20:21 GMT, (John Lewis)
wrote:

Well, you have a solution, buy ATi next time, then you can complain
about their drivers on the Ati newsgroup and not waste bandwidth
here.

Don't forget the old adage about frying-pans and fires.

At least when I had an ATi card, I didn't have to turn off
anti-aliassing in the drivers to use Java apps.

I run with max AA in the drivers for my 6600 GT, and it's a PITA to
set it to 'off' from time to time.

Definitely ATi next time.

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Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.

"John Lewis" wrote

Well, you have a solution, buy ATi next time, then you can complain
about their drivers on the Ati newsgroup and not waste bandwidth
here.

Stop being a fanboy!

nvidia isn't perfect, by any means.

Of course we love it.


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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:20:21 GMT, (John Lewis)
wrote:

Well, you have a solution, buy ATi next time, then you can complain
about their drivers on the Ati newsgroup and not waste bandwidth
here.

Don't forget the old adage about frying-pans and fires.

At least when I had an ATi card, I didn't have to turn off
anti-aliassing in the drivers to use Java apps.


I haven't come across a problem with java aps,

I run with max AA in the drivers for my 6600 GT, and it's a PITA to
set it to 'off' from time to time.


6800GT here, maybe thats the difference?

--
Les