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    Videos sometimes work, but audio always works?!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jedis, Aug 7, 2010.

  1. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    I've never had this problem before.

    VLC Player and Windows Media Player can open a video file, and the bar moves like it is playing, and I can hear audio. However, video never shows up!

    I have the codecs needed. If I reboot the computer, the video will work properly for awhile, but eventually, videos will stop playing back. I don't know if it's something with Hibernate or not.

    Very frustrating! Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks!
     
    Jedis, Aug 7, 2010
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    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Maybe the video file is corrupted ? Is it the same for other video files ? Try updating the graphic driver.
     
    chewyeong90, Aug 8, 2010
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  3. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    It's not the video files -- no videos at all will show the video, just the audio. Codecs are installed. Reboot is the only thing that will fix it.

    I'm using the latest ATI drivers.
     
    Jedis, Aug 8, 2010
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    daredevil anand Notebook Geek

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    daredevil anand, Aug 9, 2010
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