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    SZ680 video playback problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by sy0296, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. sy0296

    sy0296 Notebook Guru

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    this washed out, black and white image is what all my videos look like played through any video player (WMP, Real, QT, etc).

    i've re-installed the players, the codec, did the updates for the players, etc. but i can't get the video playback to work properly. This happened a few weeks back randomly.

    On a recent airplane ride I noticed that video playback works normally when I'm in stamina mode. this turns off the video card and uses the integrated graphics right? does that mean my video card is no good? i've uninstalled and reinstalled the video card driver already as well.

    please help.
     
    sy0296, Mar 11, 2008
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    sy0296 Notebook Guru

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    also, video playback is also the same when played back through IE
     
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    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    what format is the video in? have you tried K-Lite Mega pack? latest drivers (lv2g)?
     
    hehe299792458, Mar 12, 2008
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    sy0296 Notebook Guru

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    any format. mpg, mwv, rm, vid, etc

    i'll try the new codec
     
    sy0296, Mar 12, 2008
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    Sounds like graphic driver video settings are bad, decoding software won't matter.
    On my laptop:
    NVIDIA control panel->Video & Television->Adjust video color settings: brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, gamma etc.
     
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    thanks for the suggestion. i tried to play around with the settings and it appears to be getting better. for some reason everything was set to 0%

    can anyone post the settings to their default setting?
     
    sy0296, Mar 12, 2008
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