Hi all,

I've recently wiped my PC but now I am having some trouble with videos on it - they are all too dark. These are MPG, AVI and a few other video types. The codecs I have installed are the latest version of the K-Lite Mega Codec pack (so ffdshow). I've tried uninstalling & reinstalling but it seems that the standard Windows codec is also a bit naff.

I can adjust the picture levels via ffdshow but I would never get it right. I just want the videos to work straight away. Does anyone have any clevers tips on getting this sorted?

Don't you just hate it when you are doing a Google search for your problem and end up at one of your own posts in the top 5 search results :P

Hi,

Igot the same problem with my GForce GT 6600.

Solution was to install the right driver from the NVIDIA Homepage.

Previously I installed the US Version (about 40MB)of the driver, because I installed Win XP and all other applications in english.

After installing the international driver ( about 60MB), the videos worked fine.

Greetings
Thilo

Hi,

Another solution to this problem:

http://forums.thatcomputerguy.us/index.php?showtopic=14226

Thilo

Hi,

Igot the same problem with my GForce GT 6600.

Solution was to install the right driver from the NVIDIA Homepage.

Previously I installed the US Version (about 40MB)of the driver, because I installed Win XP and all other applications in english.

After installing the international driver ( about 60MB), the videos worked fine.

Greetings
Thilo

Hi,

another solution to this problem:

Videos Play Too Dark - That Computer Guy's Help Forum (http://forums.thatcomputerguy.us/index.php?showtopic=14226)

Thilo


Well man, in that link they explained to me everything I needed I wasn't looking right at the overlay color settings, so thanks Thilo, and thanks to that guy that realized something pretty easy was making his life pretty hard.
Greetings from mexico
Zerez