Overlay mode problem

[hitman33430]

I've had this problem for ages. Tried everything and looked everywhere with no luck. I use media player classic with ffdshow for playback. Whenever I try "overlay mixer" mode; the player freezes up when I try to playback a file. but using vmr mode works fine.

There seems to be a problem with the overlay mixer on my system. If I try to use windows media player the video plays fine but in grayscale.

of course I tried uninstalling the drivers, booting in safemode and cleaning the system up with driver cleaner pro, then installing the drivers again, but with no luck. I also tried several different drivers, also with no luck.

I think it's a directx problem, because when I tried to lower "hardware acceleration" to disable all directdraw and direct3d accelerations, the video worked fine in overlay mode.

I tried installing the latest directx (aug 2007) but the problem remains the same. I wonder if there's a way to uninstall and reinstall directx. Then again it might be just a simple setting in the registry to fix all this.

I'm running xp sp2 with a geforce 7600GS card.

I'd really appreciate your help on this one guys. Thanks.

 

[Tmagic650]

Are you running Media Player 11? Are you up to date using Windows Update with all the critical updates?

 

[hitman33430]

yes, and yes.

 

[Tmagic650]

Do you have Java and Flash installed?

 

[tipstir]

The default setting on Media Player Classic should be changed. I had to change it to match my system otherwise I can't use the overlay as it had cause jitter effect like strobbing. I had solved that using directx... and few other settings..

 

[hitman33430]

I can view videos fine using vmr mode in media player classic, but I want to use the overlay mode.

should I uninstall and reinstall directx? anyone tried that before?