Hey.

I recently upgraded to Vista 32bit service pack 2. I held off because of a problem I was having with service pack 1 (as I am about to explain), but I thought service pack 2 may have fixed the problem. However, it hasn't.

When I try to play a DVD through Windows Media Center it is just all fuzzy and static. You can see the picture moving, but it's so fuzzy and pixelated that it's impossible to actually make anything out. When I play through Media Player, the picture is just black. The sound is working fine in both programs.

I downloaded a program called VLC media player, and that plays the DVDs just fine, so does this mean that it is a problem with codecs? I'm not too sure, hence why I'm asking here on how to fix the problem. Obviously I could just keep using this new VLC player, but I prefer using Media Center.

Thank you!



OS: Vista Home Premium 32bit
Graphics card: NVIDIA 7900
Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the Mega from here, and installed that. The 64bit wouldn't install because I have a 32bit system..? Sadly the DVD still doesn't play correctly.

SONY DVD+-RW AW-Q160S
is what the Device Manager program says.

The only drivers that seem to be coming up for my service tag are a driver and firmware relating to CA200 HH 13-1 Card Reader.

I installed this, but the problem is still persisting.

Originally Posted by ComicBookGuy

Hey.

I recently upgraded to Vista 32bit service pack 2. I held off because of a problem I was having with service pack 1 (as I am about to explain), but I thought service pack 2 may have fixed the problem. However, it hasn't.

When I try to play a DVD through Windows Media Center it is just all fuzzy and static. You can see the picture moving, but it's so fuzzy and pixelated that it's impossible to actually make anything out. When I play through Media Player, the picture is just black. The sound is working fine in both programs.

I downloaded a program called VLC media player, and that plays the DVDs just fine, so does this mean that it is a problem with codecs? I'm not too sure, hence why I'm asking here on how to fix the problem. Obviously I could just keep using this new VLC player, but I prefer using Media Center.

Thank you!

OS: Vista Home Premium 32bit
Graphics card: NVIDIA 7900
Resolution: 1680 x 1050

The day I got VLC player ....never use WMP any more ....

You know VLC plays music too ....

Have you tried this ...: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cd_dvd_drive_problems

Just run the scan ....see what it says ....