Vista - Vista, ffdshow and WinDVD 8

I've been running a trial version of WinDVD 8, which is marketed as
Vista compatible. And in fact, it was working perfectly until....

I installed ffdshow. Now the picture and sound are jittery and not
synced and the app seems unstable. I wonder if any of the 9,823 codes
ffdshow installs could be the culprit?

I installed it based on another post I'd read that implied I needed it
for codecs I was missing (like DivX and some .wav files).

Curiously,
--
Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

Uninstall it the problem program. Reinstall WinDVD.

I use Nvidia PureVideo Decoder. It's not free.
There is a trial version.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html

For other codecs I may need I use K-lite Basic or
K-lite Standard. You really don't need the full version.
During setup you can do a custom install and pick what
you want, uncheck ffdshow if it is checked.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...c/1094057842/1
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...d/1094057842/2

-Michael

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
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> I've been running a trial version of WinDVD 8, which is marketed as Vista compatible. And in
> fact, it was working perfectly until....
>
> I installed ffdshow. Now the picture and sound are jittery and not synced and the app seems
> unstable. I wonder if any of the 9,823 codes ffdshow installs could be the culprit?
>
> I installed it based on another post I'd read that implied I needed it for codecs I was
> missing (like DivX and some .wav files).
>
> Curiously,
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

I have WinDVD version 4.5? When I start it up, it turns off aero glass.
Does Version 8 do that?

"Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
news:bQfth.190556$gL3.96750@fe12.news.easynews.com...
> I've been running a trial version of WinDVD 8, which is marketed as Vista
> compatible. And in fact, it was working perfectly until....
>
> I installed ffdshow. Now the picture and sound are jittery and not synced
> and the app seems unstable. I wonder if any of the 9,823 codes ffdshow
> installs could be the culprit?
>
> I installed it based on another post I'd read that implied I needed it for
> codecs I was missing (like DivX and some .wav files).
>
> Curiously,
> --
> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?