Guest Apollo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I own a Nvidia 5200fx card and I'm running it on Windows Media Center 2005. The problem I'm getting is that with the latest drivers the Media Center app doesn't even show up. All I get is a black screen. Now the video playback functions normally with the 81.85 drivers but Media Center doesn't show up. Now if I go back about 10 versions or download the Media Center specific drivers from the Nvidia website and use them Media Center will show up and I can navigate the menus but the video playback only shows green and I hear sound. This same effect happens if I run video in Media player using these drivers. And with the newest drivers everything works great but Media Center won't show up with menus. I have read lots of posts that this could be a video overlay problem but it doesn't seem to be the case. I have downloaded numerous drivers and just can't seem to get a solution to my problem. Has anyone else encountered this issue or may know how to fix this? TIA, ~*Apollo*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Only a few drivers come with the MCE extensions, latest one I think is 77.79. Not having ever tried XP MCE I'm not sure what happens when you install non MCE driver, if it removes the extensions. Give 77.79 a whirl, and see how you get on. You could try and grab the MCE part of this driver (in a seperate dir) and try installing this with a newer driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 The extensions really don't do anything and certainly not anything that would cripple your use of MCE. They are just html screens that are hotlinked to be able to be run within MCE and it gives you access to HUE and SATURATION and other stuff with the remote because now there's a menu for it in html. Other than that the video drivers and stuff are the same. I tried 77.79 and no use, MCE shows up but video is green with sound. I don't think this is a MCE specific error but I don't know how to go about getting around it. Part of the drivers from 81.85 make video work and part of the ones from 77.79 make MCE show up but I can't seem to get a working version of both... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 (edited) What about turning the VMR option on in the newer drivers? (video overlay menu in the control panal, also a setting in windows media player) Edit: If you already said you tried this, please slap me on the head with a large trout. :) :) Edited October 19, 2005 by Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Scurries around looking for a trout! :) I actually haven't tried this yet...I'll give it a shot! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 What is the VMR mode and how do I get to it? I can't find any setting in the NVidia Video overlay control panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 With my modded INF the setting should be video overlay. My later INFs enable this by default and my older ones just enable the ability to do so. This normally fixes video playback problems. If you not using my modded INF then you might not see the VMR option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 well I added the modded inf file and I must say that I'm impressed with all the extra control I have now!! Unfortunately, the VMR setting did not fix the problem. I went back to the 77.79 drivers and used the modded inf from that since those drivers I know work with MCE. But I still get green video...any other ideas? I really appreciate you help! Thanks! ~*Apollo*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Also enable VMR in the player if it has the ability to be enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 that didn't work either...and there is no setting in media center for VMR...but I get the green effect in Media Player too and I've played with all the hardware acceleration options in that and no progress :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Time to go back to the fundamentals: Go back to the original driver and make sure it still works. If not, you may be having a problem with your video output chip or connection -- especially if you can play video in Media Player on your laptop screen but not on the external screen. If Media Player fails with the original drivers, let us know that, too. Also, what kind of external screen are you using? And what kind of connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The old driver still works. (77.79) I'm running a second monitor output to a tv through s-video. I have a GeForce5200fx with s-video output and 128meg ram in the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Please attach that working inf. We'll take a look at it and see what's different. It may need a switch to contol the clock on the external video output chip. We should be able to duplicate whatever it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 It's the exact same modified inf file located here: Pieter's mobile INF modified for v77.77 for XP64bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Give the new 81.85 WHQL a try and see if it behaves the same way (and also the new 82.xx driver). I've read other messages from people having MCE problems with the 80 series drivers, so you may be stuck with the 7X series until the bugs get worked out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 yeah I tried the 81.85 driver...I'll give this 82 one a shot and see what happens. Kinda sucks that this won't work lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apollo Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Here's a screenshot of the latest 82 version drivers. This is after I try to navigate a menu in MCE. Before this the whole echo effect is gone and the screen is just black. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSudlow Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Well, as you've guessed by now, it's definitely not normal. Stick with the driver that works for now and hope this gets resolved in the future. I'm pretty much in the same boat with my machine. I try new drivers out of curiosity, but the last truly flawless driver for me was (and is) 67.66, so I keep going back to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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