Hi.

When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?

Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif

I fixed the image so what you say is more apparent...
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1...reenyw3bn9.jpg

I have no answer.. but that girl on the screen is a babe :)






"Ronald" <Ronald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7EC9D4DB-05A2-4700-ADD4-9C8E7E53222A@microsoft.com...
> Hi.
>
> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
>
> Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif

Thanks. Too bad there's no one out there with an answer... :(

"kirk jim" wrote:

> I fixed the image so what you say is more apparent...
> http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1...reenyw3bn9.jpg
>
> I have no answer.. but that girl on the screen is a babe :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Ronald" <Ronald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7EC9D4DB-05A2-4700-ADD4-9C8E7E53222A@microsoft.com...
> > Hi.
> >
> > When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> > when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> > increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
> >
> > Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif
>
>
>

Hi.

I have the exact same problem as you do.

But I haven't found a solution for this yet, but it looks like it's the background from the navigration tool at bottom that covers the whole video border..

Tried to uninstall codec, disabled plug-ins, changed the video border color and so on.. Maybe this is a WMP11 bug..

So, if you find a solution please let me know :)

System:

Operating system: Windows Vista Business x86
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 1.80 GHz
Memory: 1024 MB
Graphics card: ATI Radeon X1650

I am seeing the same issue... I think it's a glitch. I played around with it
and discovered that if you turn captions ON, the grey bars turn black, but
then you have captions... if you turn them off again, the black turns grey
again. I think someone messed up big-time. I sometimes think MS doesn't
actually USE the software they design. I'll bet they all use Macs!

"Ronald" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
>
> Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif

That's a problem with overlays then, which indicates that your video card
driver is probably wonky. What video card do you have?

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"Drude" <Drude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C8FFEE2D-D6C8-4AF5-B036-D36BBC1FA2E3@microsoft.com...
>I am seeing the same issue... I think it's a glitch. I played around with
>it
> and discovered that if you turn captions ON, the grey bars turn black, but
> then you have captions... if you turn them off again, the black turns grey
> again. I think someone messed up big-time. I sometimes think MS doesn't
> actually USE the software they design. I'll bet they all use Macs!
>
> "Ronald" wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
>> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
>> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
>>
>> Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif

Hello,

exactly the same problem, in the normal window it is ok, until I turn on
"Full Screen". This does not appear with VLC or with Nero Showtime...

I have a ATI Radeon X850 with the newest ATI drivers (7.4) on Vista 32bit
Home Premium. I guess I will just cease using WMP until this issue is fixed.
I'm hoping the next ATI drivers will fix things up.

-Jukka

"Jhacer" <johan_harrens********.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Jhacer.2ovvj4@no-mx.tabletquestions.com...
>
> Hi.
>
> I have the exact same problem as you do.
>
> But I haven't found a solution for this yet, but it looks like it's the
> background from the navigration tool at bottom that covers the whole
> video border..
>
> Tried to uninstall codec, disabled plug-ins, changed the video border
> color and so on.. Maybe this is a WMP11 bug..
>
> So, if you find a solution please let me know :)
>
> System:
>
> Operating system: Windows Vista Business x86
> Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 1.80 GHz
> Memory: 1024 MB
> Graphics card: ATI Radeon X1650
>
>
> --
> Jhacer

I'm using ATI's x1950 Pro. Latest drivers from their site.. 7.4 catalyst
drivers.

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> That's a problem with overlays then, which indicates that your video card
> driver is probably wonky. What video card do you have?
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "Drude" <Drude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8FFEE2D-D6C8-4AF5-B036-D36BBC1FA2E3@microsoft.com...
> >I am seeing the same issue... I think it's a glitch. I played around with
> >it
> > and discovered that if you turn captions ON, the grey bars turn black, but
> > then you have captions... if you turn them off again, the black turns grey
> > again. I think someone messed up big-time. I sometimes think MS doesn't
> > actually USE the software they design. I'll bet they all use Macs!
> >
> > "Ronald" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> >> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> >> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
> >>
> >> Example: http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...lscreenyw3.gif
>
>
>

On May 22, 3:19 pm, Ronald <Ron...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I'm using ATI's x1950 Pro. Latest drivers from their site.. 7.4 catalyst
> drivers.
>
>
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > That's a problem with overlays then, which indicates that your video card
> > driver is probably wonky. What video card do you have?
>
> > --
> > Speaking for myself only.
> > Seehttp://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlfor some helpful WMP info.
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > --
>
> > "Drude" <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:C8FFEE2D-D6C8-4AF5-B036-D36BBC1FA2E3@microsoft.com...
> > >I am seeing the same issue... I think it's a glitch. I played around with
> > >it
> > > and discovered that if you turn captions ON, the grey bars turn black, but
> > > then you have captions... if you turn them off again, the black turns grey
> > > again. I think someone messed up big-time. I sometimes think MS doesn't
> > > actually USE the software they design. I'll bet they all use Macs!
>
> > > "Ronald" wrote:
>
> > >> Hi.
>
> > >> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> > >> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> > >> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
>
> > >> Example:http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...screenyw3.gif- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I know this is not a true solution however what i do is use FFDSHOW to
decode

and set it to resize the picture to a resolutions of 768x480 sometimes
the picture gets stretched a little but its never too bad and if it is
i will just open it in media player classic and disable resize in
ffdshow


I hope microsoft/video card drivers can fix this soon

On May 25, 8:28 pm, backw...******.com wrote:
> On May 22, 3:19 pm, Ronald <Ron...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I'm using ATI's x1950 Pro. Latest drivers from their site.. 7.4 catalyst
> > drivers.
>
> > "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > > That's a problem with overlays then, which indicates that your video card
> > > driver is probably wonky. What video card do you have?
>
> > > --
> > > Speaking for myself only.
> > > Seehttp://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlforsome helpful WMP info.
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> > > --
>
> > > "Drude" <D...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >news:C8FFEE2D-D6C8-4AF5-B036-D36BBC1FA2E3@microsoft.com...
> > > >I am seeing the same issue... I think it's a glitch. I played around with
> > > >it
> > > > and discovered that if you turn captions ON, thegrey barsturn black, but
> > > > then you have captions... if you turn them off again, the black turns grey
> > > > again. I think someone messed up big-time. I sometimes think MS doesn't
> > > > actually USE the software they design. I'll bet they all use Macs!
>
> > > > "Ronald" wrote:
>
> > > >> Hi.
>
> > > >> When I play a video with widescreen borders it's black in normal mode but
> > > >> when I go fullscreen it kind of gets bleeched. Seems like the brightness
> > > >> increases for the borders. I was wondering, how do I fix this?
>
> > > >> Example:http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5...enyw3.gif-Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I know this is not a true solution however what i do is use FFDSHOW to
> decode
>
> and set it to resize the picture to a resolutions of 768x480 sometimes
> the picture gets stretched a little but its never too bad and if it is
> i will just open it in media player classic and disable resize in
> ffdshow
>
> I hope microsoft/video card drivers can fix this soon- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

i just figured out how to fix it without screwin up the AR just set
resize in ffdshow to size of you display resolution eg 1440x900
1280x1024 1024x768 800x600
and then below that click to original aspect ratio

Hey. Just wanted to add that the new Ati catalyst drivers are properly
working and does not show a change in the border. Seems like Vista is
revealing a lot of exploiting in the coding so Ati and other folks better
start doing things right now. ;)