Videos show green screen

usasma · Dec 18, 2012

My system persisted in showing a green screen whenever I tried to play most videos.
I tried all the tricks on the web.

Interestingly, I didn't have a way to "disable hardware acceleration" when I right clicked on the videos

So, while trying to uninstall/reinstall my video drivers I figured that I'd check the videos again.
Once the ATI drivers were removed (uninstalled), the "disable hardware acceleration" thing came back.

I unchecked it and my videos are working again!!!
I hope that this tip will help others that are experiencing the same problem.

AceInfinity · Dec 19, 2012

This had happened not when viewing videos, but after compiling with the Windows Media Video editor or whatever it was called in Windows 7 a while back for me. :)

Digerati · Dec 19, 2012

That is a bit odd. Did the videos display correctly for awhile, then suddenly started messing up?

usasma · Dec 19, 2012

They worked fine since June (when I installed Win8 x64 Release Preview)
Stopped working about a month ago. I tried fixing it then (to include reinstalling the video drivers) and it didn't work
As I'm planning on a clean install of Win8 RTM, I didn't bother with it much.

Then when fooling around with it yesterday I managed to find the hardware acceleration thing in Flash (in between video driver installs)

FYI - I have a Radeon HD 4800 series video card - and ATI is being stubborn about making Win8 drivers for it. They have a "legacy" driver and that's really all. I'm shopping for a new video card tomorrow and will definitely go back to nVidia at that time.

Digerati · Dec 19, 2012

I'm shopping for a new video card tomorrow and will definitely go back to nVidia at that time.

Check out Toms Hardware - Best Graphics Card for the Money, December 2012.

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Videos show green screen

usasma

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usasma

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Videos show green screen

usasma

Retired Admin

AceInfinity

Emeritus, Contributor

Digerati

ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.)

usasma

Retired Admin

Digerati

ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.)

Moderator
Hardware Expert
Microsoft MVP (Ret.)

Moderator
Hardware Expert
Microsoft MVP (Ret.)