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Thread ID: 11007 2001-08-26 00:42:00 Multimedia freezes computer Guest (0) Press F1
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17630 2001-08-26 00:42:00 Have recently reformated and reinstalled everything, and everything works, except whenever I try to play any kind of video, .avi, .mov .mpg or even the videos at the start of a game the system just freezes. Any idea what could be wrong, and how it can be fixed? Guest (0)
17631 2001-08-26 03:08:00 You could try installing newer video card drivers, and/or DirectX 7 or 8. Guest (0)
17632 2001-08-26 04:53:00 I agree, may be video drivers, or DirectX

In MediaPlayer--View--Options--Playback--Video-Hardware Acceleration, drag the slider back to none.

See if that helps.
If it does , it may indicate to update to the latest drivers for your video card, which is a good move regardless.

Also try running Dxdiag.exe and Dxinfo.exe (part of directX)
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17633 2001-08-28 04:52:00 Ok, I have reinstalled the latest driver for the video card - nVidia TNT2 M64, and even if I download the option that specifies it is WHQL certified, dxdiag reports that the main file, nvdisp.drv is uncertified. If I disable DirectDraw, it works fine, but then if I test DirectDraw after disabling it, all the tests pass, so I enable it, and it instantly fails any DirectDraw tests and Im back to square one. Testing Direct3D just hangs the system completely whether it is enabled or not. While I can get everything working, Id like to know what the heck is up with this. Any ideas? Guest (0)
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