ATI Video problems

Stoli · 04-18-07, 03:29 PM

ATI PCIe 1800 GTO 256MB card.
WindowsXP Pro SP2

The startup video is just a buch of 60's acid trip colors when I launch the game. I've downloaded the latest Catalyst drivers from ATi - still same results. The actual game plays fine, it would just be nice to see the intro.

Anyone seen this before?

thefretmaster · 04-18-07, 04:49 PM

i have heard of this problem but not experianced it myself. does it happen ingame or just on the intro? have a look around im sure i only saw a report of this a few days ago

Blacklight · 04-18-07, 05:14 PM

I get this from time to time as well. It's not the game. It's something to do with Windows Media Player or Windows XP itself. I get it in Windows Media player, my Roxio DVD player software and occasionally any game that has an intro movie. Nothing I do aside from a reboot remedies it and I have no idea what's causing it.
It still happens to me but less frequently now than it did. I have a GForce FX card so I don't think it's your card.

Firebird · 04-18-07, 05:20 PM

Yeah, has to do with the windows media codecs. Try downloading and re-installing them

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Stoli · 04-18-07, 07:20 PM

TY!!

bert8for3 · 04-18-07, 09:16 PM

I had that a while back on a 9550 card. I don't know about the Codecs thing and don't recall doing anything with that. I do know that I thought, for what it's worth, that it was mainly a memory problem. I started dumping active processes in Task Manager before starting the game and didn't have any more problems after that. Whether or not that actually was the fix, I can't say. I've since been using FSautostart to automate dumping services and processes before starting the game. Works nicely

Marko_Ramius · 04-19-07, 05:34 AM

I had this too ( ATI X1900XT )

I can confirm this is a media player codec issue and ATI WMV acceleration. Patchwork videos .. but not all ..

I first found a workaround with "ATI tray tools" :

In "tweaks" section / standart tweaks / System tab : Uncheck "WMV acceleration". This will correct the issue.

When i installed the game " X3 Reunion" and patch it, i saw that the pach installed a codec (?) named : " Windows Media format runtime", visible in the "add/remove programm list.

Since this game install, i can reactivate the WMV acceleration in "ATI tray tools" without suffering the patchwork videos.

So, you should make a search on this codec or whatever it is.

First time i saw this kind of crazy videos rendering, i thought that my card was Kaput

and i couldn't find an answer

. This was by great luck that i found those workaround above ...

Hope this help.

Link gave by Firebird should work.

04-18-07, 03:29 PM	#1
Stoli A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ATI Video problems ATI PCIe 1800 GTO 256MB card. WindowsXP Pro SP2 The startup video is just a buch of 60's acid trip colors when I launch the game. I've downloaded the latest Catalyst drivers from ATi - still same results. The actual game plays fine, it would just be nice to see the intro. Anyone seen this before? Last edited by Stoli; 04-18-07 at 03:40 PM.

04-18-07, 04:49 PM	#2
thefretmaster Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: filton england Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i have heard of this problem but not experianced it myself. does it happen ingame or just on the intro? have a look around im sure i only saw a report of this a few days ago __________________ Check out my band www.myspace.com/retrostate

04-18-07, 05:14 PM	#3
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I get this from time to time as well. It's not the game. It's something to do with Windows Media Player or Windows XP itself. I get it in Windows Media player, my Roxio DVD player software and occasionally any game that has an intro movie. Nothing I do aside from a reboot remedies it and I have no idea what's causing it. It still happens to me but less frequently now than it did. I have a GForce FX card so I don't think it's your card. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

04-18-07, 07:20 PM	#5
Stoli A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	codex was it. TY!!

04-18-07, 05:20 PM	#4
Firebird Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 111 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Yeah, has to do with the windows media codecs. Try downloading and re-installing them .

04-18-07, 09:16 PM	#6
bert8for3 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	I had that a while back on a 9550 card. I don't know about the Codecs thing and don't recall doing anything with that. I do know that I thought, for what it's worth, that it was mainly a memory problem. I started dumping active processes in Task Manager before starting the game and didn't have any more problems after that. Whether or not that actually was the fix, I can't say. I've since been using FSautostart to automate dumping services and processes before starting the game. Works nicely

04-19-07, 05:34 AM	#7
Marko_Ramius Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Near Paris Posts: 303 Downloads: 113 Uploads: 0	I had this too ( ATI X1900XT ) I can confirm this is a media player codec issue and ATI WMV acceleration. Patchwork videos .. but not all .. I first found a workaround with "ATI tray tools" : In "tweaks" section / standart tweaks / System tab : Uncheck "WMV acceleration". This will correct the issue. When i installed the game " X3 Reunion" and patch it, i saw that the pach installed a codec (?) named : " Windows Media format runtime", visible in the "add/remove programm list. Since this game install, i can reactivate the WMV acceleration in "ATI tray tools" without suffering the patchwork videos. So, you should make a search on this codec or whatever it is. First time i saw this kind of crazy videos rendering, i thought that my card was Kaput and i couldn't find an answer . This was by great luck that i found those workaround above ... Hope this help. Link gave by Firebird should work.