Green screen problems when playing HD DVDs

I have an HP Presario DV9000 laptop with an HD DVD player. my graphics
card is an 8600M GS

I have been attempting to play the Planed Earth HD DVD set for about a
month. Unfortunately, I was advised to install codec packs when the
first time I tried all i got was a green screen. That was from tech
support.

I have had HD DVDs work in vista and media center before, as well as HP
Quick Play. Now all I get is this infuriating green screen. I will get
parts of the menu to pop up, and the sound is fine, but the video is
perpetually gone.

Can anyone please let me know what I need to do to fix this problem? I
thought it was a problem with the VC1, WMV, or possibly MPEG 2 codecs,
but at this point, I have no clue. I would just like to get everything
back to "stock" on my laptop. I have upgraded all of my drivers through
Nvidea and HP.


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What tech support told you to install what codec pack? That seems like
hideous advice that would have me distrust them.

Just use the old PowerDVD 7 or some other dedicated HD-DVD player.

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"rob583" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have an HP Presario DV9000 laptop with an HD DVD player. my graphics
> card is an 8600M GS
>
> I have been attempting to play the Planed Earth HD DVD set for about a
> month. Unfortunately, I was advised to install codec packs when the
> first time I tried all i got was a green screen. That was from tech
> support.
>
> I have had HD DVDs work in vista and media center before, as well as HP
> Quick Play. Now all I get is this infuriating green screen. I will get
> parts of the menu to pop up, and the sound is fine, but the video is
> perpetually gone.
>
> Can anyone please let me know what I need to do to fix this problem? I
> thought it was a problem with the VC1, WMV, or possibly MPEG 2 codecs,
> but at this point, I have no clue. I would just like to get everything
> back to "stock" on my laptop. I have upgraded all of my drivers through
> Nvidea and HP.
>
>
> --
> rob583

rob583 wrote:
> I have an HP Presario DV9000 laptop with an HD DVD player. my graphics
> card is an 8600M GS
>
> I have been attempting to play the Planed Earth HD DVD set for about a
> month. Unfortunately, I was advised to install codec packs when the
> first time I tried all i got was a green screen. That was from tech
> support.
>
> I have had HD DVDs work in vista and media center before, as well as
> HP Quick Play. Now all I get is this infuriating green screen. I will
> get parts of the menu to pop up, and the sound is fine, but the video
> is perpetually gone.
>
> Can anyone please let me know what I need to do to fix this problem? I
> thought it was a problem with the VC1, WMV, or possibly MPEG 2 codecs,
> but at this point, I have no clue. I would just like to get everything
> back to "stock" on my laptop. I have upgraded all of my drivers
> through Nvidea and HP.
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Maybe the free VLC Media
Player would be worth a try:

VLC Media Player
http://www.videolan.org/

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I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

I'm still having difficulty with this. Does anyone have a fix?


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rob583