VLC Media Player Problem under Vista
[Update] I tried the latest version of VLC player (0.8.6d) and it played OK without modification. 12/27/2007
VLC is my favorite media player. It plays almost every media format and you can get it for every major platforms.
I tried VLC to play some AVI files on Vista RC2. It didn’t play them properly. I can hear sound but no video showing. I remember running into similar problems on XP. I had to reduce the color from 24 bit to 16 bit. I tried to do the same on Vista RC2, but it’s a no go. Still no video.
I then found this solution. It tells you to set the video rendering engine to OpenGL. I tried to use other settings and found that “DirectX video output” and “Windows GDI video output” also work. Here are the steps.
- Open VLC media player.
- Click on Settings and select Preferences… .
- Expand Video and click on Output modules. Note that DON’T expand Output modules, just click on it.
- Check Advanced options in the lower right corner.
- Set Video output module to either “DirectX“, “OpenGL” or “Windows GDI”
You’ll need to restart VLC media player after the change.
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on February 1st, 2007 at 1:52 pm
thanks a lot
massimo
on February 1st, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Windows GDI Seems to work the best
on February 2nd, 2007 at 2:07 am
GDI works the smoothest, i never would have thought of this… THANKS!
on February 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Thank you so much!!!
on February 2nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
hey man
thanx a lot
was cursing the whole world
you put and end to that
warmest wishes
on February 3rd, 2007 at 4:13 pm
GDI does not seem to work for me especially when watching a DVD ISO File, can’t click anywhere on the dvd menu.
on February 3rd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Wonderful! I had to use OpenGL because DirectX makes Aero switch to Basic, but OpenGL works great. THANKS!!!!
on February 4th, 2007 at 12:47 am
I was almost about to install XP back on my computer. just so i can have VLC. Thank you very much
on February 4th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Thank you very much, u solved my big problem!!
on February 4th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
thank you so very much!!!! i wanted to kill my computer because i had tried everything and it still wasn’t working. thanks
on February 5th, 2007 at 9:10 am
thanks man!
on February 6th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Finally VLC Works on vista!
on February 7th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
thanks a lot mate
cheers
on February 8th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Yea for the internet !!
{{{{ Hugs }}}} Jules
on February 9th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
hi thank alot its working cant belief it you very clever
on February 9th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
U r a saver.. i was pissed off at vista.. thank you.
on February 10th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
how come when i use windows gdi the quality is reduced a bit?
on February 11th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Your awesome. That saved me hours, and countless bottles of wine…
on February 12th, 2007 at 2:40 am
Some of my observations:
Windows GDI - Run the smoothest, but the worst quality. When in full screen mode I am unable to use keyboard commands.
Direct X - Changes to Vista Basic colors, but who cares. Better quality than GDI, but it just doesn’t seem perfect. Keyboard commands work in full screen mode however.
OpenGL - Not sure why, but on my comp it’s very laggy, enough to make everything unwatchable. Sounds like it works on other computers though.
on February 12th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Awesome!
on February 12th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
a big thanks to chad for helping me out
=)
on February 14th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
you know wot, your a star, thanks a lot mate
on February 17th, 2007 at 5:46 am
Thanks mate!!! I almost “drop-tested” my laptop…
on February 18th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
hero! this is awesome! w00t!
on February 20th, 2007 at 2:41 am
Works great… thanks so much!
on February 20th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Very well done man. I have used this player for a very long time and was disappointed to see it did not work under Vista until now. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. I can now rid of WMP! woot!
on February 20th, 2007 at 9:12 am
Thanks a lot!!!
on February 20th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
another thanks…worked wounderfully
on February 21st, 2007 at 8:19 pm
I had to use DirectX to get video to appear on my secondary monitor
on February 22nd, 2007 at 12:23 am
Thanks! Huge help.
on February 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 am
top man, thanks I have been trying to sort this for ever!!!!
on February 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Thanks a lot boss… i tried all the possible things. finally i got this link.. Thanks a lot.. it really works.
on February 24th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Didnt think it would be so simple.
on February 25th, 2007 at 4:57 am
wow thanks
on February 26th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Brilliant solution, cheers
on February 27th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Thanks for me too.
You da man!
on February 28th, 2007 at 8:07 am
hey up lads need sum help it does nt apper the gui windows thing tryed dircetx ad the other turned of the rgb colour iam now geytting a black sceen ad a fanit flicker of about 1 second wear i can see the movie thats being plkayed any help wood b very very great full other matters test divx pro gud installation missing the mepg 1 codec 4 sum reason vlc resolved the issue with nero7 4 vista sum theing that might b ov interest xp regisitry cleaner start up as admininsterater cleaned it up fat when u go 2 delete it ll hang 4 a while but bear with it simes 2 b working
on February 28th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
installed divx pro was haveing pro;bems with the mepg 1 codec they have a very fancy tool indeed 2 repair missing dlls ad so forth bascially all in coders r working very very pleased thought pass it on full divx in codeing on vista starting 2 feel like xp wed a new look nice 1 xxxxx
o yea 2 my last post prolbems with vlc 1 sewcond of picture than a black screen here sound done much of the above menthioned no gui wiondows mentions command promp with in the program little lost did gain picture 4 sum time lost it again doing head in gud little player a must have xxxxx
on February 28th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Thanks that fixed my problem. Good looking out! Windows GUI is the best. It lets you keep vista aero on.
on March 1st, 2007 at 7:57 pm
thanks a lot man…. u figured it out
on March 2nd, 2007 at 8:36 am
vlc no help got divx 6.0.0 installed weorking transcodeing can also use in media centre ad media player all thow reverts 2 basic mode further work 2 b done cant get this vlc thiong working sirpize sirprize most ov the cracks for xp r working just applyed differently got this running like a bomb lolololo as ive said xp wed a new faCE FEW BITS MISSING ID RATHER OF HAD FOR CLEANING UNISTALLS namely folders regisrty cleaning the lot haveing a vey gud day pushing this vista crap 2 its limits lololoolo
on March 2nd, 2007 at 8:39 am
forgot 2 mention this is a clean install not of the back ov xp is this cwear iam getting prolbems cud anybody throw a little light thanks brenie
on March 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Thank you!
I was thinking of waiting for a VLC Vista release but your solution has solved all problems.
With your help VLC has once again showed its versatility in the face of so many incompatibility issues with Vista!
on March 3rd, 2007 at 10:33 am
thank you… thank you… thank you… thank you…
on March 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Thanks a lot.
Don’t use OpenGL - it sucks. DirectX didn’t work for me.
Use Windows GDI.
on March 4th, 2007 at 5:46 am
thanks a lot bro, i was gonna take back this comp.lol
now to fix my windows media player…..
on March 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Works alsome,..!! Thanx
on March 5th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Mwah! Thankies. :o)
on March 6th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Cheers! Was having some audio sync problems playing xvids with media player and nero vision. Thought I’d give VLC a shot only to be disappointed by flashing colours instead of video. I changed the video output settings to DirectX and now it works perfectly and no sync problems.
Thanks again, your help was much appreciated!
on March 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
thanks for this tips it helps me
on March 6th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
U are the best thanks alottt
on March 6th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
This didnt work for me! I cannot see Windows GDI? Am I doing it wrong? I have vista premium
on March 7th, 2007 at 9:59 am
Heymaynard,
What version of VLC player you have? The latest one is 0.8.6a.
on March 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
ty man
on March 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Thankyou buddy
on March 8th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
ok i dont know how to follow those instruction, when you go to the output modules thingy, how does it work after? how do you select them?
on March 8th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
ok i have sortedit now
on March 8th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Thank you!
on March 9th, 2007 at 12:06 am
thanks, i ended up using OpenGL seems to work the best for me, Direct X disabled the areo (its dosent really make a difference, areo is turned back on after you finsh watching something anyway) Windows GDI worked but seem to be missing alot of colors,(tested using 1080p simpsons movie trailer)
on March 9th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Thanks Amida168, good work. Was already downloading that Softpedia package, in the meanwhile I did some research and I found out, it’s related to Alexa and has lots of malware included. I like that VLC player too and I’m glad it works now with Vista.
on March 10th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Thanks heaps
on March 10th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Thank you very much vlc is the best player I’ve found. thanks again for the fix
ashtin darksbain (Gregory)
on March 11th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
this helped for me, but cannot click any menu items with mouse (mouse click just toggles fullscreen)
however dvd menu can be navigated with arrow keys and enter.
also on fullscreen gdi keyboard commands dont work, and quality is slightly reduced with an occasional millisecond lag. havent fully tried the other options
on March 11th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Thanks alot! I was worried there was something wrong because I coudn’t play the files using VLC. You saved my day
on March 13th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Thank you! Now I don’t have to switch do XP to watch MPEG4 videos.
on March 14th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Just want to say thanks from sweden!
on March 14th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Thanks!!!!!
on March 15th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Thanks mate!
on March 15th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Thanks for the tip. Its working now!!!!
on March 16th, 2007 at 3:31 am
i dont quite understand it, but it worked.. thank you for sharing it..
on March 16th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Thanks a lot … It works perfect !!
on March 16th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
thank you so much !!!
You saved me !!
on March 16th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Kudos to you my friend!
on March 17th, 2007 at 10:48 am
that got it
on March 17th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
ty m8!
works with charm (:
on March 18th, 2007 at 2:32 am
thanks alot playin .bin .cue movies on vista ,working great as open gl
on March 18th, 2007 at 3:24 am
thank you very much
on March 18th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Thanks been looking for a solution to this for weeks.
on March 18th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Thank you I just installed Vista, going through all the esential apps VLC instals no problem but only sound play no video. A quick google and your solution pops up. Many thanks without it I would not have found the silly ascii art option.
on March 18th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Cheers, it works great!
on March 20th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Awesome, thank you very much!
on March 21st, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Thanks soooo much. I was starting to get pissed at Vista :p
on March 22nd, 2007 at 1:47 am
Thank you so much ^3^!!! I was going crazy! It kept doing this stupid thing where I could only see the video when the subtitles were active D: that’s no way to watch a movie
on March 22nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
tanx mate,
that was a big helper
on March 24th, 2007 at 2:01 am
Thanks a lot
on March 24th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Aw man. Quick search and this thread comes up.
Vista’s compatibility issues are getting annoying. Thanks for the quick tip. Now I can go back to using VLC again!
on March 25th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Awesome fix. Thanks.
on March 25th, 2007 at 5:18 am
HELP…when i go into the preferences to change the module output, i dont see directx, the only options i have are cube or transparant cube?!
on March 26th, 2007 at 2:18 am
thankss sssssssssssooooooooooooo much!!!
i thought i’d loose all my divx converted files
gdi works best for me too
on March 26th, 2007 at 8:04 am
thanks a lot dude it works
on March 26th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Mike,
You looked at the wrong place. The CORRENT setting is at Video -> Output modules. The setting you talked about is at Video -> Output modules -> OpenGL .
on March 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
THANK YOU SOO MUCH
on March 26th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
dude you rock, i guess the rest of us are just too lazy to spend hours looking into the preferances options. thanks again. man what a let down vista is eh? all the good programs dont work ie. powerstrip, daemon tools (well u have to update) and others too.
on March 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
Sorry but none of the above worked for me. Can ger Media Player classic to work fine under Viata (business) but not VLC media Player.
Anybody else have the same problem?
on March 27th, 2007 at 10:12 am
thank you so much! was stressing so much about this. your a genius ta
on March 28th, 2007 at 6:57 am
THANKS!!!!!!!!!
GDI works best.
on March 28th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I have vista for business on my new laptop from Dell. I have tried changing to OpenGl and DirectX. I don’t have the option for WindowGDI. When I expand Video - and Output modules, I can’t tell which is actually selected. When I move my curser to one of the 3 I press enter. Then Save but nothing seems to change. Also, my DVD has a menu that can be viewed but when I play the movie, all I get is sound.
on March 28th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Bill,
You forgot to check the “Advanced options” in the lower right corner. Also, don’t expand “Output modules”, just click on it. Take a closer look at the screenshot and you’ll know how to do it.
on March 28th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
^^^ that’s pretty impressive, don’t think i’ve ever seen a success rate like that before on a forum!
Here’s another one for the list: It fixed it for me! DirectX didn’t work, but others are fine
on March 29th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Damn you’re good. Thanks dude
on March 29th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Finally, the nightmare is over!! thanks a lot, i thought there was something wrong with the player or my laptop
on March 30th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Thanks! I must have reinstalled this thing 5 times…!
on March 31st, 2007 at 12:13 am
thanks a lot………u solved the problem………
on March 31st, 2007 at 5:26 am
thaks a lot
on March 31st, 2007 at 10:11 am
HELL YES!! thx so much man!
on April 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am
God bless u, you’re a genius.
thx a lot.
on April 1st, 2007 at 11:50 am
You’re the man. Thanks for saving me from kicking my pc in frustration. If there was a medal for this kind of thing, you should have it.
on April 1st, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Thank you so very much!
on April 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pm
thanks man!
u r gr8
on April 1st, 2007 at 11:43 pm
you’re the man!
on April 2nd, 2007 at 12:14 am
Awesome, works great now.
on April 2nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Thanks a lot. I was about to burn my bin file when I found your solution. Now my wife is happy.
on April 3rd, 2007 at 4:25 am
Thanks so much, vlc was not working at all until this. THANK YOU!!!!
on April 3rd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
thanks a lot man. I love vlc and wasn’t going to let it go.
on April 3rd, 2007 at 6:15 pm
hey, i was going crazy trying to get vlc to work again ony vista. truly, thanks a lot.
on April 4th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Thanks a lot amida, you made my weekend great…
on April 5th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Thank you i think i love you for that tip…
on April 5th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
dude… ive looking for this yearsssssssssssss
tnx alot!!!!!!!!!!!
on April 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Hi Mate,
your a champion, playing most types of video format in vista aswell as just getting basic audio music to play is an absolute mission on this OS..
thanks heaps for that.
on April 6th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Yes, use openGL. Don’t forget to press stop before changing to different settings, if you change them while playing something they won’t change.
on April 7th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Thanks to you I can now use the Gr8 VLC program on VISTA!
U R A Star!
Thanx!!
on April 7th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Thanks, I was having the same problem.
on April 7th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
this is not working for me. plz help.
on April 8th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Great…found that GDI had lines, OpenGL was a bit shaky.. but directX worked perfectly..thanks!
on April 8th, 2007 at 3:44 am
wow thanks! great stuff
on April 8th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Thanks… much appreciated!
on April 8th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
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on April 9th, 2007 at 4:32 am
ALLELUIA!!!!!!!!! PRAISE TO AMIDA!!! VLC BACK ON LINE!!!! found direct x works best. thx.
on April 9th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
it’s too slow!
on April 9th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Worked great for me on my new Vista laptop. Thank you very much. Now if I can get a good nvidia driver for vista that’s decent I’ll be happy with Vista
on April 12th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
super! works perfect! thanks man!
on April 13th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Thanks, but it did not work for me. I tried every setting that you suggested, but I still get no video. I hate Vista! I’ve had nothing but problems, since I got this new PC. If anyone has any advice, besides throwing the PC in the river, I will appreciate it.
on April 13th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Dan,
Did you remember to close VLC and open it again after you changed the setting? That’s one mistake I made.
on April 14th, 2007 at 4:06 am
both OpenGL” and “Windows GDI“ works for me, but “Windows GDI“ works flawless
on April 14th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Thanks for the advice, but I still can’t get it to work. Yes, I closed the player and restarted it. I’ve tried all different settings, and I still have no video. The only thing I can think of besides that the PC is junk, is that somehow I am not saving the changes correctly.
on April 14th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Thanks a lot! That input was amazing.
on April 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Love u!
I can now actually see my porn….not just hear the groaning!
on April 15th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Thank you
I thought I had to go back to XP also
on April 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Hated Vista, but not anymore. Microsoft should be really thankful to you for saving them.
on April 16th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
thnx so much. works great on DX
on April 16th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
you’re a genius! thanks heaps
on April 17th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Thanks I can watch videos again.
on April 18th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Ej, man! Thanks a lot… Saved a lot of time….
Wish u well….
on April 19th, 2007 at 3:30 am
Awesome job !! ..i wud hav gone mad without this soln..Kudos !!
on April 19th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I have vista prem. I dl the newest version of VLC. and i followed the steps above and it still won’t work. But there is one option that i don’t have on my vlc and that is the “windows gdi” any other ideas on how i can finally get my video working on vlc ????? thanks in advance for any/all help!!!
on April 19th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
thank u, thank u… u made my day
on April 19th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Raylene,
The instruction is for 0.8.6a, and I notice the latest is 0.8.6b. Try to download 0.8.6a and see if it works for you. I’ll try 0.8.6b later.
on April 20th, 2007 at 4:27 am
thanx a lot….you save my time
on April 20th, 2007 at 9:07 am
go on!!!! Im impressed with you!!!! cheers!!!!
on April 20th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Raylene,
I installed 0.8.6b and it’s the same as 0.8.6a. Please refer to the comment #98. I think you clicked on the wrong setting.
on April 20th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Thank you so much, I have been using other players like wmp, and it does not work for everything like vlc, and now I can actualy view what I am listening to in a video.. lol
on April 20th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Thanks
on April 20th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Thanks a million, I was expanding on the output modules!!! I read #98 and that cleared eveything up. Working perfect. Thanks so much to AMIDA168 for pointing out what i was doing wrong!!!! Thanks soooooooo much!!!
on April 21st, 2007 at 6:10 am
very helpful. thanks a million
on April 21st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Thanks so much for the added information. I was having the same problems as Rayelene. I was expanding the “Outputs” module and I could not get the player to work. It works great now. Anyone that is having problems, see #98, it will clear up your issues. Vista lives another day. LOL
on April 21st, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I’d also like to post my gratitude.
Cheers =)
on April 22nd, 2007 at 9:00 pm
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on April 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Thanx, been looking for a solution for a couple of days. Now making use of Windows CGDI.
on April 23rd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Me too. Got same probs and now is fine. I only use VLC to watch any kinda video
Arale Chan
on April 26th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Thanks man, solved my VLC problems just fine. It also made me able to fix Media Player Classic disabling Vistas Aero with almost the same approach
on April 26th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
[...] VLC Media Player Problem under Vista « Computer Bits: I tried VLC to play some AVI files on Vista RC2. It didn’t play them properly. I can hear sound but no video showing. I remember running into similar problems on XP. I had to reduce the color from 24 bit to 16 bit. I tried to do the same on Vista RC2, but it’s a no go. Still no video. [...]
on April 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Thanks dude! The life in front of my computer can start again…
God Bless you!
on April 27th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Hi, can anyone tell me how to use VLC to set a video as wallpaper, just like Vista’s Dreamscenes?
on April 28th, 2007 at 6:01 am
hey thanks a ton. I was just about to uninstall VLC media player when i hit upon your posting through google search. You r a genius
on April 28th, 2007 at 6:14 am
[...] I can finally play media, like a DVD or an .AVI file, in Vista. Not using Windows Media Player (that moans about the need to buy a decoder when I want to play a DVD!), but using vlc. Even vlc did not work at first, but that just needs a setting and it works. A bit of googling found the solution here [link]. [...]
on April 29th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
nice one peeps, direct x works best for me. When on windows gdi the pic seems to be fuzzy. Yes vista goes to basic but reverts to aero when vlc is stopped ;).
on April 30th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Thanks a ton buddy
Cheers
on May 1st, 2007 at 10:14 am
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on May 1st, 2007 at 10:35 am
The Dude,
Check out this post about how to enable Wallpaper mode in VLC player.
on May 1st, 2007 at 12:57 pm
It worked!
Thanks a lot.
on May 2nd, 2007 at 12:28 am
hi i really worried a lot before i see ur message. thx a lot ,,,
on May 2nd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
If any Microsofties are reading this, give this man a job!!!
Thanks dude
on May 4th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Excellent….thanks.
on May 5th, 2007 at 3:11 am
thank a lot man
i was so worried abt this
on May 6th, 2007 at 4:30 am
MAn….you’re a star. You’ve saved me hours of grief. First thread I looked at and there’s the answer.
Well done.
on May 6th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Thanks so much, who knew? Not me that’s for sure!
on May 7th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Hi Thank you so much!. I was struggling a lot to view movies in the VLC player in Vista. Now as per your steps, I did it and able to watch movies.
on May 7th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Hay Thanks 4 that i was about to through my new laptop out the window lol, Windows GDI worked fine for me
Cheers m8
Jo
on May 10th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Hey…Thank you so much!!!
YOU ARE THE MAN!
Cheers
on May 11th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
“OpenGL - Not sure why, but on my comp it’s very laggy, enough to make everything unwatchable. Sounds like it works on other computers though.”
It probably depends on your graphics card developer’s drivers. Vista doesn’t include any good OpenGL drivers. So if you’re on for example nVidia, ensure you’re on the latest ForceWare drivers!
on May 12th, 2007 at 5:29 am
[...] Change the “Video output module” to “DirectX video output” by following this guide. [...]
on May 12th, 2007 at 7:09 am
Thanks so much man… you rock.
Was getting so annoyed with not being able to play any video files on my new laptop until i read this.
on May 12th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Hi,
I bought a HP notebook dv9000. It comes with window vista home Premium,
I try to open Media player, and download Media player 11, but never work,
I do not know how to make it works.
Can you help?
thanks
on May 12th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Thank you! I never would’ve figured this out on my own.
on May 14th, 2007 at 1:26 am
You just saved the VLC reputation. Thank you so much! I thought this was it for VLC. But I guess it continues being number ONE after this solution. You the man!
on May 14th, 2007 at 6:46 am
I too was unable to see the video so made change in video output to open GL. Now while i can see video but audio is real bad, it gives lot of echo. Any suggestion what setup i may be missing.thanks in advance
on May 14th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Anyone else got problems with the sound? Thanx for fixing the picture! much appreciated.
on May 15th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Thanks mate…. Very useful and easy solution…..
on May 15th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
sweet !
that works perfectly ! thank you
on May 16th, 2007 at 7:18 am
thnx alottttt
on May 16th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I had to add my name to this thanks list.
on May 16th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
thanks!
on May 17th, 2007 at 12:16 am
thanks man
on May 18th, 2007 at 8:24 am
thankyou so much, your a legend and a hero!
on May 20th, 2007 at 7:22 am
thanks man!
on May 22nd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
OMG thank you sooo much!! I had deleted 3 movies thinking they were bad dls. Again, thank you.
on May 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am
I’m going nuts here, my windows vista is killing me, each time i play a video file with my VLC player, all i can hear is sound no videos whatsoever. I did exactly what “amida 168″ suggested but for some reason my VLC playr doesn’t have the output module option and the Advanced options tab in the lower right corner doesn’t have an option for either “DirectX“, “OpenGL” or “Windows GDI“
So i’m beginning to think I might be using the wrong version VLC media player, this is what i downloaded VLC player 0.8.6b and it used o work on XP.
So if u guys, use any other version can u pls let me know where get it from.
I NEED HELP.
on May 29th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Waleface,
Please refer to comment #98.
on May 31st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
haaaaaa what a relief. thanks man…It felt so good I even took the time to register to this blog
on October 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Hahahaha, I registered too, just because I am so grateful.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I don’t have to worry about my counter anymore, I’ve already changed the code twice. Eek. 
Now I can watch Robin Hood Men in Tights with no worries. Hahahahah!
on November 15th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
[...] problems on Visata? Switch to the opengl output [...]
on January 19th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I am facing some problem….while opening media file thru VLC player….I am using windows vista home premium….can anybody suggest me wt 2 do….
on March 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Thanks! That saved me a lot of headache.
on March 19th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Many Thanks. Was really getting bugged with peopel saying VLC plays all files and I cudnt make it play a simple AVI LOL. Thanks to you now thats past
Cheers
on March 19th, 2008 at 8:45 am
eeeee many thanks!!!!!!!you saved me!!!really really.mpravo!!!!
on March 26th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Great!!! Thanks a lot
on March 26th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
works fine thanks dude
on April 5th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
[...] Change the “Video output module” to “DirectX video output” by following this guide. [...]
on April 9th, 2008 at 8:09 am
i have windows vista and i don’t have the media player what shall i do
on April 9th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Rahel,
You can visit http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ to download it.
on May 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!! god bless you man!!!!!!!!
on May 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Before I kept having to attempt to play the sound on VLC and the video on Window’s Media and it was so gay
Thank you so much again!!!!!!
on June 1st, 2008 at 4:09 am
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
the problem was in fact so simple but seriously mate thanx alot
on June 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Love you bro!!
Thanks for saving me a hellafa time with installing XP ….
for those using other playas like Media Player Classic, its the same solution,
Goto Options
Output
and set all the output decoders to DirectX
Enjoi!!
on June 16th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Hey…thank you, you solved my problem
I just installed Vista on an older notebook, and VLC kept using 100 percent CPU time when playing any video. After setting the output module to DirectX, it works fine!
on August 16th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Thanks man!
You rule, Vista sucks
on September 7th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Im using VLC — made videos on a camera — uploaded vidz to comp — video works fine no audio
any help is greatly appreciated
on September 8th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
This is a different issue. You have to convert the video with a different audio codec.
on September 28th, 2008 at 6:23 am
oh! thanks , my problem was solved. thanks for the help…
on October 8th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Thanks very much , I used to look movies in vcd cutter . It Plays very well. But now a days video is not appearing only audio coming . as in vlc player is there any solution to play videos in vlc player. thanks very much.
on October 20th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
whoever u are…God bless u…u saved my day!!!
on October 29th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
i m not able to solve the problem ater the above solution i hava tried!!!
actually any file i need to open; it says that it is not a valid win32 application!!!
plz… i need it to be solved at the earliest!!!
thanx…
on October 29th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Gaurav,
I think you might have downloaded the wrong version of VLC player. Make sure you download the one for Windows.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
on November 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Hey amida,
I was on this problem for over 10 days now. Must have downloaded 50 different players on my laptop. But your VLC works just fine.
You rock man!