No idea, really, so can't be much help. Sounds like a codec problem, though. A good codec problem diagnosis tool is Gspot: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html You could also try installing various codec packs eg Cole2kMedia, Xvid, 3ivx (these are all codecs I have, so I can tell you they work for me) If it were me I'd test it on Winamp - I've found that things will play on Winamp, even when they don't play on other programs - but I'm sure you have your own preferred default player.
Didn't think of trying Winamp. But now I have, and... would you believe... same problem!
I originally thought it was a codec problem as well. But I reinstalled all those, and VLC has them built in anyway.
(Gspot has caused me problems in the past. Specifically, I knew my flatmate had it shared on the network, but didn't know where. To this day I cannot think of a way of asking that would not occasion untold mirth at my expense.)
Serious (and probably naive idea): could the machine be defaulting the signal to one programme, interpreting the data only through that, like in the "always open with this" setting? I.e., could ACD See have told it to do such a thing? If so, do you have the System Restore function on whatever OS you are using these days?
Less serious ideas: shout at it; slap it around; kick it; threaten to sell it for scrap; invoke horrible curses upon it; threaten to trade it in on a Mac.
Not naive at all. I suspect that the problem is something very like that: that all the programs use one particular image rendering component that ACDSee has violated in some way. The fact that Quicktime still works supports this theory, as Quicktime was not designed for Windows and would not use any of the Windows-native components.
I did hope that reinstalling the video drivers or DirectX would replace whatever was borked, but no such luck.
System Restore would indeed fix the problem, had I (ahem) bothered to create a restore point...
I threatened it with an even worse curse: I threatened to reinstall Windows! However, I would be reluctant to carry through this threat except as a very last resort. I'd need to buy a new hard drive just to back up this one!
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You could also try installing various codec packs eg Cole2kMedia, Xvid, 3ivx (these are all codecs I have, so I can tell you they work for me)
If it were me I'd test it on Winamp - I've found that things will play on Winamp, even when they don't play on other programs - but I'm sure you have your own preferred default player.
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I originally thought it was a codec problem as well. But I reinstalled all those, and VLC has them built in anyway.
(Gspot has caused me problems in the past. Specifically, I knew my flatmate had it shared on the network, but didn't know where. To this day I cannot think of a way of asking that would not occasion untold mirth at my expense.)
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Less serious ideas:
shout at it;
slap it around;
kick it;
threaten to sell it for scrap;
invoke horrible curses upon it;
threaten to trade it in on a Mac.
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I did hope that reinstalling the video drivers or DirectX would replace whatever was borked, but no such luck.
System Restore would indeed fix the problem, had I (ahem) bothered to create a restore point...
I threatened it with an even worse curse: I threatened to reinstall Windows! However, I would be reluctant to carry through this threat except as a very last resort. I'd need to buy a new hard drive just to back up this one!
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