computery type question

[buffyaddict13]

argh!

i use vlc media player to watch stuff online and all of a sudden all i'm getting is the audio, there's no picture.  DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING OR HOW TO FIX IT?  i just downloaded the newest version of vlc media player and there's still no video.

I AM STYMIED.

any suggestions aside from tossing my laptop through a window?

Comments

[tabaqui]

What do you mean by 'watch stuff online'. Do you mean Youtube? Or do you mean, you dl stuff and watch it with VLC?

Have you tried any other player, to see if the problem persists? Have you tried more than one file?

Do you use Mac or PC? I know nothing about Macs.
*pet pet pet*

[buffyaddict13]

hey babe.

i mean watch stuff i dl. i don't have another player that will play .avi files.

i have a pc.

curse you technology. cuuuuuuuurse you!

*smish*

[tabaqui]

Okay, you *should* have Windows Media Player? It's the default that comes with Windows? I can't imagine why that won't work on at least *most* of your .avi files.

I use it for most everything, and then i use VLC for the stuff that WMP won't play.

Or, hrmmmmmm.....you could try dl'ing and using Winamp - it's a good player, free dl.....

Wish i had more to offer! I don't get why your VLC suddenly went hinkey - did you change any settings or lose some drivers or something? Are you sure the file you're trying is a good file? I'm going to assume you've also tried to play ones that worked before.....

[buffyaddict13]

okay, you know how i fixed this? i rebooted my laptop. which i probably should have done right away, but i'm a dork and i didn't. as soon as i rebooted, it worked again. wtf? *scratches head*

thank you for commenting though. and i did dl winamp for any future oh noes.

♥

[buffyaddict13]

i do have divX. and it turns out (apparently) that i just needed to reboot my laptop. *facepalm*

[__kat__]

My VLC player has always been a little buggy. It has been my "last resort" player for a while. I only use it if my other players have issues, mostly with .mkv files

[buffyaddict13]

hi babe. thank you for the goodly advice. did your wmp start working? vlc started working for me after i rebooted. i should have done that right away, but *hands*.

i don't understand computers, i just want them to work!

[__kat__]

I ended up reinstalling wmp. I have no idea what happened but it seems to be fixed now so I'll leave it at that. I try not to meddle in the affairs of computers for they are fickle and quick to bitch slap me.

[birggitt]

I use The KMPlayer, which is awesome, let's you watch or listen ANY file, no codecs, can use subtitles, and lots and lots of funny and useful functions.
You should try it.

ETA: Sorry, I messed up wtih the link before :(

[buffyaddict13]

hi hon! thank you so much for the link! i haven't heard of the kmplayer before but i'm definitely gonna check it out.

*waves*

[lostandalone22]

I don't know how to help, but I hope it got figured out.