whenever i play videos, whether through wmp or nero showtime or whatever, the videos themselves are very dark...the rest of my screen isn't - games, images, etc. come up just fine, but the videos are almost impossible to see

my monitor, a samsung 940bw is hooked up to my nvidia 6200 through DVI...when i hook up any other monitor using the VGA connector on the card, the videos are the right brightness

no, i haven't set up the samsung on the VGA yet to see if that was the cause, but the fact that it's only video makes me think it's something fixable

thoughts?

10/31/2006 1:14:07 PM

I've had this happen before... try these:

- Turn Video Acceleration Down
- Check Brightness/Contrast Ratio
- Twiddle with other performance settings

10/31/2006 1:28:39 PM

that's so weird...well, the video acceleration thing seemed to have fixed it

*shrug*

10/31/2006 4:20:10 PM

Turn the video acceleration back up, go into your Display Settings, Advanced, Overlay Tab and adjust the brightness/contrast.

10/31/2006 4:40:38 PM

^ i'll try that...video looks kinda crappy with the acceleration at half

10/31/2006 4:59:10 PM

ya, its because of your nVidia consol settings. i had the same problem and just had to adjust the color and contrast/brightness in nVidia's display settings. No need to mess with video acceleration.

11/1/2006 7:46:38 AM