Re: how to fix washed out color?

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I have a partial solution to my own problem.
There is useful information at http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#vdriver . In
particular, going into Tools>Options>advanced and unchecking overlays solved
the problem for Windows Media player.

Nevertheless, the problem still exists in some other programs. BTW,
Quicktime never had a problem with any of the MPEGs which caused a problem
in Windows Media or Real player. But some other programs still have a
problem. For example, Photoshop elements 2.0 has a function to import a
frame from video, and it shows the same weird colors.

I did run the DirectX diagnostic tool (no problem detected), and also
downloaded the most recent DirectX update.



"Michael Brooks" <tc111@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O%23XKEH01FHA.1332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Friends,
> I'm running Win2K professional SP4, and Windows Media Player 9.0
>
> When I playback any video clip on the player, the color is totally washed
> out. Curiously, if there is another window in front of the player and I
then
> minimize that window, then for a split second the color in the Media
Player
> seems normal. How can I fix this? There is no problem with images in any
> graphics program or Internet Explorer. The same problem exists with Real
> Player.
>
> In case it's relevant: This problems was not always there. I may have
> inadvertently changed the default monitor color profile to something else.
> As it happens, I've just purchased a new monitor (the problem existed
> before, and after the purchase). After installing the new monitor the
Color
> Management settings (in Control Panel>Display) showed no profiles
associated
> with the new monitor. I tried making "sRGB Color Space profile" the
default
> profile. Neither this nor anything else I've tried makes any difference.
>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
>


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