Windows 7 video show grains

[cooler2005]

Hi.!

I am trying to play a DVD video file on my windows 7 windows media player. Since it is a DVD format, the movie is crystal clear (hv tested it on my laptop [vista]). When i play it in windows 7, the movie shows a lot of grains and is not at all clear.! I've even tried a couple of codecs, tried k-lite mega pack, Media player classic...btu in vain. Kindly help me out plz.

Thanks in advance.

 

[kemical]

Is your graphics driver the latest version?

 

[cooler2005]

Hi.! Thanks for replying...

The graphic card is an onboard intel card....i'm not really sure of the model number and everything...but i do see an icon in my taskbar which says "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator"...so i guess windows 7 did install the graphics driver.

 

[kemical]

Hmm...There might be a better version which may cure your problem. Have you tried clicking the icon and seeing if you could change any settings?
Also if you download this utility here: Link Removed

You'll be able to discover which motherboard you have and which chipset.. or checkout this page here:

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[cooler2005]

Hi...thanks for replying...

This is what it says....

Intel(R) 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GE/GL Processor to I/O Controller - 2580

 

[adamike]

is it all like in squares?

i have the same problem

tried installing a fresh driver for the NVIDIA- current Geforce - does that have anything to do with the video quality?

 

[kemical]

i have the same problem

tried installing a fresh driver for the NVIDIA- current Geforce - does that have anything to do with the video quality?

Need a bit more info really..Could you list your system spec?

 

[kemical]

Hi...thanks for replying...

This is what it says....

Intel(R) 915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GE/GL Processor to I/O Controller - 2580

I checked on the Intel site and the latest driver I could find was for XP... How old is your machine?

 

[cooler2005]

I checked on the Intel site and the latest driver I could find was for XP... How old is your machine?

it's about 5 yrs old...

 

[adamike]

im not really good in this - i have a HP pavilion DV2700

do you know what can be the problem - it only started after installing the new windows

 

[kemical]

it's about 5 yrs old...

Hmm......I think your gonna have problems... Your machine may be a little old to get perfect functionality with 7...

 

[kemical]

im not really good in this - i have a HP pavilion DV2700

do you know what can be the problem - it only started after installing the new windows

Same with you adamike, I'd try running vista drivers if you can otherwise your machine may be a little too old..

 

[kevin from Chi-town]

I have to agree with Kem....those pc's will have issues due to the age. Win 7 as well as Vista has a much higher overhead than XP, requiring newer more efficient hardware

 

[cooler2005]

im not really good in this - i have a HP pavilion DV2700

do you know what can be the problem - it only started after installing the new windows

True...Even i encountered this problem after installing windows 7.!

 

[cooler2005]

Hmm......I think your gonna have problems... Your machine may be a little old to get perfect functionality with 7...

....what i'm running it windows 7 ultimate....would the home edition work properly?

 

[kemical]

Unfortunately it has little to do with the os version..

Whilst it's true that windows 7 doesn't need much to run (not as much as vista anyway). It still needs relatively recent hardware... So if your laptop/desktop easily ran vista then under 7 it shouldn't have any problems... If you've never ran vista and was hoping to leap straight to 7 then it might be the case where the machine is just not up to the job....

If you still feel that your machine may be capable then try the 7 install advisor: Link Removed