9500 artifacts in Windows Media player HELP!

[frustrated2]

I just updated windows media player and now I have all sorts of artifacts, checkerboarding etc. When I play stuff on my computer.

I do have my 9500 software hacked into a 9700. I didn't have any problems prior to this and if I play something in Kazaa preview player it doesn't have the artifacts. I think it definately has something to do with the update of WMP any suggestions??

 

[Auric]

Yeah, don't use WMP. Seriously. Unless you like the bloat then I recommend Media Player Classic (vobsub.edensrising.com) which is a clone of WMP 6.4 but with extra features. It also handles Real and QuickTime (new feature) when those codecs are installed. I recently discovered that a codec only install package of Real Media 9 is available too so RealPlayer or RealOne are not even necessary. I would post the link but forget where... it was a French site dealing with A/V encoding and such.

 

[frustrated2]

I just always used it because it was easy I try to keep windows and its components updated but really wish I hadn't updated windows media player. I have to use a system restore to get back to an older version now.

Is this media player you are talking about actually windows media player or something else??

 

[BFG10K]

I do have my 9500 software hacked into a 9700.

So take the hack off and see if it fixes it.

I didn't have any problems prior to this and if I play something in Kazaa preview player it doesn't have the artifacts.

Running hardware out of spec is never guaranteed.

I think it definately has something to do with the update of WMP any suggestions??

I don't think so. Microsoft is certainly not going to release a product that has checker-board artifacts on it. Bugs like that just do not slip through anyone's QA, much less Microsoft's.

 

[frustrated2]

Well since we now have an expert replying to this problem maybe we can shed some light on it.

I have never had any artifacts whatsoever before upgrading WMP. So one would tend to believe that something in the upgrade has something to do with it. Wouldn't they?????

I also downloaded the player the other guy was talking about and no artifacts/checkerboarding. So now what?? Well I guess microsoft is missing something on this particular upgrade because I certainly had no problems prior.

There has to be something changed in the way the new WMP player works that doesn't agree with the card/hacked drivers. I will agree that I can most likely fix the problem by removing the hacked drivers but why would I all of the sudden have this problem only in WMP and only after upgrading WMP????