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SMPlayer, VLCPlayer, BSPlayer - Common Problem
Hi
I'm pretty sure this is a driver problem. I downloaded SMPlayer so I could watch all my media files, but it seems to be having problems displaying the video, particularly with mkvs.
I've found that when trying to play videos while using the gl driver, the video appears as solid white, with sound. If I switch the preferences to play with direct3D, I get no picture whatsoever, but I do get sound. However, if I switch the player to play using the directX driver, I do get picture and sound.
The problem here, though, is that when I enter full screen mode, the picture becomes jagged around the edges. Since I don't really know how to explain it, and can't take snapshots, I did up a quick image in photoshop to help explain:
It displays fine when in windowed mode:
View image: good.jpg
But appears jagged when in fullscreen mode:
View image: bad.jpg
I assume this is due to DirectX not being optimal for resizing. I used gl on Vista with great results, but as I said that doesn't seem to work on 7.
Thinking it might be just a problem with SMPlayer, I also downloaded VLCplayer and BSPlayer. I had the same issues of jagged full screen with both of those programs, so I'm certain it has to do with my computer, and not SMPlayer itself.
Since I'm a poor college kid my laptop is my primary dvd player, so I really need full screen to work.