Serious problem with the Latest omega and WMP

yzfrone · Jan 11, 2005, 08:10 PM

i have WMP 9 media player...and i just downloaded the latest omega driver for my radeon 9600 pro for my XP.

for gaming its great!

but when i try to use the windows media player anytime the computer CRASHES!

i just tried again with opening a XVID movie and the everything froze...even the mouse.

please help

did this happen before?

thanks

jafaro · Jan 11, 2005, 09:34 PM

Did you try going into Properties> Advance Properties> and goto the tab Options and uncheck Windows Media Acceleration (or maybe you need to check it??)

sacrilius · Jan 11, 2005, 09:41 PM

I don't use Omega drivers anymore, seems they create performance issues

yzfrone · Jan 12, 2005, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jafaro

Did you try going into Properties> Advance Properties> and goto the tab Options and uncheck Windows Media Acceleration (or maybe you need to check it??)

do you know if this works indefinitly? because i just deleted everything and went to system restore...

i would like to keep the omega so if this works ill be happy

yzfrone · Jan 12, 2005, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jafaro

Did you try going into Properties> Advance Properties> and goto the tab Options and uncheck Windows Media Acceleration (or maybe you need to check it??)

and properties of what?
the driver? the player?

please help

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 12, 2005, 01:37 AM

Just a question are you useing WMP 10? or 9?

soulz9 · Jan 12, 2005, 08:11 AM

Hello, I'm facing the same problem with the Windows Media Player 10, I just installed the Omega Driver 2.5.97a. I tried playing Divx and .AVI files they froze and the only thing I could hear was the sound. But then I runned the Divx movie on Divx Player it was running fine.. but sometimes it freezes. I tried installing the old Omega Driver 2.5.44 it doesn't have the same problem. Hey Jaffaro you were saying go to Properties, I didn't understand is it for the WMP10 or Omega Driver Properties please clearify thank you! Please anyone help. I'll try my best to figure out stuff and post here.

hitman05 · Jan 12, 2005, 08:50 AM

I have the same problem with my laptop and the Omega drivers - it also affects the Catalyst 4.12's if you mod them onto a laptop.

soulz9 · Jan 12, 2005, 04:53 PM

I installed the old Omega again 2.5.44 the game World of Warcraft started flashing and the texture is not stable, I can see some parts disappearing. ANyone know how to fix this?

jafaro · Jan 12, 2005, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulz9

Hello, I'm facing the same problem with the Windows Media Player 10, I just installed the Omega Driver 2.5.97a. I tried playing Divx and .AVI files they froze and the only thing I could hear was the sound. But then I runned the Divx movie on Divx Player it was running fine.. but sometimes it freezes. I tried installing the old Omega Driver 2.5.44 it doesn't have the same problem. Hey Jafaro you were saying go to Properties, I didn't understand is it for the WMP10 or Omega Driver Properties please clearify thank you! Please anyone help. I'll try my best to figure out stuff and post here.

I am talking about the Omega Driver advance properties and goto to the Options Tab and uncheck WMP or Windows Media Player Acceleration or whatever it called in ur case. This seems to work in most cases.

and to the other guy it doesn't effect my laptop

jafaro · Jan 12, 2005, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulz9

I installed the old Omega again 2.5.44 the game World of Warcraft started flashing and the texture is not stable, I can see some parts disappearing. ANyone know how to fix this?

I don't know, but shouldn;t you start another post about this, or put it in the omega thread, not here.

yzfrone · Jan 20, 2005, 12:33 AM

yea STILL NO LUCK!

can anyone help where i can install the omega driver and still run divx movies on my comp?

why doesnt the divx movies work with the omega driver?????

MindlessOath · Jan 20, 2005, 01:41 AM

use media player classic
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/

then uninstall all your old codecs, then install these only (it will allow you to play any and all movies)

DivX 5.2.1 Link Sep 9, 2004 Basic playback filter for all DivX content

XviD Link Aug 29, 2004 XviD 1.0.2 Final (Recommended stable version). Used for decoding all XviD content.

A-L Filter Pack Link Sep 25, 2004 Filter Pack Containing:
VSFilter 2.33b - Required for ALL (OGM/MKV) softsubs (Updated 9/25/04)
Matroska Splitter 1.0.2.4 - Required for MKV playback
OggDS 0.9.9.5 - Required for OGM playback
CoreVorbis 1.0 - Decoder for OGG audio in MKV files
CoreAAC 1.0b9 - Decoder for AAC audio in MKV files

AC3Filter 1.01a RC Link Aug 18, 2003 Required for AC3 playback

enjoy.

yzfrone · Jan 23, 2005, 09:08 PM

yea using the Classic player doesnt help

i had to system restore...

EVERYTHING works great except the WMP??? or any media player when playing DIVX and XVID movies...

Why?

great driver for games but i dont understand this problem

any other points?

sc3000 · Jan 23, 2005, 10:35 PM

are you guys using driver cleaner?

MindlessOath · Jan 24, 2005, 12:23 AM

www.windowsupdate.com

also u may have to download additional windows media player codecs from microsoft.com especially if their not at windowsupdate.

HeartDetective · Jan 24, 2005, 02:30 PM

I just wanted to let those of you that recommend the codec updates to think again. A friend of mine recommended the codec issue as well, and I continually tried to convince him that the lack of the proper codec was not the problem at hand.

I analyzed each video file I tried to play with GSpot, made sure I had the proper codecs, and played them using Media Player. Turns out that the sound played smoothly, but the video stayed rather jumpy and never played smoothly.

I tested a DVD with my DVD player on my laptop, and the video continued to give me problems. I thought the conflict might have come from the RAM I installed, but that idea didn't make much sense. I had recently installed the Omega drivers for my Mobility chipset, integrated, and discovered that these glorious drivers are causing the conflict.

The problem is that if I uninstall the Omega drivers that I won't be able to play World of Warcraft with the correct textures displayed since I can't seem to download an actual ATI driver from the website. I know exactly what type of video I have, but the installer told me I had no ATI product on my computer.

From what I have read, these people have the exact same problem as I do, and I have no idea how to fix it aside from uninstalling the Omega drivers, which is something I don't want to do.

HeartDetective · Jan 24, 2005, 02:36 PM

I just discovered something rather strange about my video conflict with the Omega drivers. It seems that whenever the mouse is moving, there is no lag in the video. This really seems to complicate things now...

MindlessOath · Jan 25, 2005, 01:25 AM

dunno, it could be a problem but i dont think its the drivers themselfs.. .however a conflict with the driver and your system specs, i only say this because it doesnt happen to everyone.

omega should be releasing his new drivers soon, so u will be able to try them out and see if it helps,/

yzfrone · Jan 28, 2005, 04:49 PM

well it makes me feel good that there is others that have the same problem...because i thought i was going bonkers.

so no solution what so ever....and i really need this driver for my gaming...

i hope the next set of drivers will fix this issue with the WMP.

when is the release?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 28, 2005, 11:23 PM

For those wanting codec's Look for the kazza lite mega codec pack! media player classic and a butload of codecs all bundled

Btw: last I checked WMV acelleration is borked at least in WMP10 and my be turned of in the drivers

MindlessOath · Jan 28, 2005, 11:34 PM

noooooooooooo, neon cowboy, dont tell anyone about codec packs, those are really really bad. they usually cause more problems because the people who make them dont know what their doing and just include a buncha junk thats not tested properly to work with other codecs and also other problems.

some people may not have a big problem, but some do... if you look at my post on page1 that is all anyone would ever need ever it plays almost 100% of anything, unless someone uses something like "techsmith" from camtastia which i think divx might play now (it may not).

yzfrone · Apr 4, 2005, 02:05 AM

HAS anyone found the answer to this problem?

my video does not play at all with the new drivers.

anyone have any updates?

ChoGGi · Apr 4, 2005, 04:46 AM

not a solution, but have you tried using videolan player, it'll play almost anything