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innerslytherinOkay, so the video thing is becoming even more frustrating. I have video that is saved on my computer, and it plays perfectly in Quicktime. It plays the audio and no video in VideoLAN.
With a DVD, VideoLAN also plays the audio but no video. Windows Media Player...gave me some other message, I can't remember what. InterVideo WinDVD crashes my computer and gives me a blue screen of death that says something about a physical memory dump. (I have this vague idea that I got 'physical memory dump' messages in the days preceding Gandalf the Desktop's hard drive failure, but I can't remember for sure.)
I have no problem watching YouTube videos, but I can't for the life of me figure out what could be causing this issue, and so suddenly. On Jan 13 DVDs worked perfectly. On Jan 16 they ceased functioning altogether.
In other news, I tried to get "Malleus Maleficarum" (SPN S3ep9) from iTunes tonight. I have a season pass, so they are supposed to check for purchases automatically and download automatically. When I told it to check for purchases, iTunes told me I was required to upgrade. I can't get any further by cancelling, so I downloaded the installer and tried to upgrade...and it told me it required XP SP2. *tears hair*
I REFUSE to reinstall SP2. It utterly destroyed my system performance while I had it, and as soon as I uninstalled SP2, all my "CPU usage 100%" problems went away. I sent a scathing email to iTunes complaining about this and demanding the product that I have already paid for. We'll see if I get anywhere.
With a DVD, VideoLAN also plays the audio but no video. Windows Media Player...gave me some other message, I can't remember what. InterVideo WinDVD crashes my computer and gives me a blue screen of death that says something about a physical memory dump. (I have this vague idea that I got 'physical memory dump' messages in the days preceding Gandalf the Desktop's hard drive failure, but I can't remember for sure.)
I have no problem watching YouTube videos, but I can't for the life of me figure out what could be causing this issue, and so suddenly. On Jan 13 DVDs worked perfectly. On Jan 16 they ceased functioning altogether.
In other news, I tried to get "Malleus Maleficarum" (SPN S3ep9) from iTunes tonight. I have a season pass, so they are supposed to check for purchases automatically and download automatically. When I told it to check for purchases, iTunes told me I was required to upgrade. I can't get any further by cancelling, so I downloaded the installer and tried to upgrade...and it told me it required XP SP2. *tears hair*
I REFUSE to reinstall SP2. It utterly destroyed my system performance while I had it, and as soon as I uninstalled SP2, all my "CPU usage 100%" problems went away. I sent a scathing email to iTunes complaining about this and demanding the product that I have already paid for. We'll see if I get anywhere.
