Problem with PowerDVD

[Jeffrey]

Hey everyone, whats up. I have a lil problem with PowerDVD 7.0. First, i play a video.. it runs fine. Then when i close it and re-open it to play the video again, it doesn't show the video this time but i only hear the audio. I tried using WinDVD and then the same problem happens so i think it's not the program specifically but maybe i need to configure some settings.. im not sure.. thats y im askin for help =P So if anyone can help me, that would be great... if there's any additional info i need to include, please say so and i'll do so. Hope someone helps. Bye.

[GX1_Man]

Other info would include Windows version and service packs, what has changed prior to this, malware protection, and any other known computer issues.

[Jeffrey]

Well... im runnin on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2... malware protection.. i use... Bitdefender & Spy Sweeper... no other known computer issues... and nothing's really changed prior to this.. i mean.. i jus recently installed the programs and it jus started running in this manner. is that nuff? anything else? thanks for your reply.

[GX1_Man]

Well... im runnin on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2... malware protection.. i use... Bitdefender & Spy Sweeper... no other known computer issues... and nothing's really changed prior to this.. i mean..[highlight] i jus recently installed the programs and it jus started running in this manner[/highlight]. is that nuff? anything else? thanks for your reply.

So it has never run correctly to play DVD's? Always this? Onlywith DVD's? What version of Media Player?

[Jeffrey]

Um.. not jus with DVDs... video files too... like Mpegs.. Avi's... um.. the first time i run the program when i've started up the computer, it runs fine, its when i close it and then playing another video that jus the audio can be heard and no video. my media player... if u mean Windows Media Player.. is 11... PowerDVD version is 7.0

[patio]

Sounds like the problem is in the PowerDVD program itself...is this a copy of the program ? ?

[Jeffrey]

yea its a copy... got it on disk copied from the original... anywayz... i started using WinDVD 4... its a pretty old version, the new one being 8.0 i think, i don't have any problems with this one. so the problem prolly was because i had a copied version perhaps?

[patio]

Yep.