WMP11 not playing videos/distorted colors

[jp110099]

I've been using WMP11 to play all of my media with ffdshow, but recently it has been giving me problems. For example, this video was taken with a digital camera, but will not play correctly on my pc, but it will on others.

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4691/colorsbl5.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=colorsbl5.jpg)

Also, x264 mkv files don't play either in WMP11 I either get an error or it freezes. It works with the lazy man's mkv codec, but I don't see why ffdshow could be causing problems. BTW, the videos play fine in vlc player.

My pc specs are:
Asus M2N32-SLI deluxe
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
1024MB DDR2 Ram
Asus 7300LE PCI-E graphics card (with latest drivers).

Thanks for all your help.

[HowlerX]

Open WMP11, go to Tools (press "Alt" key to bring up menu) -> Options -> Performance -> Advanced...

Make sure "Use high quality mode" is unchecked.

See if that helps.

[jp110099]

Thank you, that helped. But the mkv files are still giving me trouble. Any ideas?

[foxyshadis]

You have the latest Haali's splitter and ffdshow-tryout build? And in ffdshow, can you try going into output tab and uncheck all but rgb, if updating doesn't help?

[zambelli]

Open WMP11, go to Tools (press "Alt" key to bring up menu) -> Options -> Performance -> Advanced...
Make sure "Use high quality mode" is unchecked.
See if that helps.
High Quality mode enables YUV Mixing Mode in VMR7 - so if that's causing problems, the problem might be in the YUV output of ffdshow.