Brazil2
7th July 2008, 06:01
Hello,
After I've upgraded and updated my computer I have lost the ability to use DirectDraw Overlay and VMR9.
It was a major hardware upgrade as I've changed the mobo (from Abit IC7-Max3 to Abit IP35 Pro with 2GB of OCZ PC2-6400), the processor (from P4 2.8GHz HT to Core2Duo E6850) and the graphics card (from GeCube ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to ASUS ATI Radeon HD 3870).
I had no problem during the installation of the drivers and never got any error nor warning message. Of course I have properly uninstalled the ATi drivers before installing the new ones.
However I have updated DirectX to the latest version (March 2008) and I haven't installed Catalyst Control Center (and never ever did) but I'm using Ray Adam's ATI Tray Tools instead. The OS is Windows XP 32 bits.
Everything is running at stock speeds and voltages, no overclocking at all.
Before the the upgrade/update everything was working fine, I was even able to watch at H264 DVB programs, even though it was sometimes a bit slow and using a lot of CPU.
But after the upgrade/update, my old bundled version of PowerDVD, which never had any problem, started to complain about DirectDraw Overlay missing:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4015/powerdvderrorpw1.png
In other apps like ProgDVB or Media Player Classic, VMR9 is not working anymore, it automatically switches back to the standard VMR.
And also in Graphedit I'm not able to load VMR9 anymore, I got this error message:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9908/vmr9ho3.png
I've searched for the error number 0x80040273 (VFW_E_DDRAW_CAPS_NOT_SUITABLE):
"Either Microsoft DirectDraw has not been installed or the video card capabilities are not suitable. Make sure the display is not in 16-color mode."
DirectDraw test is working fine in DXdiag and of course I'm using 32 bits colors.
For a test, I have also completly uninstalled the ATI drivers and ATI Tray Tools, deleted every ATI related file on the HDD and also deleted any ATI related key in the registry. After a reboot, and using the standard VGA driver, I still got the same error message in Graphedit when trying to load VMR9.
I have reinstalled DirectX again once in VGA standard mode, updated the video drivers to v8.5, reinstalled DirectX again with the ATI drivers, but it didn't help.
I have the feeling that the update of DirectX may have screwed something, but what and how to fix it ?
VMR7 is available, can be selected and it's working fine in apps like ProgDVB and MPC - MPC-HC.
Of course, the idea is not to reinstall from scratch.
I'm searching for a solution for over one month so any help is appreciated :)
After I've upgraded and updated my computer I have lost the ability to use DirectDraw Overlay and VMR9.
It was a major hardware upgrade as I've changed the mobo (from Abit IC7-Max3 to Abit IP35 Pro with 2GB of OCZ PC2-6400), the processor (from P4 2.8GHz HT to Core2Duo E6850) and the graphics card (from GeCube ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to ASUS ATI Radeon HD 3870).
I had no problem during the installation of the drivers and never got any error nor warning message. Of course I have properly uninstalled the ATi drivers before installing the new ones.
However I have updated DirectX to the latest version (March 2008) and I haven't installed Catalyst Control Center (and never ever did) but I'm using Ray Adam's ATI Tray Tools instead. The OS is Windows XP 32 bits.
Everything is running at stock speeds and voltages, no overclocking at all.
Before the the upgrade/update everything was working fine, I was even able to watch at H264 DVB programs, even though it was sometimes a bit slow and using a lot of CPU.
But after the upgrade/update, my old bundled version of PowerDVD, which never had any problem, started to complain about DirectDraw Overlay missing:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4015/powerdvderrorpw1.png
In other apps like ProgDVB or Media Player Classic, VMR9 is not working anymore, it automatically switches back to the standard VMR.
And also in Graphedit I'm not able to load VMR9 anymore, I got this error message:
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9908/vmr9ho3.png
I've searched for the error number 0x80040273 (VFW_E_DDRAW_CAPS_NOT_SUITABLE):
"Either Microsoft DirectDraw has not been installed or the video card capabilities are not suitable. Make sure the display is not in 16-color mode."
DirectDraw test is working fine in DXdiag and of course I'm using 32 bits colors.
For a test, I have also completly uninstalled the ATI drivers and ATI Tray Tools, deleted every ATI related file on the HDD and also deleted any ATI related key in the registry. After a reboot, and using the standard VGA driver, I still got the same error message in Graphedit when trying to load VMR9.
I have reinstalled DirectX again once in VGA standard mode, updated the video drivers to v8.5, reinstalled DirectX again with the ATI drivers, but it didn't help.
I have the feeling that the update of DirectX may have screwed something, but what and how to fix it ?
VMR7 is available, can be selected and it's working fine in apps like ProgDVB and MPC - MPC-HC.
Of course, the idea is not to reinstall from scratch.
I'm searching for a solution for over one month so any help is appreciated :)