Video playback problems

[Fropa]

I had to format my hard drive and reinstall everything. Now I have a problem with video playback I hope someone can help me with. Operating system is XP Media Center. When I try to play video in Media Center or Nero showtime I get audio but no video. I have the same problem with playback in Internet Explorer and Firefox. At first I thought is was a codec problem and reinstalled DivX and XP codec pack and still have the problem. I don't think it is the codec because if I put another window over the video and then go pack to the player, I see video for about a second or two and then it goes blank again. Everything plays fine in media center, but that doesn't help with online clips.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[soup]

Have you tried Media Player Classic or VLC Media Player.

[photo_angel2004]

What kind of video is this? DVD or back up dvd or .avi?

[Fropa]

Soup, I haven't tried either of those, I'll check them out.

photo_angel2004, I've tried AVI, WMV, and dvd files with the same results. Everything plays fine from Media Center and I had no problems before I redid the hard drive.

[anonymez]

sounds like a driver/overlay mixer issue. update graphics card's drivers

[doctorhardware]

What is the manufacturer of your computer. And did you use the system restore disk set.

[Fropa]

anonymez, It looks like I have the most current drivers for my video card.

doctorhardware, I have a Dell XPS and I did reinstall the drivers and programs that came with it. I've also gone out and updated everything.

I was messing around with settings and I got AVI and MPG files to show video, but DVD VOB files are still audio only.

[anonymez]

I got AVI and MPG files to show video

in media center? or a software player?

in your first post, you state:

When I try to play video in Media Center or Nero showtime I get audio but no video

then

Everything plays fine in media center, but that doesn't help with online clips

youll need to be a little more clearer on what works and what doesn't. which graphics card? try using downgrading drivers to the previous version. ensure directx is up to date.

[doctorhardware]

Fropa,
Also a quick note check the device manager and make sure that there is no problems with your drivers. Dell is notorious for not giving the correct drivers with the restore disks.