DVD problem...

[dtech]

I keep getting this black square in front of the screen so I can only see the edges of the movie. Does anyone know what could be the cause of this?? It does this like 90% of the time when I put in disc in to start. The only way to get around it is to keep opening and closing the dvd drive until that black screen is gone... Please help...

[Ace]

Sounds like the video overlay's playing up. I can't really say what the cause of it is though. I trust you've tried different DVD playing software already. Maybe you could try using a different gfx card - anything will do.

[dtech]

I have a geforce 6800 ultra...don't feel like swapping it out for another card just yet. It just doesn't make sense at all...gosh. I haven't tried another software yet. Do you know of a good one I can d/l for free??

[Rudegar]

do you have dual monitor ?
because overlay only works on the prime i think
also most drivers only support 1 overlay
so make sure no other application which use overlay is running

[Ace]

Works on both for me, just not on both simultaneously, which is actually a bit of a PitA at times, but never mind.

I use VLC quite a bit. It's probably not the most reliable of them all though. I'd recommend googling and downloading Media Player Classic. Small, simple, doesn't require installing - and it just works.