Unable to run VLC 0.4.1 on Windows 2000: DirectX error

[Gildas Bazin]

On Thursday 18 July 2002 17:20, David Mentre wrote:
> I'm trying to run VLC 0.4.1 on several Windows2000 machines. When playing 
> a local on disk .vob file, the sound is played correctly but the video
> window opens and closes immediately. I've found the following error 
> messages in the
> Logs:
> 
...
> vout: DirectDraw Capabilities:
>        overlay=0 yuvoverlay=0 can_clip_overlay=1 colorkey=0 stretch=0
...
> vout: can't create an YUV overlay surface.
> vout error: DirectX can't create plain surface.

Hmm, I would strongly advise you to reinstall directx on your computer 
because something looks really screwed-up here.
Also, vlc will work with whichever version of DirectX so you might want to 
install the latest one which is as of now DirectX8.

If this still doesn't solve your problem, you might also give a shot at 
reinstaling the drivers for your graphics card.

Hope this helps,

--
Gildas

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