My monitor flickers once when I play video (avi, etc) files with any video software. 
 I'm running an AMD 2.4GHz dualcore system with 2GB of RAM and a 512 MB Radeon X1650 
with the latest directX drivers installed.  Running all this on Windows XP SP2 with 
latest updates.
This even continued occuring after I formated/reinstalled Windows XP.  The software 
I primarily use for video playback is Media Player Classic (MPC). I installed the 
bare minimum (default, essentials) for Playback Only.  Whenever I open a video file, 
the monitor will flicker once or twice before it begins to play the video file.  
It also flickers once when I close the program.  The issue mainly seems to occur 
in divx/xvid files in avi format, but it also occurs with mpg format.  The problem 
does not occur with mov files played in either Quicktime Pro or MPC.  The monitor 
will also flicker when I open a folder with video file thumbnails.
I hope this information was sufficient to help me out.  Thank you.

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re: Monitor Flickers When Opening and Closing Video Files Monday, May 5, 2008 at 1:00 pm Posted by Ari (1280 messages posted) Try: Changing screen resolution Changing screen refresh rate On Monday, May 5, 2008 at 12:11 am, Thibaultyna wrote: >My monitor flickers once when I play video (avi, etc) files with any video software. > I'm running an AMD 2.4GHz dualcore system with 2GB of RAM and a 512 MB Radeon X1650 >with the latest directX drivers installed. Running all this on Windows XP SP2 with >latest updates. >This even continued occuring after I formated/reinstalled Windows XP. The software >I primarily use for video playback is Media Player Classic (MPC). I installed the >bare minimum (default, essentials) for Playback Only. Whenever I open a video file, >the monitor will flicker once or twice before it begins to play the video file. >It also flickers once when I close the program. The issue mainly seems to occur >in divx/xvid files in avi format, but it also occurs with mpg format. The problem >does not occur with mov files played in either Quicktime Pro or MPC. The monitor >will also flicker when I open a folder with video file thumbnails. >I hope this information was sufficient to help me out. Thank you. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Monitor Flickers When Opening and Closing Video Files Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 12:12 pm Posted by Thibaultyna (2 messages posted) Well, my screen resolution is set to 1440x900 which is the maximum my monitor will allow me to go. If I go lower, it looks horrible and I get a message saying that lowering the resolution will make it look bad and to adjust it back to 1440x900. As far as my refresh rate goes, I'm only "allowed" to go up to 60hz, although according to my monitor's box, it can go up to 75. I've heard that going high, though, can cause damage to my monitor. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Monitor Flickers When Opening and Closing Video Files Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 5:03 pm Posted by Ari (1280 messages posted) Do you lose the flicker if you set it to 1280x1024, for example? On Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 12:12 pm, Thibaultyna wrote: >Well, my screen resolution is set to 1440x900 which is the maximum my monitor will >allow me to go. If I go lower, it looks horrible and I get a message saying that >lowering the resolution will make it look bad and to adjust it back to 1440x900. > As far as my refresh rate goes, I'm only "allowed" to go up to 60hz, although according >to my monitor's box, it can go up to 75. I've heard that going high, though, can >cause damage to my monitor. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum