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Just upgraded to the newest version and it is still doing the same thing
I think it is safe to say that PowerDVD is a fluke of a program. I have seen other ppl complaining of the same symptoms on other msg boards as well.
I guess I will stick with VLC for now, but I have heard BS Player is good.
Edit: After looking at the advance video options, I found a way that fixed it, so if anyone else is having the same problem, try this out:
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I actually never had this problem at all, and in general PowerDVD hasn't given me any trouble - I've always thought that its a great program for PC DVD Playback. After King's solution, it seems like this is more of global video codec/driver problem. I have the huge codec pack from free-codes.com installed, so thats probably why I never had this problem (as well as no other playback options for most video).
PowerDVD is a damn good program, but I am still baffled how it can crap out like that. I did not install any new codecs for god knows how long, and all of a sudden it just fell apart. But I fixed it so hopefully that will be the last problem, I hate having to use alternate apps.
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Judge B wrote:I have question of this program too. Why it always starts with default skin even though I've selected custom skin for the program?
Maybe something is read-only somewhere? Mine always starts with bloody german audio and subtitles for some reason! Then again I did save some money on my version....
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I've had something similar a while ago. It had something to do with certain video decoding possibilites that my ATi videocard supposedly supported (ATi Avivo in particular)....but not quite as well as it was supposed to, perhaps due to fucked up drivers or something.
So at some point I enabled these videocard options in PowerDVD, and the whole thing went to pieces. I couldn't get a single DVD to play the right way, until I disabled the options that had something to do with the video deconding features supported by my ATi videocard. After I had disabled 'em the thing worked like a charm again.
I think this is especially true for ATi videocards and the Avivio technology in particular 'cause I've never had troubles with my previous Nvidia GPU
Then again I did save some money on my version.... 
