DreamScene not working

I installed the new dreamscene today and when i go to run a dreamscene
instead of the nice scene i get if i try to watch it in windows media player
i see a black screen.

I have aero enabled my graphics cards fully support it all drivers are up to
date but all i get is a black background that takes bumps the cpu requirement
of windows i thought maybe it was that it may just take a while but after
letting it sit for an hour i gave up on that theory... that and the fact that
i have 3 gigs of ram and a amd athlon 64 x2 5800+ ... so i tried uninstalling
all of the dreamscene componets and reinstalling the extra but nothing new..
so does anyone have an idea?

ViTaL0000;464268 Wrote:
> i see a black screen.
Same problem here... Extremely annoying. Although when I try to change
theme the background flickers a bit (I can see that the theme I was
trying to use for about 1/10 of a second) and then it dies again.
With DeskScapes I at least get to keep my icons on the workbench


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Belzelcior

found out a little something to get around it ... for me the only files that
are not playing are the mpeg files ... if you just go get yourself a video
converter you can change the mpegs into wmvs and then they play just fine. i
guess my question is answered .... but i would liked to have had it work with
the mpegs ... dang it ms your better then this.

"Belzelcior" wrote:

>
> ViTaL0000;464268 Wrote:
> > i see a black screen.
> Same problem here... Extremely annoying. Although when I try to change
> theme the background flickers a bit (I can see that the theme I was
> trying to use for about 1/10 of a second) and then it dies again.
> With DeskScapes I at least get to keep my icons on the workbench
>
>
> --
> Belzelcior
>

Same thing happened to me so I converted them to wmv and then they worked.
But now the Mpegs work, go figure.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
"ViTaL0000" <> wrote in message
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>I installed the new dreamscene today and when i go to run a dreamscene
> instead of the nice scene i get if i try to watch it in windows media
> player
> i see a black screen.
>
> I have aero enabled my graphics cards fully support it all drivers are up
> to
> date but all i get is a black background that takes bumps the cpu
> requirement
> of windows i thought maybe it was that it may just take a while but after
> letting it sit for an hour i gave up on that theory... that and the fact
> that
> i have 3 gigs of ram and a amd athlon 64 x2 5800+ ... so i tried
> uninstalling
> all of the dreamscene componets and reinstalling the extra but nothing
> new..
> so does anyone have an idea?

What kind of videocard do you have?
Because it's working fine for me on Vista64 with a 8800GTS vidcard with
latest drivers.

"ViTaL0000" <> wrote in message
news:1F6B8A26-0968-4DDF-ADE8-...
> found out a little something to get around it ... for me the only files
> that
> are not playing are the mpeg files ... if you just go get yourself a video
> converter you can change the mpegs into wmvs and then they play just fine.
> i
> guess my question is answered .... but i would liked to have had it work
> with
> the mpegs ... dang it ms your better then this.
>
> "Belzelcior" wrote:
>
>>
>> ViTaL0000;464268 Wrote:
>> > i see a black screen.
>> Same problem here... Extremely annoying. Although when I try to change
>> theme the background flickers a bit (I can see that the theme I was
>> trying to use for about 1/10 of a second) and then it dies again.
>> With DeskScapes I at least get to keep my icons on the workbench
>>
>>
>> --
>> Belzelcior
>>

Dave Angel;465612 Wrote:
> What kind of videocard do you have?
I have a 7950 GX2 with latest drivers (163.71 , also tried 163.69 -
same result).


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Belzelcior

Hi
I had the same problem on a new laptop. The problem is the mpeg decoder.
Mine started working after installing Nero7 which installs its own mpeg
decoder. Isuggest you find either a free mpeg decoder or most dvd burning and
movie creating software comes with an mpeg decoder.
--
malcp


"ViTaL0000" wrote:

> I installed the new dreamscene today and when i go to run a dreamscene
> instead of the nice scene i get if i try to watch it in windows media player
> i see a black screen.
>
> I have aero enabled my graphics cards fully support it all drivers are up to
> date but all i get is a black background that takes bumps the cpu requirement
> of windows i thought maybe it was that it may just take a while but after
> letting it sit for an hour i gave up on that theory... that and the fact that
> i have 3 gigs of ram and a amd athlon 64 x2 5800+ ... so i tried uninstalling
> all of the dreamscene componets and reinstalling the extra but nothing new..
> so does anyone have an idea?