NVIDIA and Microsoft, whomever is responsible; have very nicely decided to ‘package’ the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers and put them on the Windows Update system for download. Being a little pedantic, I got tired of seeing it sat there reminding me about “1 optional update” and so decided to update to the latest… v197.45 .
I saw that one coming…
Now call me cynical, but I had a feeling updating so unnecessarily would not be so plain sailing. After a few days i noticed that standard definition videos in the AVI container format containing (ha-har) XviD and DivX in some cases would skip and generally play back like a slideshow. This happened in my favourite player, Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC).
At first I thought perhaps my codec pack or ffdshow itself might need reinstalling, but a quick google resulted in finding this post:
In NVIDIA Control Panel – Video – Adjust video image settings – Edge Enhancement, Click ‘Use the NVIDIA setting’, then set the slider to 1%, then click Apply. You are welcome.
What do you know, it works… thanks carlcamper!
Note: It’s worth mentioning that you need to apply this workaround for *each* of your screens if you run a multi-monitor setup like me.
