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Video's render green/purple on Mac

Product
Video-SL
Version
Video-SL
Scratch Live
Hardware
Ortofon | Serato S-120
Computer
Mac
OS
Platform
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dogma106 9:17 AM - 20 November, 2009
Product: video-sl
Computer: mac
OS Version: 10.5.8
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I have been trying to use the video-sl plugin for a while now, tried on 2 different Mac's I have with the same results. First off my specs are and imac G5 2Ghz with 2GB ram and a ati 9600 video card, I know it's under powered for video-sl but to test I have been using low quality vids, usally from youtube. I have been using the demo because obviously I don't want to buy the full version till I can actually see it working.

The problem is when I load and play a video in the video-sl plugin, the videos always render and look green/purple. I can see that they are playing but they obviously look horrible. My guess is that it is some sort of openGL problem, I have tried with Quicktime and Perian. Also I tried with Mac OSX 10.5.8, 10.4.11, and just reverted to 10.5.0 and they all have the same green/purple video. I also tried the demo video's with posted here: www.scratchlive.net. So I don't believe it's the video's I am using. They play fine when loaded threw the quicktime player. Any suggestions?

Also I am using serato 1.9.2 and the current video-sl plugin 1.1.1.

Thanks in advance,
Chris
Rane, Support
Zach S 6:27 PM - 20 November, 2009
Hello dogma,

I believe this problem has to do with the graphics card on older Macs such as yours.

What you'll need to do is download Movie Batch Info here --> www.scratchlive.net
Once downloaded, make sure SSL is shut down, open Movie Batch Info, and check the option to enable the 'VSL debug panel'.

Once done, keep that program open and open SSL and VSL.
You should now see the debug panel on the right of the video preview windows.
You'll then want to change the 'yuv422' option. Try all the options for that preference and one should get your videos working correctly.

Let us know how you get along;)
1:16 AM, 2 Aug 2010
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