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ubfu
December 3rd, 2009, 04:58 AM
I have a .avi format video , using media player on my guest OS window xp , the video is able to play but it's very blur and a visible square box.

I heard virtualbox able to play dvd but it doesn't play avi ?
Ginsu543
December 6th, 2009, 10:35 PM
I run Windows XP using VirtualBox 3.0.12 and I am able to watch .avi file fine using Gom Player. You might give Gom Player or VLC a try. Also, how much video memory have you allocated for use by VirtualBox? If you can afford it, see if setting aside the maximum 128 MB for video memory helps.
ubfu
December 7th, 2009, 03:30 PM
I run Windows XP using VirtualBox 3.0.12 and I am able to watch .avi file fine using Gom Player. You might give Gom Player or VLC a try. Also, how much video memory have you allocated for use by VirtualBox? If you can afford it, see if setting aside the maximum 128 MB for video memory helps.

I am using window media player classic on my guest OS window xp .It's fine on a standard size resolution but once I maximize it , the whole video full of blur visible square.
Ginsu543
December 7th, 2009, 04:52 PM
When I maximize video to full screen (I have a 24" flat panel running 1920 x 1200) on VLC, the picture does get a little pixelated. I assume it is so because I am running the video on an emulated video card with 128 MB of video ram. Can't expect too much. But it is still very watchable.
ubfu
December 9th, 2009, 03:05 AM
When I maximize video to full screen (I have a 24" flat panel running 1920 x 1200) on VLC, the picture does get a little pixelated. I assume it is so because I am running the video on an emulated video card with 128 MB of video ram. Can't expect too much. But it is still very watchable.

I am just using 17 inch LCD , resolution 1024x768.At first I was thinking about video card ram and I increase it to 128 MB still it's the same.
Just a normal avi file and short clip 2 min but still can't display well.
Ginsu543
December 9th, 2009, 05:24 AM
So have you tried another media player like Gom Player or VLC? Do you get the same result?
ubfu
December 16th, 2009, 03:16 PM
Still the same , hope someone can clarify my problem.Would it be my poor cpu processor or virtualbox doesn't support full screen video ?

Thank you :)
ubfu
December 17th, 2009, 04:11 PM
no one encounter this problem ?