How to fix the blue video bug

[Russ]

All credit for this solution must go to MukiMuki, who must have spent ages working this out. This is not technically a fix, but a workaround, although it works fine:

• FIRST uninstall any version of the Nimo codec pack you may have installed. This is not the actual cause of the problem, but seems to prevent ffdshow from working properly. And it's generally icky.
• Download the latest alpha version of ffdshow from here (you want the January 3, 2003 version), and install it.
• Start->Programs->ffdshow->Configuration->Codecs. UNCHECK the "YV12" option under "Supported Output Colorspaces". Screenshot.

This will fix the problem for any codecs that ffdshow supports and has enabled (by default all versions of DivX and XviD). Enjoy . The underlying bug is still with Winamp3 and I'm working with the developers to get it fixed.