Help with VLC - no longer plays video files

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Hi

I cannot seem to get VLC to display the video when I am playing it. 
Instead, it only seems to play it as an audio file. The progress bar 
moves, but there is no video display. The settings seem to be fine, at 
least to my untutored eye. This is the same regardless of the format I 
am playing *.flv, *.mpg, *.avi, *.wmv etc.

Any ideas what has happened here?

Cheers

Andy

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