Problem: No usable display modes.
Performer plays shows in display modes with 640x480 pixel resolution and 8-bit, 15-bit or 16-bit color. When it starts, it tests your display card and monitor for a mode it can use. If you do not have sufficient video memory, or your display card is not fast enough, or your display device driver makes your display card appear too slow, Performer is unable to play shows.
Solutions:
Try changing the refresh rate for the 640x480 mode of your monitor, which you can find in "Display Properties" on most Windows systems, to as close to 60 Hz as possible. Some Windows systems will list the rates (60, 72, etc.), while others will only give you options of "Optimal" or "Default". If you have a numeric choice, choose the one closest to 60. Otherwise, choose "Default." You may need to reboot to make the change take effect.
Try adjusting the "Hardware acceleration" setting for your display card. Some display card drivers will allow you to turn on or off hardware acceleration. Set the Hardware acceleration to "Maximum". You can find this setting in your Control Panel Display Properties.
Try changing your display device driver. Most display cards come with device drivers from the hardware manufacturer, and Windows comes with device drivers for many common display cards. In some cases, one or the other driver will make your display card perform faster.
Try adding video memory or changing your display card after all the other suggestions have failed. To produce its television-quality results, Performer needs a minimum level of hardware performance, which may require adding more video memory (1 megabyte is the minimum for lower-performance, software-emulated 8-bit color shows, 2 megabytes for television-quality hardware-supported 8-bit color shows) or replacing your display card (some older cards are simply too slow to play Performer shows).
Additional information on solving Performer problems in available at http://www.play.com.
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