mpeg/avi problems

Post by **ALLiED** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:13 am

Every time I play an mpeg or any video format from my pc it skips or pauses for a sec or two. Playing dvd's from my cd/dvd drive does the same thing also. I have tried installing many different codec packs but still nothing. The latest codec pack I installed was k-lite and that helped a little but not fixed it. Any suggestions?

specs:
xp pro sp2
p4 3.0
2gb pc3200
9800xt
Plextor px716a
250gb sata Maxtor 16mb cache.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:29 am

which player are you using out of curiosity?

try media player classic or vlc. your specs look plenty good. i have no issues playing any video files, even up to 780p on a 1.6Ghz/512mb/64mb vid

Post by **ALLiED** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:35 am

I have used them all.
vlc/divx/media player clasic/windows media/real/quick. all the same issues.
They all play fine if I burn them to dvd and play them in my home dvd player or even my work pc.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:13 am

aside from cleaning out that registry from all the installed/uninstalled codecs and perhaps trying a different vid driver, i cannot think of anything else at this hour.

Post by **ALLiED** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:52 am

Well I updated to the new cat drivers and scrubed the reg of all my old codecs but still nothing

Post by **jester!** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:26 pm

Sound card?

I have two computers, near identical stats but one is a laptop with onboard sound, the other has an audigy 2. When I try and watch q3 movies on the laptop it stutters like hell.

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:58 pm

Allied: Have you tried updating your vid drivers? Sometimes they can cause oddities like this.

Jester: Thats pretty common with lower end sound cards.

Post by **jester!** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:59 pm

Yeah figured as much. :icon26:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:08 pm

Tormentius wrote:Allied: Have you tried updating your vid drivers? Sometimes they can cause oddities like this.

yes.

Post by **ALLiED** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:38 am

Well I just reformatted my HDD, ( it was time any way )
So whats the best codec pack to get? K-lite didn't seem to bad.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:16 am

k-lite mega.

*cough*
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

Make sure you Grab the MEga

Post by **dzjepp** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:25 am

AMIDY STOP LINKING TO THAT HORRIBLY OUTDATED MIRROR ALREADY

http://www.codecguide.com

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:12 am

ALLiED wrote:Well I just reformatted my HDD, ( it was time any way )
So whats the best codec pack to get? K-lite didn't seem to bad.

results?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:08 pm

wubs jepp

thanks man.

Post by **ALLiED** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:39 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
ALLiED wrote:Well I just reformatted my HDD, ( it was time any way )
So whats the best codec pack to get? K-lite didn't seem to bad.
results?

Still the same. Actually it's worse, about every frame skips then it's ok for a few mins and skips again.
The k-lite that AmIdYfReAk suggested is the only codec pack installed. I d/l vlc but still the same thing.

I update cat drivers updated every thing I could think of on my machine and she's up to date. Any other ideas short of throwing it out the window?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:06 am

ah man, wtf... :/

do you play games on this rig? sounds to me like a crap card.

Post by **ALLiED** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:41 am

I haven't installed any games yet. I brought my rig into work to work on it so I'll search the vast realm of the google for any insite

Thanks for the help/suggestions

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:57 am

np man. i'm just curious if it's just your card, which is now my suspicion. sucks you reformatted and it's still doing this. go get a cheap 32mb card, test, and bring it back for a refund.