playing videos causes pc to slow to a halt.

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:19 am

I think I might've posted this thread once before in the past. well, this problem still persists. Everytime I attempt to play any type of video, be it mpeg or avi, my pc will slow down, not crash, but slow to where it'll take a minute for it to process a mouse click. The video won't play aswell. Oddly, videos in youtube will play..

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:30 am

yet you neglect to say what player(s) you use.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:12 am

Have you tried updating your video card drivers after this began?

And any problems with DirectX? Try the tests?

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:14 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yet you neglect to say what player(s) you use.

maybe because it wouldn't make a difference since I've tried several ones and they fail to work properly

Captain Mazda wrote:Have you tried updating your video card drivers after this began?

And any problems with DirectX? Try the tests?

Yes and No and NO

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:17 am

I cant spell u wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yet you neglect to say what player(s) you use.
maybe because it wouldn't make a difference since I've tried several ones and they fail to work properly

Captain Mazda wrote:Have you tried updating your video card drivers after this began?

And any problems with DirectX? Try the tests?
Yes and No and NO

then you should have stated that.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:24 am

start

run

Dxdiag

that will give you the tests for DirectX..

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:30 am

I cant spell u wrote:Oddly, videos in youtube will play..

Do other streaming videos play? What I'm getting at is are the only ones that do it on your hard drive?

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:36 am

Scourge wrote:
I cant spell u wrote:Oddly, videos in youtube will play..
Do other streaming videos play? What I'm getting at is are the only ones that do it on your hard drive?

yes, just the streaming videos. it crashes for the ones using windows media though.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:40 am

So have you tried QuickTime or WMP Classic? Perhaps trying out WMP11?

How about a codec pack?

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE ... S_Pack.htm

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:47 am

I'm thinking low memory. You might try checking your available memory while it's crashing if possible. Also virtual memory settings.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:59 am

PF ftw?

Post by **I cant spell u** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:23 am

Scourge wrote:I'm thinking low memory. You might try checking your available memory while it's crashing if possible. Also virtual memory settings.

I've adjusted those before, my games run fine, like Doom 3 and Half-life 2 run flawless. So I don't think it's memory, until the video plays then the memory is low, I've adjusted virtual memory aswell. No improvement.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:42 am

Neat little test you can do...

Go to http://www.nhl.com, click on "Videos" at the top and click on any 700k link for a game. If it gives you crap ie. not playing, slowdown; it's clearly a codec problem. The videos use WMP.

Process of elimination bud.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:01 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:So have you tried QuickTime or WMP Classic? Perhaps trying out WMP11?

How about a codec pack?

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ACE ... S_Pack.htm

WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, HE'S USED SEVERAL. LEARN TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Post by **Captain** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:07 pm

Oh, my bad

Still he hasn't said exactly what he's tried

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:29 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:Oh, my bad

Still he hasn't said exactly what he's tried

i know

Post by **I cant spell u** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:32 am

I've tried media player classic, quicktime, windows media player, and vlc player...
would uninstalling and reinstalling my codecs help?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:41 am

try uninstalling your codecs and JUST using VLC without external codecs. in other words, don't install more than what's boxed in with VLC by default.

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:44 am

Wrong codecs sparring with each other inside your computer can fuck up things in major fashion.

Post by **I cant spell u** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:16 am

Captain Mazda wrote:Wrong codecs sparring with each other inside your computer can fuck up things in major fashion.

right, what do I do to uninstall them?

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:48 am

Well have you installed any manually? If not, just install the Ace Mega Pack and see if it helps.

Post by **I cant spell u** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:07 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:Well have you installed any manually? If not, just install the Ace Mega Pack and see if it helps.

no. I installed ace mega pack, no improvement.

Post by **Captain** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:13 pm

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Just dug out and looked over the old thread, nothing groundbreaking there. You said specifically mpg and wmv cause problems. So does avi work well?

Post by **I cant spell u** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:17 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Just dug out and looked over the old thread, nothing groundbreaking there. You said specifically mpg and wmv cause problems. So does avi work well?

no, avi doesn't function properly aswell.

Post by **endo22** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:39 am

Hello, I dont mean to hijack the threat or whatever, but I've googled this problem and it sounds like I'm having the exact same ordeal.

I was wondering if the original poster figured out the issue.

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