20 Feb 2009 at 20:34 #1 Noto Noto Associate Joined 1 Dec 2002 Posts 1,884 Basically my sister has an ancient laptop. and VLC watching AVIs will not even run smoothly. as the CPU goes to 100% usage. Is there a software alternative to VLC that takes some pressure off her CPU? Thanks in advance
Basically my sister has an ancient laptop. and VLC watching AVIs will not even run smoothly. as the CPU goes to 100% usage. Is there a software alternative to VLC that takes some pressure off her CPU? Thanks in advance
20 Feb 2009 at 21:10 #3 Noto Noto Associate OP Joined 1 Dec 2002 Posts 1,884 Greenlizard0 said: Hmmm..would be interested in this as well, as VLC is one of the lightest players around. Have you tried with an older version of it? Say the 0.8 series? Click to expand... good shout... ill give it a shot as i found the older versions much better at fastforwarding
Greenlizard0 said: Hmmm..would be interested in this as well, as VLC is one of the lightest players around. Have you tried with an older version of it? Say the 0.8 series? Click to expand... good shout... ill give it a shot as i found the older versions much better at fastforwarding
22 Feb 2009 at 20:26 #10 Noto Noto Associate OP Joined 1 Dec 2002 Posts 1,884 thought said: this is what I use and find it much fast and better at decoding than VLC http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm Click to expand... so you use the codecs + media player classic? "home cinema" version right? i assume the codecs take some load off the CPU? hopefully this will be better as her CPU is 100% at and cant play avi's without stuttering.
thought said: this is what I use and find it much fast and better at decoding than VLC http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm Click to expand... so you use the codecs + media player classic? "home cinema" version right? i assume the codecs take some load off the CPU? hopefully this will be better as her CPU is 100% at and cant play avi's without stuttering.