X2 3800+ films stuttering

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 00:09

When i try and watch films on my comp they stutter, iv tried diff programs, and tried setting the affinity to one core. But nout i do seems to work. Dose any one else get this prob? (films run fine on onther comps)

Energize · 13 Mar 2006 at 01:46

What film type? What res/bitrate? What program are you playing it in? Try playing it in vlc, whats your cpu usuage when playing it?

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 08:15

Divx, Avi, Real Dvd's from DVD drive. Any bitrate it happens with all the ones iv got.

Iv tried VLC, WinAmp, WMP9,10, k-lite MPC.

CPU usage 2-12% holds most at 6%. More activity on core2 if i dont try change it.

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:02

take it no one else w dual core has this prob then?

paradigm · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:20

Nope no issues at all here.

What video card/tv cards do you have?

basmic · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:32

Update graphic card drivers, and download the K-Lite Codec Pack.

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 12:58

got:

x2 3800+
DFI Ultra-D
OCUK 7800 GTX (dont have another pci gfx card to check if its this)
Geil 2GB RAM
Hyper Type-R 580W

Drivers are all upto date, and have the codec pack. :/

Alexrose1uk · 13 Mar 2006 at 13:19

Do you have the AMD driver download for dual core from thier site. It corrects some timing issues, and perhaps that is the cause.

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 13:23

ye got that.

Is there any program for wiping all my codex etc so i can reinstall them all from fresh (hopefully avoiding a reinstall of XP)

Klytus · 13 Mar 2006 at 15:42

I get problems with stuttering (especially in panned out shots) but not all the time. I thought it was due to playing .avi cdroms straight from my dvd drive (some kind of buffer underun at a guess). When i save the file to my hardrive and play it it is fine or if i convert it + burn to dvd and then play it its fine. :confused:

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 15:53

hmmm sounds almost the same, i will always get stutters on panning shots, but tbh i didnt think it would make any diff to the amount of data needing processed?

though i still get it playing from HDD

Klytus · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:03

What optical drives u using just out of interest

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:20

NEC ND4570 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-030-NE)

Or it mite have been the modle before that.

Klytus · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:26

Same as me! :eek:

Coincidence? maybe???? :eek

anyway, you don't have any cpu hungry programs lurking in the background do you?

EDIT:-

forget that just read ** cpu usage further up the thread.

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:36

hmmmmm sounds suspicious(sp?) to me!!!!!!!!!

Ill maby try disconecting that aswell, although it shouldnt effect playing form HDD.

U got any ways u reduced the stuttering?

Klytus · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:45

I had no problems at all (that i noticed), then i had to do a full reinstall of xp and everything else. Since then i had .avi lip sync problems, which were sorted by the divx codec and noticed this stuttering (but not all the time). I don't really use my rig for watching films but have been watching season 2 of lost .avi format and that is when i notice the stuttering. I read somewhere about ntsc and pal format incompatibilities and thought it might be something to do with that. But like I said, once i save it to hdd and watch it its ok??? whether it was like that before the reinstall but never noticed or i had another codec etc. installed which i haven't reinstalled i don't know.

Mr Fujisawa · 13 Mar 2006 at 16:53

you might need to REMOVE some codecs, make sure FFSHOW isnt installed as that can cause problems, try removing xvid and divx codecs as you might have 2 lots installed. as a final solutin remove every bloody codec and install one at a time. ive had/seen these problems before and most of the time its from installing codec packs.

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:07

I think it could be a codex prob, i just need to work out how to wipe all the ones i got.

any ideas?

AMDX23800+ · 13 Mar 2006 at 17:28

Hi ,
Which graphics card do you have?
Make sure you download the latest graphics drivers from the manufacturers website e.g. www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com .
When i first installed windows it did the same for me but it was because i hadn't installed the drivers, everything including films and QUAKE4 work really smoothly now.
I have the AMD X2 3800+ processor, 1gb pc3200 ram, Geforce 7800GT 256mb graphics and i'm lovin it

, I only got it properly running on Sunday.
I had problems with booting up windows (i had winborg xp pro) but then i tried an original Windows Xp Pro and it works fine now

.
Hope it works for ya

Cya

TheCrow · 13 Mar 2006 at 18:56

ok i have uninstalled every codec / player i could find on my system.

Now any1 got any tips on what options to pick when installing new codec pack? 2.71 (that the newest/best?)

Thanx