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Thread ID: 114977 2010-12-27 05:43:00 Handycam playback problems camo (4895) Press F1
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1164998 2010-12-27 05:43:00 Hi there,

Have just purchased a Sony Memory Stick Handycam.

I have installed the Sony software, and copied the videos from the camera to my computer with no problems.

The videos play flawlessly using the crappy Sony software, but when I open them using any other media player or editing program (and I have a few!) the videos are playing terribly! Lagging, jumping from one frame to another etc...

Is there another driver, codec etc I need to download? Video format is SD MPEG2.

Running XP.


Many thanks in advance!
camo (4895)
1164999 2010-12-27 06:52:00 You can use the freeware 'Mediainfo' to find out what's in the files. Someone might be able to comment BBCmicro (15761)
1165000 2010-12-27 07:08:00 Try using VLC Media Player which can be downloaded from here. I have used with my Sony Camcorder and it works well http://www.videolan.org/ smurf (6545)
1165001 2010-12-27 08:16:00 Thanks . . . . video LAN is a good idea .

I have reset my codecs, and video is playing better .

Still having major interlacing? Is there a quick and painless may to reduce this?
camo (4895)
1165002 2010-12-27 08:21:00 Awesome!

Sorted out the deinterlacing with VLC, looks awesome!
camo (4895)
1165003 2010-12-27 20:46:00 Good to hear :) smurf (6545)
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