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| Thread ID: 87773 | 2008-03-03 16:17:00 | Playing Video Problems | LarsJohann (13010) | Press F1 |
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| 645961 | 2008-03-03 16:17:00 | When I try to play videos on my old Laptop, the videos are really choppy. Could someone tell me why? Is it because i have to update my graphics driver? BY THe way, i have Windows 98 and i use windows media player 7.1. aND COULD SOMEone show me how to see what graphics card i have? ty | LarsJohann (13010) | ||
| 645962 | 2008-03-03 18:53:00 | does any1 know? | LarsJohann (13010) | ||
| 645963 | 2008-03-03 18:54:00 | btw the audio is fine just the video is choppy. | LarsJohann (13010) | ||
| 645964 | 2008-03-03 19:02:00 | You might need updates for the video driver (check under device manager within my computer - then display adapters- then driver), the media player and codecs - try k-lite... (www.free-codecs.com) | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 645965 | 2008-03-03 21:27:00 | Have you always had this problem with your old laptop? The CPU may not be fast enough, for a start. | rumpty (2863) | ||
| 645966 | 2008-03-03 22:09:00 | I had the same problem with my old comp. As soon as I moved to a comp with more RAM then the problem dissappeared! How much do you have? What are your comp specs? Are these DVD's? Or video files? | Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 645967 | 2008-03-03 23:05:00 | Download some codecs for video (really depends on what you're playing whether you should need this or not, if it's just dvds probably not, but if its downloaded vids then very likely ). Get : CCCP = http://www.cccp-project.net/ And don't use WMP :P Use VLC, it's free, it's fast, it should perform better. www.videolan.org Good luck. |
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| 645968 | 2008-03-04 07:49:00 | If the videos are playing (you can see them on the display) its probably not a codec issue - just sounds like a lack of processing power (CPU or video). To find details of your video driver in 98 (trying to remember..!) right click on my computer ->properties ->device manager when the list appears click on the plus sign next to Display adapters which should reveal the make and model of your video card | golam (13467) | ||
| 645969 | 2008-03-04 07:56:00 | You posted the same ? here (pressf1.co.nz) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 645970 | 2008-03-04 10:52:00 | Why bother downloading codecs to play that kinda thing back if you're just going to use VLC -- It uses its own internal decoders. Please try and stick to one thread for the one topic, and plan out your post (Keeping them all together rather than across 4-5 is a good idea) a little more next time. Take a moment to read over it before you hit the Post button. Try going Start --> Run --> dxdiag Post back what it says for your memory & CPU speed in there, and if I remember rightly it should tell you about your graphics card too. Cheers Chill. |
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