Problems with playing movies om my pc.

[maspro]

Hallo.

I have the following problem: I have a couple of movies on cd. But when I insert the cd into the cdrom-drive and play the movie the framerate is at many points in the movie very low. Also the movie frequently shocks and when I see people talking I first hear what they are saying and then a couple of seconds later I actually see there lips moving. This is really annoying. I think there could be somekind of buffer problem but I don't know for sure and I don't know how to solve it. Other people with globally the same computer specs as mine also tested my movie-cd and they don't have the problems I have. What could be the problem? My computer specs are: Pentium 3 450 Mhz, 128 MB SDRAM 100 Mhz, Diamond Viper 770 TNT2 32 MB, 40 speed Aopen cdrom-drive and a 8,5 GB 5400 rpm harddisk.
THANXX! [sig][/sig]

 

[hafwit]

First - are we talking about DVDs, or m-peg or .avi files?

Second, which operating system are you running?

Third - Where did you get the movies from?

One option would be to download and run the file ASPICHK.exe from the following site:

http://www.adaptec.com.

You may also need to optimize your refresh rate in Display Properties.

Let me know your answers and I'll try and get you up and running.

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[maspro]

Hallo Hafwit.
I'm running on Windows '98 SE.
In general the movies types I'm talking about are .AVI or MPEG. I'm not running DVD movies. I have set the refresh rate at "optimum". The movies ware given by a friend of mine how doesn't have any problems playing them. I hope I've profided enough information.
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