Video card for .MOV files?

[asrisk]

Hello everyone,

First post in this forum; thanks for your patience.

I have a new (still) digital camera which produces .MOV quicktime video clips (640x480, 30fps). These display very choppily on my PC.

Current spec: P3 500MHz, Win98SE, on-board graphics (no graphics card).

Would a separate graphics card improve the playback of these movies, and what sort would suffice, bearing in mind I have no interest in playing the latest whizzy 3D games!

As an aside, the PC plays DVDs perfectly in full-screen at 1024x768.

Many thanks, and seasonally-adjusted greetings to all.

Andy.

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[norty303]

I'd look to the encoding of the video and the method it is created first before you look at the hardware. Still cameras don't produce _great_ footage imo. Have you tried porting the file to another PC and seeing how it looks there. This should help you narrow down where the problem is

 

[asrisk]

Thanks norty303. Unfortunately I don't know anything about the encoding; the camera manual only states "Quicktime .mov format" and does not provide more information.

I know I won't get quality footage from a still camera, however it would be useful if the computer could at least keep up with the frame rate!

Will try it on another PC if I get the chance.

Cheers,
Andy.

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[norty303]

I still think that 30fps @ 640x480 is a little much for a stills camera. It may well be that the reality is different from the marketing. Until you can check out the video on a faster machine, i'd reserve judgement. 30fps should play just fine on your computer, it's certainly not taxing. Are you playing in full screen or a window?