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easytoremember123
I've recently had to downgrade to my older Pentium III 550 Mhz
computer. The avi files that used to play flawlessly
on my 2400 Mhz computer now play jerky, or rather it depends, if the
rate is 100 KB/sec they play flawlessly, if it's
an avi of 140 KB/sec it just barely keeps up, momentarily freezing
every 5 seconds as if the buffer can't cope with
the inflow.
I'd like to know if I can fix this somehow, or if it's just that the
computer is too slow. I started with 64 MB RAM. I
clearly needed more when I installed XP on the 550 Mhz computer. I've
taken it up to 192 MB. Great overall
improvement. Only then did I first run the avi's and notice the problem
with some of them. I added another 128 MB,
for a grand total of 320 MB RAM. Absolutely NO improvement in avi
playback at all. NOTHING. Identical to the 192
MB RAM setup. I gave back the extra 128 MB and am back down to 192 MB
RAM.
Then I noticed my video card wasn't properly installed. It's kind of
old, a Nvidia TNT2 Vplus with 32 MB RAM. After
getting the drivers from Nvidia, I was able to install the video card.
Absolutely no difference whatsoever to avi
playback performance.
At the shop they told me perhaps upgrading to a 64 MB video card might
help, though they weren't sure. Can
anyone inform me about this?
I've played the clips with different media players, such as Winamp, and
it made no difference, same issues
present. I'm using WMP 10.
When playing back the 100 KB/sec file (Windows says its 127 kbps with
352x240) CPU usage is around 60%. Playing
the 140 KB/sec file (Windows says its 128 kbps with 512x384) CPU usage
is 85%. I calculate the KB/sec by dividing
file size by the length of the clip. The clips are very long, about 45
minutes each. Playing an MP3 consumes 85%,
but disabling WMP's graphic displays while reproducing the MP3 takes it
down to 25%, or less. Not doing anything
makes the CPU usage go down to 3-5%.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, including the potential sad
truth that my CPU is simply too slow for the
video in question and there's nothing I can do to make it work.
computer. The avi files that used to play flawlessly
on my 2400 Mhz computer now play jerky, or rather it depends, if the
rate is 100 KB/sec they play flawlessly, if it's
an avi of 140 KB/sec it just barely keeps up, momentarily freezing
every 5 seconds as if the buffer can't cope with
the inflow.
I'd like to know if I can fix this somehow, or if it's just that the
computer is too slow. I started with 64 MB RAM. I
clearly needed more when I installed XP on the 550 Mhz computer. I've
taken it up to 192 MB. Great overall
improvement. Only then did I first run the avi's and notice the problem
with some of them. I added another 128 MB,
for a grand total of 320 MB RAM. Absolutely NO improvement in avi
playback at all. NOTHING. Identical to the 192
MB RAM setup. I gave back the extra 128 MB and am back down to 192 MB
RAM.
Then I noticed my video card wasn't properly installed. It's kind of
old, a Nvidia TNT2 Vplus with 32 MB RAM. After
getting the drivers from Nvidia, I was able to install the video card.
Absolutely no difference whatsoever to avi
playback performance.
At the shop they told me perhaps upgrading to a 64 MB video card might
help, though they weren't sure. Can
anyone inform me about this?
I've played the clips with different media players, such as Winamp, and
it made no difference, same issues
present. I'm using WMP 10.
When playing back the 100 KB/sec file (Windows says its 127 kbps with
352x240) CPU usage is around 60%. Playing
the 140 KB/sec file (Windows says its 128 kbps with 512x384) CPU usage
is 85%. I calculate the KB/sec by dividing
file size by the length of the clip. The clips are very long, about 45
minutes each. Playing an MP3 consumes 85%,
but disabling WMP's graphic displays while reproducing the MP3 takes it
down to 25%, or less. Not doing anything
makes the CPU usage go down to 3-5%.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, including the potential sad
truth that my CPU is simply too slow for the
video in question and there's nothing I can do to make it work.