Re: WMP11 slow with certain video files under Vista

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:07:09 +0100, Mark Veldhuis <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

WMP11 slow with certain video files under Vista


I've realised we don't know *which* video files (types) yet.


When playing certain video files, the video because laggy and bumpy when
switching to full-screen (ALT-Enter). Video and audio are out of sync.

Somebody reported that Aero interface caused this when using a
GEForce8800, and that disabling Aero made it run fine

I run the latest drivers for my videocard now, downloaded from NVidia.
Also tried to disable the Aero interface. It didn't help, and the
problem is still there.

In WMP11, go to Now Playing, select More Options from the small drop
down menu below that tab. Choose Performance tab there. Is DirectX
video acceleration for WMV ticked ? How about video smoothing and drop
frames ? My system has :

Drop frames (unticked)
Video smoothing (ticked)
DXV Acceleration (ticked)

Videos play smoothly at 1440x900 on a low end FX5200 card and Athlon
2800, so your higher end system should have no issues. What's the CPU
usage like in Task Manager when you run like this ?


Cheers - Neil
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