Slow Start Time with MPeG 2 Videos

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From: VJTonyB (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 22:06:02 -0700

I'm a VJ and just upgraded my computer to a Windows Media Center laptop. When I go to play an MPeG 2 Video with either Windows Media Player (WMP) or the proprietary software I use for playing videos at parties (which uses Direct X 9), there is a huge delay between my double-clicking a video and it playing. At the bottom of WMP it reads "Downloading" and after about 20 seconds, it plays. 20 seconds is a LONG time when people are waiting around at a party staring at you and expecting the video to play!

Oddly enough, if I have a playlist of several videos the videos after the first one play normally. What the heck is this delay? Any ideas?

My old PC doesn't do this - it's instant gratification and it's much slower. This is some codec issue, I'm guessing.

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