Problems with "sudden fast forward" during playback

[koit12]

During playback of DivX movies the movie can play just fine for several minutes and then suddenly do fast forward for about a second and return to normal speed.
This happens to almost all my encoded movies.

The movies are encoded with Gordian Knot and I've tried several versions of the DivX codecs. I use the original AC3 soundtrack and play the movie using "SPDIF out" on my SB Live 5.1 soundcard.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

[okee12]

I too had this problem using SPDIF output on a SB Live Value sound card. It is VERY annoying!!!

I tried installing latest drivers without success. In the end uninstalling the Creative Labs drivers and reverting to the native XP drivers resolved this issue.

[koit12]

Thanx for yor reply.

Will I loose some functionality when I uninstall the Creative drivers like EAX support and so on.

Wy can't Creative make some drivers that works :-)


Regards
Koit

[Enchanter]

"Will I loose some functionality when I uninstall the Creative drivers like EAX support and so on. "

Unfortunately, yes. The basic SB Live driver in WinXP is, to put it bluntly, basic.

May I suggest a good alternative driver to the Creative driver "junk": kX Project (http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/intro.php). This driver does not incorporate the EAX effects (be concerned about it if and only if you are a gamer and require these sound effects). For all other things, the kX Project driver is a winner.


"Wy can't Creative make some drivers that works"

They work... but others work even better (and don't leave rubbish around when uninstalled). No surprise really.


Regards.