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  • PCaravan
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2002
    • 33
    #1

    computer freezes on playback

    Some of the avi files I download will play fine for most of the video but freezes in the same spot every time with any playback program I use except realplayer but the video quality in realplayer is choppy. Other avi files I download play just fine and don't freeze. Could this be a problem of not having the right codec of my computer trying to use the wrong codec. I have Windows XP and have tried using Windows Media Player, the Playa, DivX Player 2.0 Alpha, and Win DVD. I can skip past the spot where it freezes and contue watching the video until I reach another spot where it freezes. The files that have this problem usually have 2 or three spots where it freezes. Any suggestions?
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    • Batman
      Lord of Digital Video
      Lord of Digital Video
      • Jan 2002
      • 2317
      #2
      It could be a codec issue, to divulge which codec the media was encoded in, open virtualdub, "file"---?"file information"

      Secondly use wmp 6.4 (some people have problems with wmp 7. 1 or higher).

      If your problem presists, the media may be "corrupt". I experienced similar freezing in virtually all my divx files. I searched around quite a bit, and I took to the easiest solution was to install "divx antifreeze" (DivXAF 0.4) from:

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        • Enchanter
          Old member
          • Feb 2002
          • 5417
          #3
          Try running DivFix on the video files too.

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            • dvdhackmaster
              Suspended
              • Jul 2002
              • 19
              #4
              I t might concern with codec . you can use Divx Pro 5.0.2 and I think it is the best comparing with others.

              you should not use wmp for lotsa people have problem with it when playing Divx file . you can use Divx player or PowerDVD.

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                • Fluffy
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 44
                  #5
                  Personaly, I love WMP 6.4 for playing back Divx. In my experience (not much I admit) I've found the players included with divx to be buggy and not very good. WMP 7.1 isnt very good because it hogs memory, and adjusting codec settings can be a pain. I like the playlist in it though. All and all, I stick with WMP 6.4
                  Helicopters do not fly. They beat the sky into submission.
                  -Aaden Satpulov

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                    • UncasMS
                      Super Moderator
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 9047
                      #6
                      pcaravan, try to find out if this happens with a certain kind of codec used for those videos that freeze.

                      check by loading the files into nandub and take a look at file information.

                      in case it happens with certain codecs only, let us know which one

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