Pentium 120, can it be done?

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  • civicguy007
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2002
    • 2
    #1

    Pentium 120, can it be done?

    Okay, I have a great desktop PC, no problems with DiVx whatsoever. But I also have a Pentium 120 laptop and I have been trying to see if there is a way to play DiVx files on it. Some of the files I have tried are fine as far as the audio goes, but none can play the video with out it being EXTREMELY choppy. Does anyone have any ideas? It would be greatly apprecieated.

    - civicguy007
    Last edited by civicguy007; 7 Nov 2002, 06:39 AM.
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    • Enchanter
      Old member
      • Feb 2002
      • 5417
      #2
      I personally think a P120 is stretching the minimum system requirement limit...

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        • civicguy007
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2002
          • 2
          #3
          Fair enough. I just wanted to know if it has been done before. I tried using bsplayer, and it helped only marginally. I'm still curious to know if there is a way...

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            • khp
              The Other
              • Nov 2001
              • 2161
              #4
              You would probably need to reencode it at a really tiny frame size to get smooth playback. Like 224x160 or lower.
              Donate your idle CPU time for something usefull.
              http://folding.stanford.edu/

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                • I26
                  Gold Member
                  Gold Member
                  • Jun 2002
                  • 106
                  #5
                  I heard you could run a VCD on a computer with super low specs. Perhaps try re-encoding it to VCD and give it a whirl.

                  Homegrown Desktop:
                  P4 2.4 @ 2.7
                  ATI 9700pro @ 419.4/730.8
                  3dMark01--17,189
                  Air Cooled System Temps @ Benchtime: 2c--MB / 4c--CPU

                  Dell 8600 Inspiron Laptop:
                  Pentium M 1.4GHz
                  NVidiaGF Go5650
                  3dMark01--9,842

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                    • jcsston
                      Junior Member
                      Junior Member
                      • Nov 2002
                      • 7
                      #6
                      MS Mpeg4 v1

                      You could also try encoding the video to MS Mpeg4v1 it uses less cpu power than DivX

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                        • Di Abolico
                          Junior Member
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2002
                          • 11
                          #7
                          One more way

                          Yet, there is another way of trying to do that.

                          There is a player/graphic files viewer for DOS,
                          that makes it possible for very weak machines.

                          Follow this link:
                          QuickView - DOS DivX, AVI, MOV, MPEG, VideoCD, MP3 and more player
                          http://multimediaware.com/qv/
                          DOS based multimedia viewer with native support for AVI (incl. DivX videos), MOV and MPEG videos. Also plays MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis and many other file formats


                          Maybe it'll work, anyway, please let us know
                          the results

                          Luck!

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