codecs problems

[mikeylikess99]

ok..im dl the

the bs player, and im going to test to see which player is easier to run.....im still not able to watch movies clearly with the classic, however ive made great strides, as i am now getting video...albeit all choppy, and stuff. shiny i apprciate the info that you and the rest of guys have given me, cause w/o you guys...id be clueless....one more thing...can you explain to me how to spy out gain soft ware with my firewall, as i have no clue with this procedeur either....although im learning....another thing...although a lttle bit of topic......is there aplace around that you can upload movies to share with others, as well as dl them..kinda like borrowing space..lol.thanks in advance mike

[hacker_on_fire]

"can you explain to me how to spy out gain soft ware with my firewall, as i have no clue with this procedeur either"

click on this link to find out all about it.

"is there aplace around that you can upload movies to share with others, as well as dl them..kinda like borrowing space"

no such place, but you could suggest this to admin

"albeit all choppy, and stuff"

are your pc specs sufficient for smooth playback?

[WildmanJoe]

Just my 2cents worth...

Doesn't FFDShow already take care of DivX 5.xx playback? So why install the codec (ad-wared) when you are only watching and not encoding movies.

Secondly, since you said that you are clueless about these stuff... I suggest that you DON'T try MV2 Player... it's too advanced (in an event that you have the wrong impression about the player which is one of the best players around IMHO). BS Player should do the job fairly well... but you can't go wrong with Media Player Classic... it's idiot-proof.

Finally, what are your system specs? (or have you already mentioned them?)

[mikeylikess99]

ok..here are

my system specs... im running a compaq presario 350 mhz...ive got bout 160 memory, and a 12 gig hard drive.....the o.s is windows xp.....i was thinkin or wondering if the claasic has to be configured for playing movies....iv dl and installed the divx 5.05 bundle as well as the ffdshow.....the movies ive attempted to watch on it,,, play ok for bout 3 seconds then scramble up....if theres something i can do...id be willing to try,....thanks in advance you guys are great....p.s i hope the specs ive given you are the right ones....mike

[WildmanJoe]

All right gentlemen... I think we've found the solution to his problem...

No hard feelings but your computer (cpu) is not exactly the best movie playback machine around... worst of all it's a compaq...

Try getting a more powerful machine and your problems will be a thing of the past.

[mikeylikess99]

ok wild...

thanks for the quick response....so basically i have to settle for what i have until i upgrade to a bigger better computer..is this right...? thanks in advance....mike

[Kevin AMD]

You should try to get information of www.divx-digest.com good site but there are a lot other good sites to like www.doom9.org and so on....

[hacker_on_fire]

For increased perfomance in WinXp (by sacraficing apperance):

control panel -> system -> Advanced(Tab) -> Performance Settings -> 'Adjust for best performance -> apply

this should help your playback. let us know how it goes.

[mikeylikess99]

ok, i adjusted.....

that setting, and it seems to be workin better...i belief i could still be missing codeccs also...i wish there was an all for one code out there,, but i guess not...lol..thanks guys a lots for all your help..i keep on improvin...mike

[BoF]

Re: ok..here are

Originally posted by mikeylikess99
my system specs... im running a compaq presario 350 mhz...ive got bout 160 memory, and a 12 gig hard drive.....the o.s is windows xp

go back to 2000! I think it's not a good config to run a XP on a 350mhz cpu with only 160mo ram!

[mikeylikess99]

ok..illl

will upgrade my memory in about a week....thanks for the tidbit....now im findin that some videos are playing upside dowm....anyone know how i can rectify this....ive installed xvid as well as ffshow...im getting clear video, justv very upside down....thanks in advance mike...