help!! sound of .avi out of synch

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  • akasha0106
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2004
    • 7
    #1

    help!! sound of .avi out of synch

    Please help!!! My computer has problems playing .avi, the sound goes out of synch. It's fine when I play other types of files, it just happens when I play .avi.
    I'm I missing a codec or something?
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    • UncasMS
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2001
      • 9047
      #2
      how fast is your pc?

      in case it is a little older it might not powerful enough for high bitrate mpeg-4 decoding

      could you provide us with your system specs + used player?

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        • akasha0106
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Feb 2004
          • 7
          #3
          my PC is a bit old, but not that much (i think) AMd Athlon 766, 128 Mb RAM. I don't remember if the file worked on all of them, but I've tried divx player, bsplayer, windows media player, winamp... i think i've got the latest codecs, unless i'm missing any...
          Thx

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            • akasha0106
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2004
              • 7
              #4
              Maybe it is my PC... i tried a file again with Divx Player and lowered the quality on the preferences and it seems to be better but it is still out of sync.
              When I play mpg files it ok though, without having to change the playback quality.
              Is there anything I can do to be able to see them properly? without having to buy a new pc?

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                • UncasMS
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2001
                  • 9047
                  #5
                  one of my machines is an old athlon classic as well (700mhz) but it has more ram

                  i use ffdshow and zoomplayer and all files work fine - unless you have other task running in the background

                  try ffdshow and bsplayer (bsplayer needs less resources than most other players) AND make sure no backgroundtasks are active

                  e.g. antivirus etc...

                  use NO postprocessing in the ffdshow options, reduce your colour settings to 16 bit (in case they're 24/32)

                  in case you're using xp, 128mb ram is a bit underpowered since the operating itself needs almost most of the memory

                  what about your systemcache? is it controlled by windows or did you set it to any value yourself ( i prefer 1024 min AND max => fixed)

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                    • akasha0106
                      Junior Member
                      Junior Member
                      • Feb 2004
                      • 7
                      #6
                      I don't know what i did exactly, i reinstalled some codecs and i seems to be ok...
                      i'll try watching the entire file later on and see what happens but it seems to be fine now.
                      I did find bsplay to do a better job with the file before anyway. When you said about the No processing do you mean it has to be unchecked? Cause that is how it is right now anyway. I'm using Win 98...
                      I hope it works ok from now on
                      Thanks for all your help, i really appreciate it

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