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Hi there
I've got a 2.6Ghz Vaio laptop running WinXP, which I use for playing DIVX videos, among other things.
It worked a treat for about 6 months, then I didn't use it for a couple of months, and now whenever I try to play a video file there are major playback problems...seemingly across all video playing software, all of which worked perfectly before.
Basically, it will play the video without a problem for about 2 minutes, then the video will start to lag behind the audio, getting progressively worse for about 2 minutes, and then the video will speed up until it catches up with the audio. Then it will be in sync for about a minute, then the process repeats.
I've put an image of the XP performance graph showing the problem here:
I'm use the FFDshow codec pack, although it was the same with the tsunami pack, and I've tried the standalone DIVX and XVID codecs, with the same results. IT's not a problem with the encoding of the DIVX's as they worked before, and I've tried it with other files and the same thing happens. It can't be a performance thing - 2.6GHz should be plenty, surely. I've been through and selectively removed active processes, but no change.
The only major change I made to the OS in the period between it working and not was to install XP Service Pack 2. Could this be the problem? I think I've ruled out everything else, but surely other people would have had the same problem?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Karl.
I've got a 2.6Ghz Vaio laptop running WinXP, which I use for playing DIVX videos, among other things.
It worked a treat for about 6 months, then I didn't use it for a couple of months, and now whenever I try to play a video file there are major playback problems...seemingly across all video playing software, all of which worked perfectly before.
Basically, it will play the video without a problem for about 2 minutes, then the video will start to lag behind the audio, getting progressively worse for about 2 minutes, and then the video will speed up until it catches up with the audio. Then it will be in sync for about a minute, then the process repeats.
I've put an image of the XP performance graph showing the problem here:
I'm use the FFDshow codec pack, although it was the same with the tsunami pack, and I've tried the standalone DIVX and XVID codecs, with the same results. IT's not a problem with the encoding of the DIVX's as they worked before, and I've tried it with other files and the same thing happens. It can't be a performance thing - 2.6GHz should be plenty, surely. I've been through and selectively removed active processes, but no change.
The only major change I made to the OS in the period between it working and not was to install XP Service Pack 2. Could this be the problem? I think I've ruled out everything else, but surely other people would have had the same problem?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Karl.
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