Out of Sync Video

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I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a
terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens over
time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing these
files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero Showtime shows
an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers between 50-60 %. My
system is WinXPPro SR2.



Is there anything I can do to?
 
"pbl" <nil@none.not> wrote in message
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>I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a
>terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens over
>time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing these
>files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero Showtime
>shows an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers between 50-60
>%. My system is WinXPPro SR2.
>
>
>
> Is there anything I can do to?
>
>
Try every other media player such as Quicktime, RealPlayer or Videolan VLC :
http://www.videolan.org/ . You can also crosspost to :
microsoft.windows.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer. Your computer's
video processing ability may be inadequate for high-def video.
 
Thanks Allan.

I downloaded the VLC Media Player and it plays the files perfectly in
synchronisation!

Do you think the problem reported is a computer resource issue or a
limitation with WMP? I have a 2 GHz CPU and 1.5 GB RAM.

"Allan" <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> "pbl" <nil@none.not> wrote in message
> news:13bttjj1m2tq22d@corp.supernews.com...
>>I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a
>>terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens
>>over time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing
>>these files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero
>>Showtime shows an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers
>>between 50-60 %. My system is WinXPPro SR2.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to?
>>
>>
> Try every other media player such as Quicktime, RealPlayer or Videolan VLC
> : http://www.videolan.org/ . You can also crosspost to :
> microsoft.windows.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer. Your computer's
> video processing ability may be inadequate for high-def video.
>
 
It's a codec issue. To find out what codecs are used for a video file type
use Gspot.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
As you have discovered VLC Player plays most video file types.

--
Kenny Cargill




"pbl" <nil@none.not> wrote in message
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> Thanks Allan.
>
> I downloaded the VLC Media Player and it plays the files perfectly in
> synchronisation!
>
> Do you think the problem reported is a computer resource issue or a
> limitation with WMP? I have a 2 GHz CPU and 1.5 GB RAM.
>
> "Allan" <mu8ja0i@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:uqFlr7N3HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "pbl" <nil@none.not> wrote in message
>> news:13bttjj1m2tq22d@corp.supernews.com...
>>>I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a
>>>terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens
>>>over time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing
>>>these files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero
>>>Showtime shows an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers
>>>between 50-60 %. My system is WinXPPro SR2.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do to?
>>>
>>>
>> Try every other media player such as Quicktime, RealPlayer or Videolan
>> VLC : http://www.videolan.org/ . You can also crosspost to :
>> microsoft.windows.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer. Your computer's
>> video processing ability may be inadequate for high-def video.
>>
>
>
 
"pbl" <nil@none.not> wrote in message
news:13bttjj1m2tq22d@corp.supernews.com...
>I have downloaded several HDTV XviD files and to varying degrees I have a
>terrible sound/picture synchronisation. It starts out poor and worsens over
>time to the point that the movie becomes unwatchable. I am playing these
>files through Windows Media Player 11.x. Playing through Nero Showtime
>shows an even worse synchronisation problem. CPU usage hovers between 50-60
>%. My system is WinXPPro SR2.
>
>
>
> Is there anything I can do to?
>

The one thing I can tell you about doing anything with HD video under XP is
that a minimum of 1 GB of RAM is definitely required. 2GB is better.
 
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