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    KMplayer problem with ATI

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nealloy1981, Feb 12, 2010.

  1. nealloy1981

    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, did u notice that KMPlayer runs very bad quality of the movie with ATI Graphics card??? is there any solution? i love that small player. it can run any kind of format without any codec installed.
     
  2. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    This is the player I use as well, by far the best player! I haven't noticed any specific problems yet. Try resetting the settings to default and see if it fixes the problem. The skipping used to be super smooth on another laptop on mine, but on my 1640 there seems to be a slight pause, but I am guessing it may have to do with Windows 7 comp. This player isn't been updated for sometime, so hopefully the new update fixes all the problems.
     
  3. marc1273

    marc1273 Newbie

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    I've got the same problems on my XPS1645, not only the bad quality but KMPlayer also crashes my system if i use it to watch a video. The first 15-20 it runs fine but then i get error messages from the ATI driver and if i continue the whole system crashes and i need to reboot.

    I solved it by using Mediaplayer classic instead of The KMPlayer.
     
  4. scorpeeon

    scorpeeon Notebook Evangelist

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    use mpchc with dxva instead
     
  5. nealloy1981

    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't like any other player cuz, the KMPlayer has got some default setting that if i watch any video series (stored in a same folder), the player itself runs one after another. this is just amazing. i don't need to select anything. i don't know if there is any option for other player as well.


    NB: As i said u guys, my house mate (3 of them) has got windows 7 ultimate version, and they r running kmplayer just amazing. one is without any dedicated graphic card and other two have nVidia graphics card..
     
  6. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    Try this, Go to Options --> Preferences --> Filter Control --> Decoder Usage --> Internal Video Decoder --> UNCHECK both the H.264 and the AVC1

    Windows 7 has an amazing built-in decoder for those and tell me how it goes. The quality is amazing for me and now its perfectly smooth! This is byfar the best video player, please tell me if it works!
     
  7. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    Also try this:

    Video Processing --> Renderer --> Enhanced Video Renderer (C/A)

    To enable advanced menu: Right click > Options > Advanced Menu

    Better performance
    Right click > Video (advanced) > Preset Performance

    Better quality
    Right click > Video (advanced) > Preset Quality
     
  8. yejun

    yejun Notebook Deity

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    I feel kmplayer is heavier than mpc-hc and other mpc based player.
     
  9. jtvgeo

    jtvgeo Notebook Consultant

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    use VLC 1.0.3 seems to work super well with 1645
     
  10. yejun

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    VLC doesn't support dxva.
     
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    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    This one doesn't work at all. i said u guys, there is not a problem with the Player and Operating System as all of my house mates r having Win7 and KMPlayer. I m getting problem because of F**kng ATI Graphics card (4570;512mb) . i hate it. even it gave me Windows experience Index rating only 5(Aero Performance) where as my nvidia 8600m gt(256mb) used to give me 5.9


    The following METHOD work somewhat but still not expected.

    Also try this:

    Video Processing --> Renderer --> Enhanced Video Renderer (C/A)

    To enable advanced menu: Right click > Options > Advanced Menu

    Better performance
    Right click > Video (advanced) > Preset Performance

    Better quality
    Right click > Video (advanced) > Preset Quality


    NB: ANY OTHER IDEA GUYSSSSSS PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
     
  13. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    Listen, just reset all your settings to default for KMPlayer and it should work smoothly. If that doesn't fix it, then try another media player with the same video file - if both are bad, then you need to get newer/different drivers for video card.
     
  14. nyknicks8

    nyknicks8 Notebook Geek

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    I like MPCHC. I can't speak for KM player, but VLC is garbage compared to MPCHC. I was using VLC for years until @720p on my older pc. Then I got this machine and tried to play 1080p and it lagged like hell. I found out about MPCHC, and that works perfectly.
     
  15. nealloy1981

    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    How to do that?
     
  16. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Dude.. that player is trash.

    Is ASK.com your main search now :twitchy:

    With that said.I had no problems playin videos with good quality in it after it completely took over all of my video files without asking me what so ever before hand.

    Not a good player at all :(

    MPC-HC :cool:
     
  17. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    Options > Preferences > Reset Current Preset

    Let me know how it goes! And this player is the best player out on the market, I have never seen a player more customizable than this, its amazing for the advances user. And no need to install any codec packs. I have tried many players and none have compared to this so far.
     
  18. yejun

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    KMplayer also violates ffmpeg's software license. Besides that it seems very ugly and slow to me.
    Of course none of these free players are completely legit.
     
  19. loha

    loha Notebook Geek

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    Looks way better than VLC and MPC. Also I don't know why you think its slow, since it was butter smooth even on my 5 year old laptop - and the skipping was instant unlike VLC which was laggy.
     
  20. nealloy1981

    nealloy1981 Notebook Evangelist

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    I love KMPlayer. but i don't know what the hell is going wrong between ATI and KMPlayer.

    i sent my Studio1557 back and ordered for another one with ATI 5470. once i receive the system i will try ur tips loha, then i'll let u know. i don't know guys how u r using this player those who r having XPS1645 or Studio machine, i mean with ATI Graphics card!!!

    plz guys find a solution to use this player.