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    m1330 Video Playback Jerky? :(

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by simplyjas, Jan 13, 2008.

  1. simplyjas

    simplyjas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all, thanks for looking at my post. I am having problems with my new m1330. When I am playing a video in Windows Media Player every 20 min's or so the video slows down and gets jerky but the audio keeps going at it's normal pace. Then a few seconds later the video speeds up and tries to catch up with the audio however, it never does and keeps freezing and slowing down. The only solution I have found is to shut the down the movie, wait 5-10 seconds and start the movie again from where I had the problem. I find it crazy that such a high spec laptop is giving such problems...

    I am not sure what the problem is... Is it my laptop? Is it Vista? Is it the software? Is it because I have a 5400 rpm drive? It can't be, cause my older slower with less ram laptop's played back video just fine. Please tell me that someone has a solution to this issue and that I am not alone. Because the same movies I am watching on here were working great on my 1520.

    Movies playing:
    XVID, DIVX on the included Windows Media Player (I did install the latest DIVX codec from DIVX site).
     
    simplyjas, Jan 13, 2008
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  2. havoc531

    havoc531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Try a different media player
     
    havoc531, Jan 13, 2008
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  3. simplyjas

    simplyjas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which one would you recommend which plays mostly all? I am going to try the DivX player right now...

    Update: You nailed the problem, it's Windows Media Player. WTF! WMP works fine on my older 1520 with XP...that is weird. I used to DivX player and the video runs wine. Thanks. Any way to fix WMP to run smoothly too?
     
    simplyjas, Jan 13, 2008
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  4. dbains2k8

    dbains2k8 Newbie

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    Did you try disabling any unneeded background tasks?
     
    dbains2k8, Jan 13, 2008
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  5. PJ@y-Z

    PJ@y-Z Notebook Evangelist

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    Try PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra ;)
     
    PJ@y-Z, Jan 13, 2008
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  6. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Media Player Classic or VLC, both are free and 10x better than WMP :p .

    Why PAY when there are FREE alternatives :confused:
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 13, 2008
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  7. james_s

    james_s Notebook Geek

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    I use MPC, it is better at everything than WMP, but there is still some jerkyness in 720p movies.
     
    james_s, Jan 13, 2008
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  8. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    I can even play 1080p movies in MPC very smoothly. What is your notebook ? Maybe there is something else wrong.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jan 14, 2008
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    I have the same problem. Even a standard xvid is giving me problems. And 1080p is really dodgy. Don`t understand what`s the problem. I have tried several different players, included all the above. I have tried different codecs and different drivers for my 8400M GS. The processor is a T9300 and 5400 HDD. Can anyone give some good pointers? Such a powerful machine should manage this without a glitch....
     
    Kataton, May 13, 2008
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  10. jpmfan

    jpmfan Newbie

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    ive been having that problem too lately. Its been fine up until the last few days, windows did an automatic update and i think it might have installed something that has screwed it all up. I uninstalled and installed new graphics drivers but nothing seems to work.
     
    jpmfan, Jun 5, 2008
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  11. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    ram/buffering problems?

    try booting a livedvd or ubuntu and test it out... see if its hardware or software
     
    paper_wastage, Jun 5, 2008
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