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    My P-7805u can't play HD content

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by skytbest, May 25, 2009.

  1. skytbest

    skytbest Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I recently got a P-7805u and I have all the Planet Earth series ask mkv files on my hard drive, they are in 720p. I've had some problems with HD content on this machine before, sometimes the screen will flicker and bands of colors will flash across the screen, and I'm getting that same problem here. When I start the video it plays for about 10seconds and then pretty much freezes up the program (divx player). My games run fine at max settings and full resolution how ever. Anyone know whats up? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

    P.S. I got on with the 1920x1200 screens if that has any bearing on this problem.
     
    skytbest, May 25, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Download CCCP and use Media Player Classic.

    Or just download Media Player Classic by itself.

    End of story, hopefully.
     
    namaiki, May 25, 2009
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  3. skytbest

    skytbest Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just tried that, it's still giving me some interesting problems. What I forgot to mention previously is that I always get a message saying that "the display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" Should I try a third party driver?
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Have you experienced any problems with playing games on that laptop?
     
    namaiki, May 25, 2009
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  5. skytbest

    skytbest Notebook Enthusiast

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    no, a couple of times this problem may occur after closing the game and browsing the web or something. But ive never experienced it in-game
     
    skytbest, May 25, 2009
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    sparkyman2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Have tried different video card drivers? Some are meant for only gaming and some are meant for multimedia. Here is a great site: http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ .

    Every driver works different for every laptop/computer.....
     
    sparkyman2000, May 25, 2009
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    t3rR0r Notebook Evangelist

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    I think I know what you are talking about.... sometimes radical shades of pink or green/etc right?..... You may also just need to update the codecs on your laptop and figure out which ones you would need......incombination with a possible driver upgrade as well.....check out this site
     
    t3rR0r, May 25, 2009
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    alitunay Power Seller

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    You should watch your temps. I don;t want to cause you panic but that error usually occures when the video driver is having physical issues.
     
    alitunay, May 25, 2009
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    ybc Notebook Guru

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    check ur codecs mate. klite usually works for me. if not then try diff drivers. ive got doxs latest and just hooked up 6860 to 46lcd and 1080 content plays fine with sound over hdmi.
     
    ybc, May 26, 2009
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    markkin Notebook Geek

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    Download Media Player Classic - Homecinema here, http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

    Then, follow this simple guide to accelerate x.264 or h.264 720p or 1080p over your video card. When you use Media Player Classic - Homecinema only 5% of your cpu will be used to decode the movies. It is important to change the option to "EVR custom renderer" in the player to accelerate the movies via GPU.

    Accelerate x.264 1080p movies over the GPU Guide

    http://www.guru3d.com/article/accelerate-x264-1080p-movies-over-the-gpu-guide/
     
    markkin, May 30, 2009
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