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    Grainy video and high CPU usage when streaming from the internet

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by JWBlue, Aug 5, 2009.

  1. JWBlue

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    My system has an Intel E5200 with X4500HD video card

    My CPU usage is between 75%-80%. I was told that an E5200 should be able to handle streaming of video. Could the high CPU usage be related to the grainy picture I am receiving?

    My internet connection is solid. (12 mpbs)

    Do I have a processor issue?

    Is there anything I can do to get a better picture?
     
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    Since you're using an integrated card, your CPU would be doing most of the work decoding and stuff.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 5, 2009
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    Your cpu has nothing to do with the quality of the picture.

    Your quality issue has to be related to the original video source being poor, or the player/codec your using is poor or its settings not configured correctly.

    Do you have a link to the file your trying to view? If somebody else see's the video that will atleast let you know if its a problem for your machine or a problem with the file.
     
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    Doesn't an integrated video card share power with the CPU?

    Or is that sharing system memory. Great. Now I'm confused.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 5, 2009
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    http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/episodes/?vid=1140369

    Weird. I am running the same video on an old pentium 4 on the same network and not getting any graininess, (but am getting choppiness which is expected).
     
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    I've run into a similar problem, I think. Do you noticed the graininess when jumping from one section to another?
     
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    I can't troubleshoot the computer that is having issues. Someone is sleeping in the room where the computer is.
     
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    Also you should make sure its fully loaded before viewing so you do not get low bitrate chunks of video before it has buffered completely.

    I just watched a few minutes of it, I could see some grain but nothing out of the ordinarly just normal web stream stuff due to the quality it has to be to reduce the file size.

    No lag/studder/chop

    All I can say is maybe go and download CCCP (combined community codec package) and see if that helps, and make sure you have your player options in your internet browser set to be anything other than quicktime. Quicktime always has given me problems in the past, strange loading, no play/pause or seek bar showing up on the embeded player.

    Infact i do not even have quicktime installed these days I just use quicktime alt for media player classic.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 5, 2009
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