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    Jerky video

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Slappy san, Feb 20, 2006.

  1. Slappy san

    Slappy san Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't had my dv8000z for a week yet and I have a problem. I was watching some video with the divx player and its jerking. Is this normal with a single 512 ram chip?
     
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    playing back 2d video is mostly a function of the cpu. that being said, the file is 1st place to look. have you tried the video in another player? also, since it's mostly cpu intensive, are you doing a lot of other stuff at the same time ?
     
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  3. Slappy san

    Slappy san Notebook Consultant

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    Aww crap!

    I just ran it through my desktop with no problems.

    I have several firefox windows open...nothing major.

    I thought AMD Turion(TM) 64 ML-37 (2.0GHz/1MB L2 Cache) was sufficient to get the job done. :(

    I haven't even started any burning or heavy multi-tasking yet.
     
    Slappy san, Feb 20, 2006
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  4. Slappy san

    Slappy san Notebook Consultant

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    Uh oh....I just checked my system properties. It says I have a 1.60ghz. WTF.
     
    Slappy san, Feb 20, 2006
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    Your laptop is slowing itself down when you unplug it to increase the battery life.

    try to find some power management tools that came with your laptop to speed it back up (decreases battery life a bit)


    Btw I managed to watch dvds fine on a 1ghz celeron with 256mb ram
     
    Darbyjack, Feb 20, 2006
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  6. Slappy san

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    It's plugged up.
     
    Slappy san, Feb 20, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Try changing the power schemes(Control Panel(classic view)-->Power Options-->Change the Poler scheme to 'always On'. I would say the since the cpu slows down when not much power is needed, this sometimes creates such problems when playing Divx videos.
     
    miner, Feb 20, 2006
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  8. tullnd

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    Actually...I'd just try installing another codec set. Jerkiness on video playback is almost always a codec issue. Try uninstalling and reinstalling(with a reboot inbetween) the divx package. Make sure it's the newest one. Then if that doesn't work, trying adding some of the larger codec packs. Check out the properties of the video file(what it was encoded with) and figure out if you have the proper codec installed to play it back.
     
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  9. Slappy san

    Slappy san Notebook Consultant

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    I havent tried to play the video again yet. The change did make the the system properties go from 1.6ghz to 1.99. Why doesnt it go to 2.0?
     
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  10. miner

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    Thats about correct. There will be some inaccuracies in reporting the clock speed and the difference is very small to worry about.
     
    miner, Feb 20, 2006
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  11. Shampoo

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    That's just about right don't worry about your processor speed.

    Like someone said above, sounds like a codec issue to me.

    Go to free-codecs.com and try out their codec packages.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Feb 22, 2006
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  12. Fiffy

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    One word: VLC
    Try it out, never look back!
     
    Fiffy, Feb 22, 2006
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  13. Shampoo

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    No need for VLC, it still has some missing screws and I don't like the player.

    All you have to do is install a set of codecs and use ANY media player you want.

    All VLC is, is a set of codecs with a crappy media player. You COULD install VLC and just use whatever media player you want, but I'd suggest just getting the latest codecs you need one by one.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Feb 23, 2006
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