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    Why does the Sony Vaio Z choke when playing HD movies in Media player classic?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Sprite, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. Sprite

    Sprite Notebook Consultant

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    Yah? Can someone explain to me why it will choke when playing HD movies ie. mkv, mp4 in media player classic in stamina mode? like i see huge pixels or blocks.

    BUT! it plays HD movies smoothly in windows media player in stamina mode, its a bit puzzling.

    did i forget to download something? thanks
     
    Sprite, Jul 17, 2010
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  2. ZoinksS2k

    ZoinksS2k Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use Media Player Classic as part of the K-Lite Codec Pack. I use the regular version, v6.4.9.7, not the Home Cinema flavor. LINK

    I don't have any problems whatsoever, regardless of the GPU selected. I have even "archived" full Bluray movies to .M2TS and played them with no ill effects.

    Check your codecs and be sure you have the latest version of MPC. You may also check your HW acceleration settings for the nVidia GPU in FFDShow or whatever MPEG-4 codec you are using.
     
    ZoinksS2k, Jul 17, 2010
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  3. beaups

    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    And make sure your thermal strategy is not set to silent.
     
    beaups, Jul 17, 2010
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    StefanHamminga, Jul 17, 2010
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    ZoinksS2k Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use the 32bit k-lite package and always set my thermal control to silent.
     
    ZoinksS2k, Jul 17, 2010
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    hxkclan Notebook Consultant

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    Just use media player classic home cinema. Uses your videocard to help decoding the image and the image is ultra smooth for me ^_^
     
    hxkclan, Jul 18, 2010
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    Crus-T Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe it is due to a crappy video encoding ?
     
    Crus-T, Jul 18, 2010
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  8. ZoinksS2k

    ZoinksS2k Notebook Virtuoso

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    looks like the OP is MIA.
     
    ZoinksS2k, Jul 18, 2010
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    5ushiMonster Notebook Deity

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    No offence Zoinks but I would actually discourage k-lite (even the regular versions) because it is rather bloated...

    I would STRONGLY recommend CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack, not the Russian CCCP...). The lightest darn codec package you can get, installing the bare essentials and nothing that you'll probably never use (6MB for the most stable release at the moment). You can install MPC-HC as an option and that will allow for .flac playback and anything else WMP or whatever player you may use at the moment may not play.

    Hey. See my sig; need I say more...?
     
    5ushiMonster, Jul 19, 2010
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  10. Sprite

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    thanks, i installed the CCCP and theres no pixel blocks. its playing smoothly in stamina mode.

    k lite made it choke for some odd reason and always had used it.
     
    Sprite, Jul 19, 2010
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  11. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Hmm, I use either K-Lite or VLC. VLC being self contained usually presents no problems, and since 1.1, VLC supports Nvidia hardware DXVA. Though K-Lite has never given me any problems, I have never really tried CCCP, so.... But it's good that you found a solution!
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Jul 20, 2010
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