Video playback question

Hello, i have a question regarding video and audio playback. I just got my hard drive replaced on my m1330 and while trying to watch a tv show i downloaded i couldnt see any video, anyway i downloaded k-lite codec pack and i could finally see it but it was all choppy and really low quality (ive seen it before and it worked fine back when my laptop had its original hard drive).

Could anyone tell me why this choppiness might be ocurring? Im thinking its the codec so im taking suggestions on this. Also, i tried downloading some new drivers for my 8400GS but when i installed it, my fan kept acting weird, it went off all the time at full strenght and suddenly it would stop and then start again, it was kind of annoying because it was so audible, so i resetted it back to the factory default ones for now, i think its the 176 version or something.

 

just google vlc media player, install, enjoy.

 

hmmm.. didnt do much for me, still choppy and laggy, kinda makes me seasick to watch movies heh

 

How did you reset your drivers to factory defaults ? reinstall drivers from support.dell.com. Sounds to me like video acceleration is off.

 

thats what i thought too, but when i tried to update drivers my fan went crazy, it kept going off at max speed and suddenly turn off and on and off and on, so i had to use system restore to reset it.. and i dont know what to do. (btw, i tried both the newest Dell approved drivers for the M1330 and the 179.14 version from laptopvideo2go.com)

 

I'd suggest uninstalling K-Lite and giving CCCP a try:

cccp-project.net/

Most "codec packs" are just gigantically bloated collections of software you really don't need, CCCP keeps it nice and simple.

 

...CCCP is a codec pack, and is equally bloated.

http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

Supports DXVA also, something neither CCCP, K-Lite, or VLC do without extensive modification.

 

thanks for the help but i think the video drivers might be the problem, i already rerouted my question to the gaming and video adapters forum, thanks!

 

Regardless of driver problems, my link up there is still the best media player out there, so it would be a good idea to use it from now on.

 

CCCP is a filter pack, there's a difference.

It also comes with little to no bloat (Free MPEG2 decoder, WavPack support and an FLV splitter) and is running MPC-HC, DXVA is supported "out of the box" with recent releases and a whopping two checkboxes.

Perfect for anyone who wants to go down the ffdshow route without manually downloading, installing everything and registering VSFilter via the run dialog.

 

MPC-HC does it all in 1 executable. CCCP is a filter pack for dummies that offers you a shiny front end for everything you can already do in MPC with 1 click into your options.

 

Everything you can do with MPC?

Well I guess so, with greater support and configurability via ffdshow and much better fansub support.

Don't get me wrong, MPC-HC is awesome, but it's not the be all and end all.

 

No, it's not, but CCCP is a definitive step down.

 

How is is a step down?

It includes MPC-HC preconfigured AND with greater support thanks to ffdshow.

Quite how including MPC-HC and MORE is a step down in your mind I have no idea.

 

When it comes to codecs more is not always better, codec bloat results in competing codecs who each try to make themselves a higher system priority level.

 

Only all merit levels have already been configured and it's a matter of clicking a checkbox in MPC-HC to change priority.

Have you ever actually used CCCP? It sure doesn't seem like you have.