Windows Media Player 11 performance with Movies

Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.

RiverDog.

Update your video adapter drivers?

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"RiverDog" <> wrote in message
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> Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
> flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>
> RiverDog.

Yup, drivers are updated. Thanks for the reply though.


"Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
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> Update your video adapter drivers?
>
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> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "RiverDog" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>> flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>
>> RiverDog.
>
>

Have you installed any "codec packs"? I have read in these groups that they can
cause problems like yours.

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"RiverDog" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yup, drivers are updated. Thanks for the reply though.
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
> news:F62881E9-48A2-425A-BCF4-...
>> Update your video adapter drivers?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "RiverDog" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>>> flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>>
>>> RiverDog.
>>
>>
>

"RiverDog" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yup, drivers are updated. Thanks for the reply though.
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
> news:F62881E9-48A2-425A-BCF4-...
>> Update your video adapter drivers?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "RiverDog" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>>> flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>>
>>> RiverDog.
>>
>>

this is a good player you might want to try out.. plays almost anything
without the need to install codecs (free)

www.gomplayer.com

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:56:35 -0600, "RiverDog" <>
wrote:

>Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>
>RiverDog.


Assuming you have current video drivers the first thing to do is
compare playback by using other players. Three of the best,all free,
all superior to Media Player are GOM Player, XnView and VLC Media
Player.

If you still get poor playback suspect some codec conflict as a high
probability. Especially for Media Player, it can go bonkers if certain
codecs get added to your system. While these codecs may still allow
other players to work correctly they can totally mess up Media Player.

Other things can cause poor playback too. Underpowered CPU, being low
on system resources (try rebooting) badly fragmented file if you're
playing it back from your hard drive, worse if you're trying to steam
a video from the web, file encoded at too high a bitrate, etc..

What type of "movie" are you playing? There are literally over a
dozen popular file types, scores of variations within each file type,
issues with decoding, codec conflicts, all manner of things that can
go wrong including DMA issues if you're tying to play a commercial
copyright protected movie.

Nope, no codec packs installed.

RiverDog

"Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
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> Have you installed any "codec packs"? I have read in these groups that
> they can cause problems like yours.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "RiverDog" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Yup, drivers are updated. Thanks for the reply though.
>>
>>
>> "Cal Bear '66" <> wrote in message
>> news:F62881E9-48A2-425A-BCF4-...
>>> Update your video adapter drivers?
>>>
>>> --
>>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>>> GO BEARS!
>>>
>>>
>>> "RiverDog" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>>>> flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>>>
>>>> RiverDog.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

"RiverDog" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Nope, no codec packs installed.

this is a good player you might want to try out.. plays almost anything
without the need to install codecs (free)

www.gomplayer.com

Ok, I tried GOM Player. Video was smooth (although grainy) but no sound.
Tried VLC Media Player. Video was smooth but grainy and there was sound. Too
bad about Media Player 11.

RiverDog

"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:56:35 -0600, "RiverDog" <>
> wrote:
>
>>Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>>flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>
>>RiverDog.
>
>
> Assuming you have current video drivers the first thing to do is
> compare playback by using other players. Three of the best,all free,
> all superior to Media Player are GOM Player, XnView and VLC Media
> Player.
>
> If you still get poor playback suspect some codec conflict as a high
> probability. Especially for Media Player, it can go bonkers if certain
> codecs get added to your system. While these codecs may still allow
> other players to work correctly they can totally mess up Media Player.
>
> Other things can cause poor playback too. Underpowered CPU, being low
> on system resources (try rebooting) badly fragmented file if you're
> playing it back from your hard drive, worse if you're trying to steam
> a video from the web, file encoded at too high a bitrate, etc..
>
> What type of "movie" are you playing? There are literally over a
> dozen popular file types, scores of variations within each file type,
> issues with decoding, codec conflicts, all manner of things that can
> go wrong including DMA issues if you're tying to play a commercial
> copyright protected movie.
>

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:15:11 -0600, "RiverDog" <>
wrote:

>Ok, I tried GOM Player. Video was smooth (although grainy) but no sound.
>Tried VLC Media Player. Video was smooth but grainy and there was sound. Too
>bad about Media Player 11.

Are you sure there is a audio track to play? If a AVI or DivX file,
try opening with G-Spot, another free tool that will give you details
about codecs on your system and which ones should be capable of
playing the file.

If some or none of your video files refuse to play audio then that
suggests one or more audio codecs on your system are to blame. Are you
SURE you never installed any codecs? Just installing some software
will install a whole bunch of codecs. Once you install G-Spot, click
on View-"installed codecs" and you just may be surprised how many are
on your system you didn't know were there.

How smooth video playback is can be effected by the bitrate, (how the
video was encoded) also the size you're viewing it at. Try adjusting
the playback size to 1/2 normal and see if the graininess goes away.

On the GOM player there are in excess of a 100 options to play around
with. Some can make a noticeable improvement in video playback
quality... depending on the video you're trying to play.

The menu is sort of hidden. Click where it says GOM at the very top.
If you look close you'll see the icon gets highlighted just a bit. Now
have some fun. Click on Video on the left menu, then go to Video
Setting on the right menu that opens and try different settings.




>
>RiverDog
>
>"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:56:35 -0600, "RiverDog" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Seems to be very poor. Instead of getting a continuous picture I get a
>>>flashing picture. What causes this and what can I do about it.
>>>
>>>RiverDog.
>>
>>
>> Assuming you have current video drivers the first thing to do is
>> compare playback by using other players. Three of the best,all free,
>> all superior to Media Player are GOM Player, XnView and VLC Media
>> Player.
>>
>> If you still get poor playback suspect some codec conflict as a high
>> probability. Especially for Media Player, it can go bonkers if certain
>> codecs get added to your system. While these codecs may still allow
>> other players to work correctly they can totally mess up Media Player.
>>
>> Other things can cause poor playback too. Underpowered CPU, being low
>> on system resources (try rebooting) badly fragmented file if you're
>> playing it back from your hard drive, worse if you're trying to steam
>> a video from the web, file encoded at too high a bitrate, etc..
>>
>> What type of "movie" are you playing? There are literally over a
>> dozen popular file types, scores of variations within each file type,
>> issues with decoding, codec conflicts, all manner of things that can
>> go wrong including DMA issues if you're tying to play a commercial
>> copyright protected movie.
>>