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AndrewR
Resident Nut-cache
Member # 44

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I need some help with a video file I downloaded.

I just downloaded the second part of the Enterprise season 4 opener. There seems to be something up with the file.

1. It is an avi file
2. It only plays sound in Windows Media Player, Cyberlink Powerdvd and Realplayer
3. I played it using DivX player
4. When it plays in DivX player - it is jumpy... i.e. not a smooth picture...

The jumping is not TOO severe but it's like it's missing every 1/16th of a second or something - it's quite annoying. It's like a jump every half a second. Little jumps.

Hard to explain. The sound is OK.

It doesn't matter whether you play it in a very small window or full screen.

Do i need some special type of CODEC? It says it's from a HDTV source - but I've played downloaded taken from HDTV sources before and they've been fine.

Is it a crappy encoding?

I don't think it's my computer - I closed every 'open' program except for like Norton.

My Computer is an AMD Athalon XP 2000+ 1682 MHz CPU NVIDIA GeForce 4MX 440 64MB
256MB RAM
1024x768x85Hz screen

Andrew

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Fabrux
Epic Member
Member # 71

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What's the full filename? Usually the codec required is in the filename, at least in my experience.

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AndrewR
Resident Nut-cache
Member # 44

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'Tis all cool - needed to download the Xvid codec.

Noice and toight now.

[Big Grin]

BTW the filename was: enterprise.s04e02.proper.hdtv-lol

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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If MP/RP won't decode the videostream, but DP will, it is a codec issue. So find your file's G-Spot, and pleasure you shall receive.

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Harry
Stormwind City Guard
Member # 265

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You are too late! No powerup for y00!

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
Member # 393

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I had the same problem - it was very jumpy in PowerDVD. Mostly OK in WMP. I know I have the Xvid codec, perhaps I need a newer version?

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