OvERaCiD23
6th September 2002, 21:12
Dell Inspiron 8000
P3 900mhz
256mb RAM
ATI Mobility 4 16MB (3/12/02 driver, most updated I could find)
Windows XP Home (fully updated)
ffdshow or Divx5 decoder (same results)
I've always used WMP, mainly because all the other players I try do not play movies correctly (all DivX 4&5, b-frames only in 5). I've tried PowerDivX, BSPlayer, ZoomPlayer, and they all offer the same problem: slow playback. Usually about 10fps, although I've gotten it up to 20fps, but I cannot get playback at the full 24fps from these players. I just downloaded WMP9, and now WMP even offers the same problems. I've tried different hardware acceleration levels, but unless I take it all the way down (0, 1st or 2nd settings), the movie will not play correctly (and then full-screen playback is not scaled to full screen, but rather the same size video on an all-black screen). I've read this is an overlay problem, but cannot find out how to correct it. Has anyone experienced anything similar, and figured out a direct way to correct it?
P3 900mhz
256mb RAM
ATI Mobility 4 16MB (3/12/02 driver, most updated I could find)
Windows XP Home (fully updated)
ffdshow or Divx5 decoder (same results)
I've always used WMP, mainly because all the other players I try do not play movies correctly (all DivX 4&5, b-frames only in 5). I've tried PowerDivX, BSPlayer, ZoomPlayer, and they all offer the same problem: slow playback. Usually about 10fps, although I've gotten it up to 20fps, but I cannot get playback at the full 24fps from these players. I just downloaded WMP9, and now WMP even offers the same problems. I've tried different hardware acceleration levels, but unless I take it all the way down (0, 1st or 2nd settings), the movie will not play correctly (and then full-screen playback is not scaled to full screen, but rather the same size video on an all-black screen). I've read this is an overlay problem, but cannot find out how to correct it. Has anyone experienced anything similar, and figured out a direct way to correct it?