Very slow playback error

[GitsLM]

Hi,
since my recent update to WinXP SP2 and Media Player 9(00003250) I experience a very nervwrecking Xvid issue. I can play a Xvid without any issues but when I close the xvid (or its just finished) and start another one the playback of the video is very slow. The audio works perfectly. Sometimes my WinXP even desplays a blue screen. I have installed every Xvid binary I could fine but nothng changes (well sometimes I am not even able to play a single one correctly with differnt binaries). So I deinstalled everything and installed the lasted ffdshow (12.10.2004). I searched the forum and found a hint to disable post processing but nothing changes.

Anyone who can help me out ? It is getting a bit annoying to restart the PC all the time, lol.

My system:
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Asus Motherboard
512 MB RAM
MSI GForce FX 5900

PS In both cases the win media player uses the ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder (I checked it twice). So I do not understand the diffrent reaction :(

[Blue_MiSfit]

don't use WMP. It's an evil player that doesn't do things properly.

Use mplayer, vlc, Media Player Classic, Core, or another 3rd party/open source player.

[kurt]

check out for drivers on the mainboards homepage or think about reformat your harddrive and reinstall windows ... bluescreens show instability of the OS ...

[ChronoCross]

if you have ffdshow on your computer make sure it is the latest version. Additionally if your using matroska or OGM media formats you need to hve those updtated as well.

[crusty]

My system:
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Asus Motherboard
512 MB RAM
MSI GForce FX 5900
Small hint: always state the exact type or at least the chipset on the mobo. It can help.

I agree with the others in that WMP is absolutely crap. MPC (Media Player Classic) is an excellent player, as is Zoomplayer.

Sometimes my WinXP even desplays a blue screen.
There are different blue screens. Do you mean the dreaded BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) or do you mean that in the WMP-window the part that should display the film goes blue? It's a difference.

issues but when I close the xvid (or its just finished) and start another one the playback of the video is very slow.

Is your harddisk trashing around at that very moment? You might go to the task manager at that very moment (Do a Ctrl-alt-del) and check the memory usage and processor usage. It might be that some program in the background is grinding your system to a crawl.

It doesn't sound like a post-processing issue. Making a wild guess it sounds like when you start up a new file something is accessing it like crazy. Perhaps a antivirus program running with 'scan all files' enabled?

Other crap-makers could be spyware, adware, or defrag programs.

Also, does this only happen with XviD or also with MPEG-1's DivX, etc.?

HTH,
Crusty

[GitsLM]

Hi guys,

first of all thanks for the feedback. I tried several diffrent adjustments, also cleaning up the reg, harddrive,.. but unfortunatelly nothing worked. So I will now try another player software and also I will disable the antivirus. Anyway to answer some questions: i do mean the absolutly dead blue screen, windows shows a memory dump message and thats it. But as stated the blue screen happens open now and then so do not think that it is the OS. I can convert DVD with DVDRB, surf the net and using diffrent other apps without having a crash in 3 days. The mainboard drivers are the newest onces and it worked before without any problems. The system is free of ad, spyware. I just check it to be sure.

Now I ran the test with diffrent files and I realised that it is related to only XviD and DivX movies. MPEG1/2 is working fine.

Now I check the issue with media player classic and it is the same slowness :(

I start thinking I have to format the HDD, shit not again :(


I found the problem but not what is causing it. I had an unusual amount of run32.dll open. After I terminated them and deinstalled fddshow and divx codec without restarting the system I could view as many divx/xvid like I want any problems. It is wired, isnt it ;)

[HalfHuman]

run32.dll, unusual amounts of it :confused:
you know: like other dudes say wmp9 is stupid. and if something goes weird try removing viruses and the spyware using the appropriate software (kaspersky uptodate and spyboot s&d 1.3 and adaware). you migt have a new spyware or another pest.
no need to format hdd:)