Skipping problems (video/audio speed up) with divx

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Hey,

I have a problem when playing back divx files with skipping. When playing back a movie, It seems as if the video AND audio speeds up for a second, then returns back to normal speed.. This happens probably every minute or more, practically making movies unwatchable..(ie: makes you miss an action scene or an important piece of dialog)

It's not too bad, but it gets real annoying real quickly. (I guess its sort of similar to when you try to skip ahead in WMP with some movies - how the video speeds up then returns back to normal speed).

the system is:
-amd duron 600mhz
-256mb pc133 ram
-nvdia tnt2 with tv-out
-soundblaster live! 5.1
-intel etherexpress pro nic
-three hard drives, two 7200rpm, one 5400rpm
-windows98se

FYI, movies USED to play fine on this system, until recently. They play perfectly on all my other computers, so i'm sure the movies are fine.

some things i tried were:
-lowering the cpu settings (right click->properties->advanced in WMP)
-swapping the cpu / sound card / video card
-reinstall of windows / divx codec (3.11 and 4.12)

This is really baffling me..I thought the reinstall of windows would have helped, but the exact same thing happens. :confused:

Any help is greatly appreciated.. Thanks



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ps: i tried searching for forums for people with similar problems but found none..

[bb]

I've experienced that problem, too, although it doesn't happen as often (maybe once or twice during a film). Don't know why either. Happens on Athlon 1.33 GHz, ATI Radeon VE TV out.

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[Swede]

Could it be that you have something else running in the background? Like Office's indexing component or some scheduled prog? Or, *chill*, some virus?

[Stabmaster-Arson]

I figured out what was doing this. It's Divx 5 decoder filter. (Perhaps divx 4 too im not sure)

Stupid divx 5 filter cant properly decode divx 311 content. A couple fixes for this, 1, uninstall divx 5. (What I did) Or, in the divx 5 forum, theres a sticky at the top that says how to force the divx 311 decoder to once again filter your divx 311 content. i was very angry about this, as my movies were screwed for quite some time.