Choppy Video on PC

justin_murphy

justin_murphy

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Ok.....this is way off topic for me but I have found no solution.
Video is choppy....almost like pausing off and on. I've use 12 different players and so many different codecs trying to fix this. Started after an XP reinstall last month. I use the onboard video card that came with the PC.
Its a 2.0 Pentium 4 chip with 512 megs of ram. The only thing I can think of is bad RAM. I have only 19 processes running with no spyware or viruses.
Any help please!!!

Justin
 
Justin, is the problem on a CD or DVD video or on-line video? Is it on all videos or just one specific one?
 
All downloaded vids do this. Lower quality ones seem to be better but still stop and start at some point. Havent actually tried a DVD.
MP3 audio plays ok. Just the video and its audio.
 
Since you say "all downloaded vids", I assume you are downloading them to your local drive and then running them. So, that would rule out your internet bandwidth as the culprit. My guess would be the graphics card. Either not enough memory on the graphics card or a problem with the card itself. You also state you have 512 memory. That is also a likely culprit. You probably need to upgrade to more RAM.

That's my guess anyway.
 
It's going to be the video card. We have this older Dell Dimension that had a 32MB video card. Not enough for Windows XP, and definitely not for any graphic intense. I don't play games on the computer (just don't have the patience) but do enjoy the occasional Age of Empires III. Of course, it wouldn't play on the 32MB video card, so I went out and bought a 256MB card. And WOW what a HUGE difference that made!!!
 
I would say you dont have the correct drivers for the video cars installed. Once you reinstalled XP, you reinstalled a generic driver.... go to the computer devices tab and see what it says in regards to a driver for the video... and also try to figure out what chipset it is....
If you have a Dell or something popular (sony, hp, etc) go to their website to get the correct drivers....
If you have a "frankenstein"... you'll have to find some documentation as to the chipset and then go to the manufacturers website to get the drivers....

I dont want to "toot my own horn".. but IT is my trade... and although now Im a Network Engineer specializing in wifi, I used to do Desktop support.. its pointing to drivers all the way.. esp after the XP reinstall....

Definitely not RAM, probably not a video Ram issue....(amount)...
Its the driver....

PM me if you need help.....
 
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You know, Aceshigh is probably right. I should have thought of that first. I'd definetly try the driver. But a new video card can't hurt :-)
 
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