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godzilla23 · 09-19-2005, 10:00 AM

Being a rabid TV fan, I've started acquiring a large collection of TV shows on my computer. Some of these files, when I play them, display very frequent flashes of various colours and lines. This makes the viewing less than pleasant. I've tried installing new codecs, and this doesn't aid the problem. Could this just be the file being of poor quality? Any suggestions?

My video card is a ATI Radeon 9700 Mobile (128MB), if that helps.

MooseMan3000 · 09-19-2005, 10:11 AM

Well, that depends a lot on how you're "acquiring" them. If you've downloaded them, chances are they're just poorly captured, so you're SOL.

If you didn't download them, we'll need more information. Do the same TYPES of files always give the weird flashes? (ie mpg vs. avi) Is it always in the same program? Do you have the latest drivers? How did you capture and compress the files?

But I get the impression they're downloaded. Call it a hunch.

godzilla23 · 09-19-2005, 10:43 AM

They are downloaded, yes. Living without cable is a downer.

All of the files that flash use the Xvid codec. I guess I'll have to try getting other formats or find a better xvid codec. Thanks for your help, though.

cyrnel · 09-19-2005, 11:43 AM

XviD is good, but you might have a bad release or conflicts with another decoder. Plenty of the codec packs cause more problems than they solve.

Try uninstalling XviD. Run the player again. Keep uninstalling XviD/DivX codecs until the player says it can't render the file. Then install a fresh, non-beta copy of XviD from <a href="http://www.koepi.org/XviD-1.0.3-20122004.exe">here</a>.

If it still fights we need to walk your codec tree and see who's in charge.

godzilla23 · 09-19-2005, 12:34 PM

Worked like a charm. Thank you very much, cyrnel.

09-19-2005, 10:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
godzilla23 Tilted Location: Ontario, Canada	Video playback question Being a rabid TV fan, I've started acquiring a large collection of TV shows on my computer. Some of these files, when I play them, display very frequent flashes of various colours and lines. This makes the viewing less than pleasant. I've tried installing new codecs, and this doesn't aid the problem. Could this just be the file being of poor quality? Any suggestions? My video card is a ATI Radeon 9700 Mobile (128MB), if that helps.

09-19-2005, 11:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	XviD is good, but you might have a bad release or conflicts with another decoder. Plenty of the codec packs cause more problems than they solve. Try uninstalling XviD. Run the player again. Keep uninstalling XviD/DivX codecs until the player says it can't render the file. Then install a fresh, non-beta copy of XviD from <a href="http://www.koepi.org/XviD-1.0.3-20122004.exe">here</a>. If it still fights we need to walk your codec tree and see who's in charge. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

09-19-2005, 10:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
MooseMan3000 wouldn't mind being a ninja. Location: Maine, the Other White State.	Well, that depends a lot on how you're "acquiring" them. If you've downloaded them, chances are they're just poorly captured, so you're SOL. If you didn't download them, we'll need more information. Do the same TYPES of files always give the weird flashes? (ie mpg vs. avi) Is it always in the same program? Do you have the latest drivers? How did you capture and compress the files? But I get the impression they're downloaded. Call it a hunch.

09-19-2005, 10:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
godzilla23 Tilted Location: Ontario, Canada	They are downloaded, yes. Living without cable is a downer. All of the files that flash use the Xvid codec. I guess I'll have to try getting other formats or find a better xvid codec. Thanks for your help, though.

09-19-2005, 12:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
godzilla23 Tilted Location: Ontario, Canada	Worked like a charm. Thank you very much, cyrnel.