When I try to play DVDs or any films I've downloaded there is a drag in the image that makes it completely unwatchable.
Every three seconds the image pauses and it is really irritating. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem?
Please don't answer this question unless you really know how to help me ...
2006-09-19 04:36:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
You didn't indicate the specs on your PC. From the symptoms, I'm guessing you have an integrated video card with minimum ram (maybe 256 mb?).
In any event your best bet may be to shut off programs that are using up the ram you have. MOST of those programs have icons down by your clock on the lower right side of your bar at the bottom of your screen. Shut off as many of those as you can. If you are using some of the latest Norton products, I've read that they can be huge memory hogs.
It probably wouldn't hurt to shut off your screensaver as well.
If this doesn't help, try rebooting windows first, THEN do the above. Don't do any other stuff on your PC prior to launching the movie. Sometimes programs you run don't release the ram they used when running.
You SHOULD see an improvement in movie performance.
Hope this helps.
2006-09-19 04:50:48 · answer #1 · answered by KOKOMOJO 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you may have a bad video card or one that doens't have sufficient memory, try replacing you video card and see if that works. Depending on the age of you computer you should get a video card with a least 128M ram.
2006-09-19 04:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by martin l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me that the problem is in the creation of the file and there were probably errors during its creation. Another may be in the download, if it were interrupted at any point that can corrupt the file. Where did you download it?
2006-09-19 04:38:50 · answer #3 · answered by Just Bored!! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like something with the video card, maybe its not good enough to handle the video's you are dling, do you have onboard or is it an actual video card, if its onboard, thats your problem right there....either that or sounds like it could be media player... try and dl a free dvd player off of bearshare or something...
2006-09-19 04:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by cflames_fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close all other programs before starting the DVD. I'm guessing your email program might be causing this problem.
Hope that helps!
2006-09-19 04:45:17 · answer #5 · answered by love2travel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like the computer (or video card) is a little too old to handle videos.
How old is the computer and is it worth it to try to upgrade it?
2006-09-19 04:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ken G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may not have enough memory to play them. The more they use, the slower it will be
2006-09-19 04:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by gingersnapgrad2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm
2006-09-19 04:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋