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WMP Freezes by x2zen on 09-30-2005 at 10:56 AM
So I got this new Nvidia geforce 6600 card and it's been installed and all that.
But, now when I play a video file (.mpeg) in WMP, the CPU usages goes to 100% and the only way to stop it is terminating wmplayer.exe from the task list.
I have tried reinstalling WMP10, DirectX9c and DivX, still the same problem. I have also downloaded the newest Nvidia driver but nothing helps.
Any ideas?
Ps. I'm on Windows XP SP2 (danish)
RE: WMP Freezes by Reaper on 09-30-2005 at 11:22 AM
is it just that one mpeg or is it others?
also is it any other file types?
RE: WMP Freezes by x2zen on 09-30-2005 at 11:42 AM
Every single file, I haven't tested with .mp3 files since I use WA for that.
Every single video file, no matter if it's a file on my pc or it's streaming from a website
RE: WMP Freezes by qgroessl on 09-30-2005 at 11:46 AM
I think winamp can play .mpeg files now too... Version 5 and higher I think?... and it can't be the lite version of it.... Maybe this could help.
Get it here:
http://www.winamp.com/player/
RE: WMP Freezes by x2zen on 09-30-2005 at 11:48 AM
quote:I already have the full version of Winamp 5.1
Originally posted by qgroessl
I think winamp can play .mpeg files now too... Version 5 and higher I think?... and it can't be the lite version of it.... Maybe this could help.
Get it here:
http://www.winamp.com/player/
The thing is, I use WMP for video and WA for audio, don't ask me why
Any ideas of how to get my WMP working again?
RE: WMP Freezes by JDawg_0789 on 09-30-2005 at 02:18 PM
I had that problem too for awhile...I reformatted and it worked perfectly
RE: WMP Freezes by x2zen on 09-30-2005 at 03:20 PM
quote:Thats my last option
Originally posted by JDawg_0789
I had that problem too for awhile...I reformatted and it worked perfectly
I figured it out
I simply downgraded to the original driver for my gfxcard, and it's working like a charm Who edited this post?
RE: WMP Freezes by rav0 on 10-03-2005 at 12:16 PM
You've worked around the problem, but if anyone wanted to know the reason, I'll add this
Video decoding often requires a lot of power. For this reason, when the graphics card is capable, video decodding is offloaded to the graphics card, rather that being done by the CPU. When the video decoding is to be done by the CPU, it can comsume a lot of resources, the CPU usage by WMP skyrockets, but the video still isn't able to be decoded even when utilising all the power of the CPU. Because the video isn't decoded (smoothly), WMP keeps waiting for it to be done, and is frozen while it waits (if you leave it running you might see it playing very jerkily, with many dropped frames).
When the graphics card is capable, decoding can still be done by the CPU, and this can sometimes give better quality, eg when using a proprietory codec which is not fully supported by the graphics card.
Decoding by the graphics card can be disabled in WMP as shown below. To access the shown dialog; go to Menu > Tools > Options, and then on the performance tab of the Options dialog, click the button labelled Advanced ... in the video acceleration. Overlays is the technique by which the graphics card's capabilities are utilised, when the output is diaplayed with other elements displayed on screen.