Help. VLC was playing HD movies fine, but problems now

zillionaire0 · 07-20-2009, 09:16 AM

VLC player was playing 720p movies (the 4.34 gb rips) mkv, avi, movies types very well. But now it just drags the screen and stutters heavily and pauses, but the audio continues fine.

Help needed.

Here is my system config,

Pentium 4 3.2 ghz, 1 gb ddr ram, geforce 7200 gs 256 mb card, XP service pack 2.

Using VLC player, I have the coreavc and Klite media pack installed.

Anyone with this problem and had it solved your help will be greatly appreciated,

Thank you

DexterMorgan · 07-21-2009, 12:58 PM

are you saying a file played fine, then later, the same file cannot play well? If so, you might check if you made any codec changes by installing something. Check your CPU usage via the task manager and see if your CPU usage is at 90% or higher when playing the movie.

If you are saying that some 720p movies play fine, but some don't, it might be the compression or bitrate on the other movies. The higher the bitrate, the more the CPU is used. The stuttering and skipping that you are describing whilst the audio is fine sounds like the CPU is choking up.

07-20-2009, 09:16 AM	#1
zillionaire0 What is HD? Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1	Help. VLC was playing HD movies fine, but problems now VLC player was playing 720p movies (the 4.34 gb rips) mkv, avi, movies types very well. But now it just drags the screen and stutters heavily and pauses, but the audio continues fine. Help needed. Here is my system config, Pentium 4 3.2 ghz, 1 gb ddr ram, geforce 7200 gs 256 mb card, XP service pack 2. Using VLC player, I have the coreavc and Klite media pack installed. Anyone with this problem and had it solved your help will be greatly appreciated, Thank you

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07-21-2009, 12:58 PM	#2
DexterMorgan HTPC Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 220	are you saying a file played fine, then later, the same file cannot play well? If so, you might check if you made any codec changes by installing something. Check your CPU usage via the task manager and see if your CPU usage is at 90% or higher when playing the movie. If you are saying that some 720p movies play fine, but some don't, it might be the compression or bitrate on the other movies. The higher the bitrate, the more the CPU is used. The stuttering and skipping that you are describing whilst the audio is fine sounds like the CPU is choking up.