MPC homecine choppy video

bluelol · 22nd September 2009, 14:23

I have a old crappy pc that has trouble playing HD (wmv) vids on my PC. Basically the video & audio are choppy. Is there anyway I can set mpc or ffdshow to dial down the processing of the video so its not choppy. I don't mind if the video quality is degraded, I just don't wanna have to re-encode the vids or buy a video card to watch them. So far I've went into ffdshow to adjust set to skip deblocking at 350ms & set drop framedelay to 1000. The video is near smooth but the audio is still very choppy. Any help or suggestions are very appreciated.

AMD Athlon(B) XP 3200+ 2.20 GHz
1GB RAM
Integrated graphics with up to 64 MB allocated video memory
Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.2.1008.0

me7 · 23rd September 2009, 17:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluelol

Integrated graphics with up to 64 MB allocated video memory

Try to set the renderer to "Overlay Mixer" under Options/Output.

bluelol · 25th September 2009, 09:01

Thanks, the video isn't choppy at all anymore

Any chance the audio can be made better too?

me7 · 25th September 2009, 16:08

What kind of audio output do you use?

bluelol · 26th September 2009, 02:45

not sure what ya mean. crappy built-in sound card. Realtek 97 mixer/driver.

me7 · 26th September 2009, 09:28

I mean if you decode the sound to stereo, decode it to surround with your soundcard or if you use SPDIF?

bluelol · 26th September 2009, 14:42

just stereo output.

me7 · 26th September 2009, 14:59

Have you tried using different decoders? Try to switch from the Windows decoder to ffdshow or vice versa.

bluelol · 26th September 2009, 16:22

The audio is choppy with both windows decoder & ffdshow audio decoder. With ffdshow, I set the supported output to only 16 bit integer as it directs for slower PCs.

After some testing, I think the audio is fine, its the video still using too much processing power and bottlenecking the audio decoder. I think I've hit a wall here unless theres something else I can do to lower the video decoder's processioning needs.

Blue_MiSfit · 1st October 2009, 00:33

You're probably out of luck.

I'm surprised the Windows VC-1 decoder can't handle things.

I'd suggest updating to Windows Media Player 11, as this will give you the latest VC-1 decoder, which should be the fastest possible.

If this isn't enough, you're either going to have to re-encode to some other format, or buy a video card with DXVA.

Oh- what OS are you running?

~MiSfit

setarip_old · 1st October 2009, 02:55

@bluelol

Hi!

I'd suggest that your system is both too "weak" and you have insufficient RAM...

22nd September 2009, 14:23	#1 \| Link
bluelol Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7	MPC homecine choppy video I have a old crappy pc that has trouble playing HD (wmv) vids on my PC. Basically the video & audio are choppy. Is there anyway I can set mpc or ffdshow to dial down the processing of the video so its not choppy. I don't mind if the video quality is degraded, I just don't wanna have to re-encode the vids or buy a video card to watch them. So far I've went into ffdshow to adjust set to skip deblocking at 350ms & set drop framedelay to 1000. The video is near smooth but the audio is still very choppy. Any help or suggestions are very appreciated. AMD Athlon(B) XP 3200+ 2.20 GHz 1GB RAM Integrated graphics with up to 64 MB allocated video memory Media Player Classic Home Cinema 1.2.1008.0

1st October 2009, 00:33	#10 \| Link
Blue_MiSfit Derek Prestegard IRL Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,980	You're probably out of luck. I'm surprised the Windows VC-1 decoder can't handle things. I'd suggest updating to Windows Media Player 11, as this will give you the latest VC-1 decoder, which should be the fastest possible. If this isn't enough, you're either going to have to re-encode to some other format, or buy a video card with DXVA. Oh- what OS are you running? ~MiSfit __________________ These are all my personal statements, not those of my employer :)

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25th September 2009, 09:01	#3 \| Link
bluelol Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7	Thanks, the video isn't choppy at all anymore Any chance the audio can be made better too?

25th September 2009, 16:08	#4 \| Link
me7 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 217	What kind of audio output do you use?

26th September 2009, 02:45	#5 \| Link
bluelol Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7	not sure what ya mean. crappy built-in sound card. Realtek 97 mixer/driver.

26th September 2009, 09:28	#6 \| Link
me7 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 217	I mean if you decode the sound to stereo, decode it to surround with your soundcard or if you use SPDIF?

26th September 2009, 14:42	#7 \| Link
bluelol Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7	just stereo output.

26th September 2009, 14:59	#8 \| Link
me7 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 217	Have you tried using different decoders? Try to switch from the Windows decoder to ffdshow or vice versa.

26th September 2009, 16:22	#9 \| Link
bluelol Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 7	The audio is choppy with both windows decoder & ffdshow audio decoder. With ffdshow, I set the supported output to only 16 bit integer as it directs for slower PCs. After some testing, I think the audio is fine, its the video still using too much processing power and bottlenecking the audio decoder. I think I've hit a wall here unless theres something else I can do to lower the video decoder's processioning needs.

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setarip_old Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 16,267	@bluelol Hi! I'd suggest that your system is both too "weak" and you have insufficient RAM...