but its really taking a long time.
finished my breakfast and the movie hasnt loaded. haha

that's weird. for me, it took about 3 seconds for player to load huge size movie.

I'm using VLC player and i have the same problem, the video will lag all the way until the end its impossible to watch at all.. Is there any way to tweak vlc settings to compensate for my specs? i don't even mind compromising a little video quality as long as its smooth..

my specs:
Pentium 4 2.60GHz
2.5GB RAM
Radeon 9550

dunnoe if this helps. the file info. some movie abt a hot chick, a dude and machines with red eyes.

General
Complete name : F:\incoming\Completed\xxxxx-1080.mkv
Format : Matroska
File size : 10.9 GiB
Duration : 2h 29mn
Overall bit rate : 10.4 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2009-09-28 01:04:31
Writing application : mkvmerge v2.9.7 ('Tenderness') built on Jul 1 2009 18:43:35
Writing library : libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Muxing mode : Container profile=Unknown@4.1
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 2h 29mn
Bit rate : 8 728 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 8 935 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 800 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.40:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.237
Stream size : 9.13 GiB (83%)
Writing library : x264 core 76 r1271 496d79d
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8935 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language : English

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 2h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 24 bits
Stream size : 1.58 GiB (14%)
Title : DTS 1509 Kbps
Language : English

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Added on October 16, 2009, 11:10 amusing core to decode it btw.
using x2 3200, 8600gt. maybe upgrading to i5 will help?

This post has been edited by slash: Oct 16 2009, 11:10 AM

i saw mpc hc website stated that there's bug with ATi users might face random green frames appearing during playback, and i'm facing that, is there other solution to this other than reverting to driver 8.5?

isnt the new cat is 8.65?
If you cpu is 3 GHz or better, try playback using latest version of ffdshow,
less trouble than Dxva, lag-free if configured correctly,
downside is high cpu usage.

hmm, running on 8.65
using latest klite 5.20 full, mpc hc
below are my specs

E8400 3.0ghz
2gb ddr2 800mhz
HD3870 512MB
win 7 professional

mind to share how to set? thanks in advance

This post has been edited by darude87: Oct 16 2009, 10:04 PM

your pc spec has a slim chance to play 1080p video smoothly, try CoreAVC?
here is how to "tweak" the vlc:
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#H.264....ack_is_too_slow

mplayer can disable more for better performance, but quality very bad, eg lotsa frame skipping + ugly blocking

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Added on October 16, 2009, 10:30 pm
since you are using mpc hc,
launch mpc hc, press "O", > Internal Filters > Transform filter, scrolldown and you will see 2 h264 decoder,
untick H264/AVC (Dxva) and select the FFmpeg one.

This post has been edited by 1024kbps: Oct 16 2009, 10:30 PM

then under playback > output, any settings do i need to change?

edit: i have a big question mark on my head now, i've installed klite, coreAVC,and also realalt, i wonder which codec am i running now? lol

This post has been edited by darude87: Oct 16 2009, 11:04 PM

The leave output section to default, unless you know what are you doing
If you want to know which codec are being used during playback, just right click on mpc> Filters.

thanks for all the help until here, and actually i'm just using a 19" square to display, looks no diff to me tho
finally i have 1 last question, those movies have black frame, is there a way to display full screen without those black frames?

thanks dude!!!it work!!i love u guys!!


just a little more problem here...why does it bcome like dis??

This post has been edited by kira_88: Oct 17 2009, 02:46 AM

Attached thumbnail(s)

Thanks alot! CoreAVC did the job very well. its at least 80% better than before now. At least the video is watchable and the lagginess/blocks are much less.
I don't expect to watch 1080p videos on this pc, i'm already very happy if 720p vids play well.
Thanks again =D

video not downloaded completely, usually if u use torrent and u finished(remove additional extension) it before it complete.
u may resume download(need hashcheck first) or if the torrent has gone [u cant download it anymore], and the file is divx u can repair it using DivFix.

black band on the top and bottom? is it the movie aspect ratio is 16:9?
unless you change you monitor to 16:9 or 16:10 type, less black band
the only 2 ways to remove the 2 black band is crop off the left and right of the video using ffdshow
or disable "keep aspect ratio" on mpc, you movie will be streched to fullscreen, both method isnt good actually

no idea how to do the 1st way

2nd way tried, still the same, untick keep aspect ratio, all movies still have the black band, hmm....