Struggling to play 720p :(

[Skinny]

Will play if i shut down most processes but that's a pita.

System.
Toshiba satellite laptop
3gb ram
GI U2700 1.30GHz
Windows 7 64bit
3.1 processor score on Windows Experience
90gig of 120 gig free on C: drive.
Screen Res - 1366x768

Processes Running. Ended itunes, would end chrome too to play 720.
Obviously a few processes running, but nothing taking up any considerable memory.

Maybe a usefull screen too. Dunno :¦

Any suggestions on making things faster/run better. And thanks in advance mateys.

 

[DMS]

What media player are you using?

 

[Cookie]

It's your processor to blame, nowt you can do to fix that

Maybe try running it with Media Player Classic or something

 

[Magic Johnson]

What media player are you using?

EDIT: Loldms.

 

[Skinny]

vlc

 

[The Ironist]

GI U2700 1.30GHz - seems very low. You have decent 3GB memory but CPU is crap.

I run it fine with my PC which is 2.21 GHz with 1GB RAM so it must just use CPU more.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Yeah but it shouldn't struggle to play 720p.

 

[The Ironist]

Click on the resource monitor button to see what is eating up CPU and whether it is in fact VLC doing it.

 

[Skinny]

It plays, but jitters and things. Doesn't run smooth. Tbh i have a desktop with 1gm ram that'll play 720p onto a 37" no problem. But i'ma dunno .

Ps. Screenie playing 720 window in background.

 

[Rob]

I had the same problem once upon a time, it turned out being upside down did no good for the hardware, so return to the correct side of the world and all will be fine.

I joke, but seriously I did have this problem once, turned out I needed a certain HD codec pack, without it my computer nearly died even considering playing HD, but with it, it worked fine. I'll have to ask a friend what it was and I'll get back to ya matey.

 

[DMS]

If you're using VLC and still can't play 720p, it's definitely your processor that's limiting it - especially since in your screenshots nothing else is using any CPU cycles. I had exactly the same issue on my old 2.4GHz P4 machine - it simply couldn't cope.
VLC doesn't use any pre-installed codecs on your machine. It decodes compressed audio and video using its own in-built codecs which makes it more reliable and means it performs independently of other software on the PC. So if it won't play in VLC, chances are your computer isn't good enough.

 

[Magic Johnson]

It must be the codec issue, still not buying it's the processor.

 

[The Ironist]

It must be the codec issue, still not buying it's the processor.

VLC has all the codecs built in so I don't see how it could be that...

 

[Magic Johnson]

Try playing it through MPC Skinny, using this http://www.coreavc.com/ codec.

p.s Killerbee? You fag.

 

[OiNK]

It is the processor.

 

[Cookie]

It must be the codec issue, still not buying it's the processor.

I'm guessing it's a netbook, by that processor.

It's almost definitely 100 million percent the CPU

 

[Skinny]

Edited with info as i'm a poorper and only get 5 posts.





My external hd is called i own my own playboys. Guess where that line is from. Boring calling it james' computer and james' hd.

Screenie of resource manager thing...

And that site says about paying for the codec. unless i'm missing something...







This is the one.....

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-t130-11h-03915019-pdt.html


Intel® Pentium® Processor SU2700
- 1.3 GHz
- 800 MHz FSB
- 2 MB L2 Cache






Says it cannot render the file when opening in mpc. Will try a different source dl for mpc and try again as it's strange.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Try Media Player Classic.

 

[Cookie]

I swear I already said that

 

[Magic Johnson]

Yeah but he didn't listen the first two times so I thought I'd repeat it again.

 

[Skinny]

Edited above as i have only 5 posts.

Works in mpc but there is no sound. However it said i needed a divx codec update mkv. so maybe it is codec?

 

[Krispwee]

If its not playing the sound you may need AC3Filter aswell.

 

[Magic Johnson]

Edited above as i have only 5 posts.

Works in mpc but there is no sound. However it said i needed a divx codec update mkv. so maybe it is codec?

Is it still hogging your cpu 100%?

 

[Skinny]

Averaging 66% ish so yeah cpu bar is full but playing fine, no jitters, with chrome with 6 tabs open and itunes and flash get running. Weird..

AC3Filter sorted the sound thanks.


So what is the problem then, VLC = s**t? As i though it was immense?

Cpu still is full though, but it plays...


Anyway. Kisses.From.Killerbee.x

 

[Magic Johnson]

VLC is good, just need good hardware that's all. Glad you got it sorted.