Movies Skip On My Computer

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    Hi I have 465 mhZ celeron with 512 mb ram and i have a 2 mb video card. Every where i read its says that i only need 300 mhz and 64 mb ram to play Divx Files but when i play them on my computer they start to skip. i have tried to put the quality down in Divx and in Windows media player so that it wont skip but its still does. Now in order to watch movies i have to encode them so that there .mpg(which doesnt skip on my computer) but i dont want to do that. Is there any other way so that the movie doesnt skip...
     
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    Well, if you encode at very high quality settings, mainly using high resolutions, then your system will have trouble decoding. You can try using low resolutions like 352 x 240. Try playing your movies in players that dont use a lot of your system's resources like WMP 6.4 or the zoomplayer.
    The divx decoder uses a heck of a lot just to decode your movies so you would have better results using the FFDshow decoding filter to playback your movies.
     
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    It skips in WMP 6.4 and i have downloaded zoomplayer but in zoomplayer i get audio but i dont get video. is there anything u can do about it. maybe i have the wrong codec. codecs name is DivX 3 Fast-Motion.
     
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    Download GSPOT and load your videos in the program to find out if you are missing any codecs that you need to playback both video and audio.

    Download and install FFDshow since most of you movies have most likely been encoded with a codec that the fliter supports._X_X_X_X_X_[small]Life is but a dream...so wake me up already!!![/small]
     
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    How do i check wat codecs i'm missing. I have ffdshow but the video still doesnt not show up.
     
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    The Video Showed up But It still skips.. Is there any other way i can fix that, it skips in everything including zoomplayer. it doesnt skip alot but its not watchable. Please help me out on this one
     
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    Well, aside from getting a new processor, how about if you try re-encoding these movies with lower bitrates and/or lower resolutions.

    What is the resolution of the movies that skip?
     
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    its 640x304. i dont really encode tha movies. i jst download them and play them.
     
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    Can u Tell me how to change tha resolution in virtual dub....
     
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    How Do u change the resoulution in Virtual Dub
     
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    1. Open VDub
    2. Open the movie
    3. Video --> Full Processing Mode
    4. Video --> Filter --> Add --> Resize --> Set the dimensions and such, use at leat BiCubic filtering.
    5. File --> Save As AVI
    6. Sit and wait
     
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    This Takes around 8 hours on my computer
    Is there a faster way to fix the skipping problem...
     
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    No not really. This is a fairly proc. intensive operation too so make sure your cooling setop is sufficient (it prolly is but just something to keep in mind)... how long did you expect it to take?_X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD2500+
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