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worst mediaplayer ever

  • 14-03-2004 1:18pm
    #1
    brandnewspoon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭


    howdy, i got me an old pII laptop there and i'm having a bit of trouble playing back anything more than an episode of family guy or seinfeld. so no films. are there any really efficient players or just some that are so old and crap that they use next to no resources? i tried the divx player and its a lot better, but i need to squeeze that bit more out of it...(or something that can cut the films in half?) .thanks.


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  • #2
    red_ice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Originally posted by brandnewspoon
    old pII laptop

    That says it all. If you think of an AVI as a series of BMPS each weighing in at about 1/2 megs you some to realise along with sound tahts alot of work for a machine of that spec.

    You can try upgrading the ram in the machine. I used to have a p2 350 and with 64mb of ram in it it wouldnt play movies right. When i threw in 128, it worked fine.

    Chopping up an AVI into smaller pieces may do the trick to a certain extent, but with such software as premier, your really gonna cut the quality of the avi alot! Not to mention the fact that your poor p2 wouldnt really handle the making of the AVI.


  • #3
    OfflerCrocGod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,334 ✭✭✭OfflerCrocGod


    Media Player Classic.


  • #4
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Theres one solution, but you may not like it. Load linux, then use mplayer . On my p3 450 laptop, I was able to play divx using mplayer at about 30-40% cpu usage. Dvd's were a little more, around half. I'd highly recommend this, and I reckon it is the only way you will get decent movie playback performance. There are distributions ( versions ) of linux geared for media playing, so you don't have to go through all the hassle of a full linux install. Examples of mini linux distros which boot off a cd, and include mplayer are: freevis ( www.freevix.org ) and I'm sure others can provide more. If you want to go this route, just ask for more help.


  • #5
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    http://www.videolan.org/

    Doesn't rely on Windows DirectPlay codecs, has them all built-in as modules.

    Possibly will run faster.
    Try it at least.


  • #6
    brandnewspoon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭brandnewspoon


    alright thanks to all for the help, the vlc one worked almost perfectly. the rest sucked some major monkey nozzle when i tried em. i have some ram but im kind of reluctant to open it. the last laptop i opened never got put back together... my friend told me of the linux thing but ill leave it as a last resort. if i need any help with it i won't hesitate...thanks.


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  • #7
    brandnewspoon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭brandnewspoon


    just some useless info: i found that id doesn't matter how big the file is, just the quality. i watched an alright version of kill bill there and it flew. the other one i was trying to watch was saved at a rediculous bit rate hence the stutteryness...


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