grs Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I have Gom player but it can't handle DVD's I also have VLC but there seems to be a problem with it, if images are moving fast very small horizontal lines appear around the moving part of the image, any idea why this happens? What other programs are there that can run most file types? grs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 sounds like the system it self is too underpowered try turning off the themes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 download a copy of CCCP and install that, it installs all the codecs u need to play most media fille types, it also has included a ultra light weight and highly custamisably vid players, personly i use Media player classic, but zoom player works just as well. http://www.cccp-project.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grs Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 sounds like the system it self is too underpowered try turning off the themes Themes are off and I though my PC would have plenty of power to run a DVD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I'll be shot for suggesting it but if you're on Windows then Windows Media Player will happily play DVDs (with suitable codecs, see KLite Codec Pack or as Deveant suggested, CCCP). VLC works fine for me though. I personally tend to avoid commercial solutions like PowerDVD because they're heavy, bloated and altogether redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grs Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 Power DVD came with my Laptop, I didn't like it. Windows Media Player won't run DVD's since I took Power DVD off, where would I get the codec to run DVD's in WMP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Install PowerDVD. You can use Ubuntu which has clear instructions as to how to enable DVD playback (or buy a Dellbuntu XPS which has DVD playback enabled out of the box). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Power DVD came with my Laptop, I didn't like it. Windows Media Player won't run DVD's since I took Power DVD off, where would I get the codec to run DVD's in WMP? Install a codec pack like KLite or CCCP as we've said, those have MPEG2 (DVD) codecs alongside just about every other codec you could ever need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 The lines your getting are because it is interlaced video and you need to have it remove the interlace during playback. I dont use vlc, so I am not sure if there is an option for this, but PowerDVD has the option to play back smoothly and handle the interlacing(which liiks like horizontal scan lines tearing the images at the edges of objects during fast scenes). Power DVD 5 and 6 were the best in my opinion. 5 was light on resources and didnt have a lot of bloat and other settings to worry about. It got the job done and allow syou to play dvds in many other players since it installs the fiels needed for Mpeg-2 decoding. Alternatively, you can llok for MPEG-2 decoders or active-x versions of the mpeg-2 decoders that also make it so you can edit mpeg-2 video in things like Virtual Dub, etc. Go and download Analog.5 Issue # 02. I did an article on copying dvds using Virtual Dub(if your interested in that sort of thing). In there, there are links to mpeg2 video and audio filters for windows xp. The only ones in the pack you will need for decoding are: Multiple_MPEG2_Source.ax, Mpeg2Parser.ax and Mpeg2Decoder.ax http://faminet.uni.cc/Analog5/Analog5_Issue002.txt http://wiki.hak5.org/wiki/Analog5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grs Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 At the moment in Gom Player, there is a Deinterlacing heading under Video with the following headings:- Disable Blend Bob Discard Linear Mean X at the moment its set to Disable, I'll try the othere to see what results I get. I've just run through them and I'm sure what the difference is between them! but I've set it to Blend and it seems better. There is still something happening but its hard to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 VLC can do deinterlacing, start the DVD and right click in the video, under Deinterlace you'll find a bunch of methods to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 what are your pc specs most video players will mainly use hardware acceleration in order to render the video properly and if your videocard doesnt support it, you will either get lag or you will get tearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 What do you guys use for 1080p video. I have a AMD X2 4200+. 2.25gb's of ram. 7600GT with aftermarket zalman and super cyclone blower. But it still lags on real 1080p, 720p is played perfectly. I have tried VLC and WMP and many others, I have tweaked settings etc.. but I guess my PC can just not handle pure 1080p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 My Current specs: ATI Raedon HD 2400 XT 512 Meg 19inch HPw1907 LCD AMD Phenom 2.2ghz (Quad Core) 3gig ram Windows XP MCE2005 32-bit (XP Pro 64-bit will be here in a few days, plus more ram :)) No lag on my part so far. Only time things seem to get slow is when I record full screen video at 1920x1088 pixels from my Pinnacle HDTV USB Stick in Default format. If I use 720x480 DVD format, it comes out clear and no problems at all recording. All playback has been smooth at any size. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 My Current specs: ATI Raedon HD 2400 XT 512 Meg 19inch HPw1907 LCD AMD Phenom 2.2ghz (Quad Core) 3gig ram Windows XP MCE2005 32-bit (XP Pro 64-bit will be here in a few days, plus more ram :)) No lag on my part so far. Only time things seem to get slow is when I record full screen video at 1920x1088 pixels from my Pinnacle HDTV USB Stick in Default format. If I use 720x480 DVD format, it comes out clear and no problems at all recording. All playback has been smooth at any size. :) Probably because of your gfxcard, that series ATI is known for delivering great HD playback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grs Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 My specs are:- CPU- AMD AM2 5200+, Ram- 2GB, HDD- 250GB, GPU- ATI Sapphire Radeon X1950GT 256MB GDDR3, OS- Windows XP Pro, network card on mobo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 What do you guys use for 1080p video. I have a AMD X2 4200+. 2.25gb's of ram. 7600GT with aftermarket zalman and super cyclone blower. But it still lags on real 1080p, 720p is played perfectly. I have tried VLC and WMP and many others, I have tweaked settings etc.. but I guess my PC can just not handle pure 1080p. again i suggest CCCP (See my other post for link) the player uses lil to no system res for the actualy player, just for the play, therefore ur running ur system at its highest potential, though a nice GFX card that openly says it supports HD helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 E6750, 2GB 6400, P35 and a GeForce 8600GT, all plays fine. (The 8600GT is a great cheap card for casual gaming & HD video imo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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