problem playing avi/mpg on the pc

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ubamous3

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A lot of times when i watch an avi or mpg on my pc, the video stream seems to be playing for a few seconds and then stops for a few seconds; and i have to jiggle the mouse on the slider to get it to advance forward; but i have to keep babysitting it every few seconds like that, very annoying and distracting...

what do u suppose the problem is? is it b/c my computer runs out of memory playing it? it doesnt happen consistenly with the same file so i know it's not that the file is corrupted.

I have tried window media player, windvd, powerdvd, andt hey all exhibit that symptoms from time to time.


Thanks
 
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ubamous3

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hi daveml,


i have a sony vaio, pretty fast i think; this is the stats i got from the computer

CPU Model Intel Pentium [P6 Family] MMX (GenuineIntel)
Managed Physical RAM 511.5 MB
OS Name Windows 2000
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1002 Mhz
BIOS Version Award Medallion BIOS v6.0
Total Physical Memory 523,808 KB
Available Physical Memory 99,316 KB
Total Virtual Memory 1,800,628 KB
Available Virtual Memory 954,304 K


so what do u think? btw, i do multitask a lot so that might be the cause if the answer is memory related
 
daveml

daveml

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Playing an mpeg or avi is very memory/CPU intensive.
Try it with nothing else running and see how you go.
It might be one of your other programs you are running is causing the holdup.
 
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