XP loading .MPG into memory - please help!

[Graham Thompson]

Hi all,

I have a number of large (just over 2GB) MPEG-2 video files (captures from a
digital TV tuner card). When I select them in Windows Explorer, XP loads the
entire file into memory. Needless to say, the operation slows the PC down to
a crawl...

Is there any way I can prevent or alter this behaviour?

I'm using XP Professional with SP2, and have 1GB of RAM. With the page file,
there's just enough memory 'available' for Windows to squeeze the .MPG file
in. Task Manager shows >2GB allocated, but it's not visible against any
specific process...

Thanks in advance for any advice,

GT

[Andrew E.]

Well it simply doesnt load the file(s) into ram memory,it must be opening
the file in a utility to play it (WMP,or similar).What do you want to do with
the file(s),if you'd like to play them,R.click on the file,select,"open
with" play
the file...Otherwise,send it to a dvd.Video as with on-line games,will use
up to 95% of youre resources..

"Graham Thompson" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a number of large (just over 2GB) MPEG-2 video files (captures from a
> digital TV tuner card). When I select them in Windows Explorer, XP loads the
> entire file into memory. Needless to say, the operation slows the PC down to
> a crawl...
>
> Is there any way I can prevent or alter this behaviour?
>
> I'm using XP Professional with SP2, and have 1GB of RAM. With the page file,
> there's just enough memory 'available' for Windows to squeeze the .MPG file
> in. Task Manager shows >2GB allocated, but it's not visible against any
> specific process...
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
>
> GT
>
>
>
>

[Graham Thompson]

"Andrew E." > wrote in message
...
> Well it simply doesnt load the file(s) into ram memory,it must be opening
> the file in a utility to play it (WMP,or similar).

Hi Andrew,

I think I may have narrowed down the cause of the problem to my (software)
DVD player. It appears to be loading the full file into memory so that it
can show a thumbnail ... time to change the file association!

Thanks for your time,

GT