video stops and starts

[Starvoyager]

What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
the video stops and starts through the whole video.
and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
nvidia video card.

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in ANY PC?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Starvoyager" > wrote in message
...
> What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
> the video stops and starts through the whole video.
> and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
> this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
> I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
> 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
> nvidia video card.

[Starvoyager]

OK Ive been using DVD Lab to author dvd's the finished product is whats
stuttering.
I tried the mpeg by itself, and it works ok.
The dvd lab project has menus and such.
Greg


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in ANY PC?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
> ...
> > What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
> > the video stops and starts through the whole video.
> > and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
> > this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
> > I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
> > 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
> > nvidia video card.
>
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

When you encoded it, was the PC left alone..... encoding video is just about
the most CPU intensive task a PC can be asked to do, and everything that can
be disabled, should be, including antivirus.

This means closing Outlook or Outlook Express that checks for email,
stopping surfing, playing games, internet access etc etc and leaving the PC
to do its own thing. You'll get the same 'stuttering' result if your PC
does not have the specs to encode. You should have at least a P4 (or
equivalent) with 1gb of RAM. The hard drive should be defragged just before
encoding and Disk Cleanup should be run.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Starvoyager" > wrote in message
...
> OK Ive been using DVD Lab to author dvd's the finished product is whats
> stuttering.
> I tried the mpeg by itself, and it works ok.
> The dvd lab project has menus and such.
> Greg
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in ANY
>> PC?
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
>> > the video stops and starts through the whole video.
>> > and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
>> > this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
>> > I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
>> > 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
>> > nvidia video card.
>>
>>
>>

[Starvoyager]

Thanks for your time Cari, I have P4 3 gigs of ram, but my antivirus was
running and I did not defrag before processing. also I may have fooled around
with machine
when encoding. I will try again using your advice.

thanks
Greg

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> When you encoded it, was the PC left alone..... encoding video is just about
> the most CPU intensive task a PC can be asked to do, and everything that can
> be disabled, should be, including antivirus.
>
> This means closing Outlook or Outlook Express that checks for email,
> stopping surfing, playing games, internet access etc etc and leaving the PC
> to do its own thing. You'll get the same 'stuttering' result if your PC
> does not have the specs to encode. You should have at least a P4 (or
> equivalent) with 1gb of RAM. The hard drive should be defragged just before
> encoding and Disk Cleanup should be run.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
> ...
> > OK Ive been using DVD Lab to author dvd's the finished product is whats
> > stuttering.
> > I tried the mpeg by itself, and it works ok.
> > The dvd lab project has menus and such.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in ANY
> >> PC?
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
> >>
> >> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
> >> > the video stops and starts through the whole video.
> >> > and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
> >> > this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
> >> > I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
> >> > 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
> >> > nvidia video card.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[Starvoyager]

Cari, heres what I did, and the results. The mpeg in question played ok in
win media player on my machine, but when I made a compile dvd for tv using
DVD Lab, that has several files included the one movie did the same
stuttering playing from the HD and when I burned it to DVD Blank and played
it from disc. (note this is a dvd compliant disc that plays on a tv
player).This is after I did the defrag and closed anti virus and did disc
cleanup.

Next: I played the same dvd on the tv player and on a friends computer
without the stuttering problem on the movie in question. only happened on my
machine.

Next: I then ripped out the display adapter driver. I inserted the alienware
driver disc and restarted. computer started back up and reloaded the nvidia G
force 6000 adapter. then I did a quick test project in dvd lab studio with
the same problem file and 2 others just for laughs. "That" finished project
authored for tv dvd player played ok. including the problem file.

Now! can it be determined what actually transpired here? note the first dvd
still does not play right even after doing the driver replacement. Only the
one after the driver replacement.

Greg

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> When you encoded it, was the PC left alone..... encoding video is just about
> the most CPU intensive task a PC can be asked to do, and everything that can
> be disabled, should be, including antivirus.
>
> This means closing Outlook or Outlook Express that checks for email,
> stopping surfing, playing games, internet access etc etc and leaving the PC
> to do its own thing. You'll get the same 'stuttering' result if your PC
> does not have the specs to encode. You should have at least a P4 (or
> equivalent) with 1gb of RAM. The hard drive should be defragged just before
> encoding and Disk Cleanup should be run.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
> ...
> > OK Ive been using DVD Lab to author dvd's the finished product is whats
> > stuttering.
> > I tried the mpeg by itself, and it works ok.
> > The dvd lab project has menus and such.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in ANY
> >> PC?
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
> >>
> >> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
> >> > the video stops and starts through the whole video.
> >> > and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
> >> > this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
> >> > I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
> >> > 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
> >> > nvidia video card.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

The file that has the problem was created (and or saved) before the driver
replacement so it may be that it will always have that problem unless you
manage to recreate it... ie import from the original source. Still, it
seems that future projects should be relatively free of issues.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Starvoyager" > wrote in message
...
> Cari, heres what I did, and the results. The mpeg in question played ok in
> win media player on my machine, but when I made a compile dvd for tv using
> DVD Lab, that has several files included the one movie did the same
> stuttering playing from the HD and when I burned it to DVD Blank and
> played
> it from disc. (note this is a dvd compliant disc that plays on a tv
> player).This is after I did the defrag and closed anti virus and did disc
> cleanup.
>
> Next: I played the same dvd on the tv player and on a friends computer
> without the stuttering problem on the movie in question. only happened on
> my
> machine.
>
> Next: I then ripped out the display adapter driver. I inserted the
> alienware
> driver disc and restarted. computer started back up and reloaded the
> nvidia G
> force 6000 adapter. then I did a quick test project in dvd lab studio with
> the same problem file and 2 others just for laughs. "That" finished
> project
> authored for tv dvd player played ok. including the problem file.
>
> Now! can it be determined what actually transpired here? note the first
> dvd
> still does not play right even after doing the driver replacement. Only
> the
> one after the driver replacement.
>
> Greg
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> When you encoded it, was the PC left alone..... encoding video is just
>> about
>> the most CPU intensive task a PC can be asked to do, and everything that
>> can
>> be disabled, should be, including antivirus.
>>
>> This means closing Outlook or Outlook Express that checks for email,
>> stopping surfing, playing games, internet access etc etc and leaving the
>> PC
>> to do its own thing. You'll get the same 'stuttering' result if your PC
>> does not have the specs to encode. You should have at least a P4 (or
>> equivalent) with 1gb of RAM. The hard drive should be defragged just
>> before
>> encoding and Disk Cleanup should be run.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > OK Ive been using DVD Lab to author dvd's the finished product is
>> > whats
>> > stuttering.
>> > I tried the mpeg by itself, and it works ok.
>> > The dvd lab project has menus and such.
>> > Greg
>> >
>> >
>> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Did you make the MPEG2 file? Have you known it to play 'properly' in
>> >> ANY
>> >> PC?
>> >> --
>> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>> >>
>> >> "Starvoyager" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> > What does it mean when video stutters when playing?
>> >> > the video stops and starts through the whole video.
>> >> > and sometimes the audio is not synced with the video.
>> >> > this is an mpeg 2 file. playing in win media player 10.
>> >> > I have win xp home sp2. alienware notebook area 51.
>> >> > 2.9 gz 3 gigs ram 2 hard drives with plenty of space.
>> >> > nvidia video card.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>