Re: [PCWorks] The audio and video of video clips are "stuttering" on Win98SE

  • From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:20 -0500

Have you tried Quicktime?

It works for me sometimes, or to use a Livecd if 98 won't work properly.

Peter Kaulback

Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin-OrpheusComputing.com & 
ComputersCustomBuilt.com wrote:
> I tried to play some .wmv file I took off of my PC to see what 
> that would do, and it didn't play properly, it played sort of 
> the mpg originally did I mentioned below, but this wmv caused a 
> BSOD.
>
> After searching for more into on this all this time, I 
> installed another codec package I found at the M$ site.  I then 
> opened the same .mpg file I mentioned below, and it was 
> FIXED....I thought.  When it got to the end, it did the EXACT 
> SAME thing that the .avi files are doing that I mentioned 
> below!!  The codec package apparently made it play like a .avi 
> file!!
>
> I then played that wmv file off of my PC again, and it played 
> the same choppy way, but no BSOD.  I THEN played that .mpg file 
> again, and it was BACK TO STUTTERING as it ORIGINALLY did! 
> What the ------ is going on here??
> -Clint
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
>
> I've been banging my head on this one.   This is a customer's
> PC which has no problems.  (Brand new, and OS just installed).
> It's 98SE, he had to have that due to some special software.
> There are no yellow marks in the Device Manager, and no IRQ
> conflicts.
>
> This is an nVidia chipset based mobo, AMD platform,
> http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=nf325-a7, and
> this time I installed the complete nVidia driver package which
> included the audio drivers:
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_win9x_4.27.html .
> Previously on the test run I installed the audio drivers from
> Realtek (and the mobo drivers on the CD).  The nVidia
> package only installs some basic AC97 Codec audio, where as the
> Realtek files have support for enhanced features set such as
> DirectSound acceleration (playback buffers), multi-channel,
> audio enhancement, and sometimes will sound inferior to the
> vendor's own driver.  But, I don't think that would have
> anything to do with this, because the problem is with video
> files, but it's both audio AND video.  (I didn't now about the
> differences in driver packages until after the fact).
>
> Win98SE has Windows Media Player 6.0.x on it, so I installed
> WMP Classic which is 6.4.9.0.  That didn't help.
>
> So the problem is on .avi video files, both the audio and video
> play PERFECT, the FIRST TIME.  But when the video goes to
> repeat, it hangs up for several seconds at the very end with a
> blank screen, then finally starts again, and close to the
> beginning at the EXACT SAME SPOT every time, the audio will
> start going into some kind of a "loop" where like 2 words are
> repeated over and over again, 5-8 times.  Shortly after, the
> video will freeze up briefly but the audio will continue.  If I
> close the video, and open it again, it's the same way; perfect
> the first time, but messes up thereafter.
>
> On .mpg video files, the files will NOT PLAY correctly AT ALL.
> The audio and video both stutter, and I can see the progress
> bar also stuttering.  The audio sounds like some things are
> skipped, and also like words are sort of "jammed together" like
> two people talking at the same time. BUT, in the .mpg files it
> WILL continue on to the very end and start again ok just as it
> should!
>
> I thought the problem could be codec related, so I installed
> two different large audio/video codec packages, and NO HELP!!
> This page closely describes the problem, but I tried to install
> it and it's only for WMP7!!
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305396
>
> What really has be baffled on this, is the videos are the video
> clips that's ON THE WIN98SE CD!  So there is no reason why they
> should not play perfectly on a basic install!  No updates are
> patches have been installed, but again that should not matter
> with these video clips that are from the '98 CD.  (Yes, they
> exhibit the same behavior when the clips are copied to the HD).
>
> The problem is not slow hardware or memory, because the CPU is
> a Sempron 3000+, 1gb RAM, a WD740ADFD Raptor, and an nVidia
> GeForce 8x AGP 128mb FX5200:
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1240
>
> I ran that Direct X Diagnostic tool under "System Information"
> and it passed all DX tests.  DX9c has been installed.  However,
> when I tried the "Sound" tabs and ran those tests, it DID NOT
> play the "Software buffer" accelerated tests, it only
> played/passed the HARDWARE accelerated tests.  I would guess
> that's due to the nVidia drivers installed instead of the
> Realtek.  But again, that is AUDIO, and the problem is VIDEO
> clips.  So I don't see how that could be the problem.
>
> I'm rather lost on what to try next.  Any suggestions
> appreciated.
> -Clint
>
>   
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