jerky avi only on one computer
 

Hi,

I came across a thread regarding files playing jerky as if there weren't enough frames in the file or something. I recently encountered the same problem on this computer but when I transferred the file to a newer computer it worked fine. What's the likely cause for that? Is there anything I can do on this computer short of upgrading it? I tried a search on google and came up with a programme called ReClock that would supposedly help but it didn't seem to do anything.

Cheers

did you download the codecs to go with your media player? AVI files require certain codecs in order to preview them. Do you have a multimedia player of so which one? windows media player will not play AVI files.;)

I'm pretty sure I have all the necessary codecs. I have a programme called GSpot which is supposed to tell you if you're missing codecs and it didn't pick up anything missing.

I have several different players I've tried ranging from Media Player to PowerDVD to Leadtek Winfast DVD and none seem to manage. They all played it but it was as if all the frames weren't there. The sound is in time but it's like watching an animated film that's been done on the cheap and skips from scene to scene without fluid movement (I hope that makes sense). Also, the programme I used on the other computer was one that I used on this one too and as far as I know the codecs on the other computer are the same as on this one although the other computer is considerably newer than this one.

hmm, what OS are you using and sound cards? are you on a brand new computer? The files on P2P sometimes do get corrupt and dont play very well. I had that happen on a very old machine until I bought a newer model. it could be for a numner of reasons, check your hardware for updates and drivers.

The OS I'm on is XP Home. The soundcard I'm not sure about. I'm guessing I look somewhere in the Control Panel for that?

It is a pretty old computer that's been upgraded about a billion times so it may just be that and nothing more but I figured if there was a way I could cheat to fix the problem then that'd be sweet as : )

I dont know if you can cheat on an old computer. You go to control panel, and go to you system setup and click on and that will tell you your information on your computer. I had one of those kind of clunky computers beaten too death until it died and had to get a newer Dell. You might be able to update your drivers to see if that helps? ;)

added: then go to hardware, device manager to bring up your device drivers if you wish to check on it to see if you need to update any of your drivers.

Do I look under device manager or what? I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be looking at to distinguish the sound card type.

ok an easier way do you have a sound icon in your control panel?

Obviously posted that at the same time as the bit above :D

There's quite a few different things in there and I'm not sure what bit I'm meant to be looking at. Do you have an example perhaps of what it might say?

I've got control panel/sounds and audio devices

ok: go to your sound icon, click on it to open it, then at the top of the tabs, click on hardware and that will show you what sound cards/devices you have installed.

Under hardware it says:

Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM)
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port
Audio Codecs
Legacy Audio Drivers
Media Control Devices
Legacy Video Capture Devices
Video Codecs

Hope that helps :confused:

I have the same setup. heh. And when you play a music file what happens? Do you get sound or is it just a AVI files that are out of whack?

Sound's fine. It's just the AVI that's jerky. It's a bit hard to explain. I don't have problems with anything else, just this AVI, but the other computer plays it fine.

To try to explain it: It kinda looks like it's flashing and skipping from frame 1 to frame 3 and skipping one in between. It's like a cruddy old cartoon where if a cat was walking from one side of the road to the other. You'd see the cat stand up, then suddenly it's a quarter of the way across then all of a sudden it's on the footpath on the other side. You don't see the whole action, it just goes from point a to point c and skips point b in the middle.

It's kinda perplexing. I'm assuming the computer just needs to be replaced but someone out there might have the magic key that lets me solve the problem considering I can't really afford a new machine.

if you tried it in a newer computer and it played fine the only possible thing I can think of is your cards might need to be updated on the older machine. Id say the file is corrupt but if it played ok on a newer machine then its not the file, nor is it your sound drivers ect. You can try reading some more threads on the forums. sorry I couldnt be of more help, outside of updating your drivers, which I dont think you need to do or, updating your graphics cards, which, Im not sure you'd want to go to that expense. have you tried other movie files on the same machine?

I've only had this happen one other time and didn't think much of it at the time because I didn't have the 2nd computer to try it on. Most files play without any problems. I'm assuming it is that I just need to update everything but as you say, I'd rather not incur the expense at this stage.

Thanks for all your help though :)

Maybe someone elsewill come along and jump in. good luck. ;)

Thanks :)

Jerky AVI
 

Guys, I'm having this same problem with a BRAND NEW XP computer. Its not just the playback with win media player. After I convert the downloaded avi to mpeg2, I still have the same problem.

Its like the downloaded file had missing frames. Is that possible?