[an0n]

I've got a nice, 640x480, 24-bit-sound copy of Trainspotting (and before you start whining about copyrights, I'm buying it on DVD tomorrow anyway) and it won't play right.

Normally, I wouldn't care. Like I said, I'm getting the DVD. But it's been a problem with slightly less 'morally correct' things I've tried to play and it's starting to piss me off.

Depending on which particular player I use, the following happens:

WinAmp - Picture stalls after 2 minutes
DivX - Picture is very slow and quickly lags behind the audio
Media Player - Same as DivX
KaZaA - Stalls when I try to play it
AVI Preview - *****es about redoing the frames for 5 minutes then just goes black

WindowsXP tells me the file is using the 'GT codec' and AVI-Preview says DivX4.

It's a 700mb file so it could just be that, with XP hogging resources, the system is being raped from all angles and just can't cope with the demand for it's resources. But I don't like that idea because it means I can't fix it.

So, anyone got any ideas?

[Drew]

if it was dloaded from Kazaa chances are u got a corrupt file.

try dragging that little possition slider past the point where the movie crashes and start from there.

[Nico]

24 bit sound, that's the pb. when you have that, usually, the video tends to lag behind the sound. when it happens, I reencode the video with virtuadub, with a lesser audio quality, and it'll fix the pb. Well, when I can bother.

[an0n]

Wouldn't that mean wasting GB of space and hours of my life?

[Nico]

wasting GB of space? nah, you end up with a second, slightly smaller version of the movie, just get rid of the original. and I launch VD before going to bed so it wastes nothing of my oh so precious time.
But o be honest, lately, I've just deleted the vids that were doing that, coz if I've d/led the thing, means I'm probably gonna buy it later, so...

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
WindowsXP tells me the file is using the 'GT codec' and AVI-Preview says DivX4.

Play with the G-Spot and find out for certain which one it is.

[an0n]

I've installed the old Divx codecs and disabled the internet connection, and it appears to be working.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get a sandwich and some whiskey and watch the rest of the film.

[Setekh]

Enjoy the DVD.