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| 08-14-10 02:10am - 5244 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
Windows 7 Video Playback Problems Just curious if anyone else using Windows 7 has this problem, as it exists on both computers I have running Windows 7. Every couple of days, when watching/listening to media in pretty much any program (Media Player, Quicktime, IE, Firefox, Flash, etc.) the program will lock up playing the video and after said lockup I won't be able to play video or audio again until after a reboot. I first thought it was a video or audio driver problem so updated all that stuff, updated all my video codecs, but it still happens... Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 08-14-10 03:12am - 5244 days | #2 | |
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RustyJ (0)
Suspended Posts: 79 Registered: Aug 04, '10 |
Have you tried VLC player yet? All my playback problems disappeared with it: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ | |
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| 08-14-10 06:37am - 5244 days | #3 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
I don't have the problems you describe, but anytime I do have problems with a particular vid file, I play it on VLC. If it doesn't work there and it's a WMV or avi file, not an mov or rm file, I figure it's a bad file and delete it. | |
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| 08-14-10 08:58am - 5244 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I've had Win 7 for a few months now, and never experienced the continuous lock up problem you are describing. I don't like Win 7 as much as I liked Win XP. Maybe it's because my Win 7 is on a notebook PC, and it's my first notebook PC. But Win XP was just easier for me to use. I wish I had gotten it on my new notebook, but I didn't have a choice of operating system. And I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars to buy a copy of Win XP to install it on my notebook, not when the notebook only cost $500. You buy the components of the $500 notebook separately (hardware and software), and the $500 computer will probably cost thousands of dollars. That's my impression.  | |
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| 08-14-10 09:59am - 5244 days | #5 | |
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hodayathink (0)
Active User Posts: 312 Registered: Mar 27, '09 Location: Illinois |
You should check with whomever made your notebook, because a lot of computers nowadays come with a "downgrade license", meaning that if you want to, you have the ability to get a copy of Windows XP and downgrade to it for free. | |
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| 08-15-10 06:10am - 5243 days | #6 | |
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Sevrin (0)
Active User  Posts: 80 Registered: May 30, '10 |
Getting used to a laptop is big change by itself. Getting used to a new OS at the same time can be daunting. You might want to hook up a keyboard and monitor to the notebook so that you can use it like a desktop while you are figuring out the OS. The downgrade to XP is always an option, and one I'd recommend if we were talking about Vista, but I'd suggest hanging in there with Win 7 before you make that switch. | |
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| 08-15-10 06:53am - 5243 days | #7 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Sevrin and hodayathink, many thanks for the tips about getting used to a notebook and about Win XP versus Win 7. There was a free option to switch between Win XP and Win 7 shortly before Win 7 came out, and shortly after Win 7 came out. But that free option is no longer available, as far as I can tell. If a PC comes loaded with Win 7, and you want to install Win XP, you have to buy a copy of Win XP. And Microsoft doesn't sell its OS cheap, not to a civilian like myself. Microsoft sells to a PC manufacturer at a low price, but to the retail crowd, the price is expensive. So I will plug away on the notebook I bought, with Win 7. But the suggestion of hooking the notebook up to a regular monitor and keyboard seems like a great one. I've asked other people whether their notebook keyboard bothers them, and they almost always say the keyboard is fine. But I sure like the keyboard on my older desktop much better. So I will buy a new keyboard, and plug that into my notebook. I already bought a wireless mouse for my notebook, because I was going crazy trying to use the touchpad mouse on the notebook. I really don't understand how college students can get used to a notebook. I suppose they don't have any choice, but I find a desktop so much easier to use than a notebook: keyboard, mouse, and monitor are all better. Thanks again for the tip on the keyboard and monitor. I really should have figured that out for myself. The computer rays must have frozen my brainwaves.  Edited on Aug 15, 2010, 06:56am | |
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| 08-16-10 01:15am - 5243 days | #8 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
I think if you spend enough time typing on the notebook you will get used to it, just like one gets accustomed to typing on a smart phone. Personally I would advise against using a seperate keyboard when you are using your notebook at home, as that will prevent you from getting used to using the notebook keyboard - so it will be all the more frustrating when you want to actually use it as a notebook. It really doesn't take that long to get used to a new keyboard if you are a pretty good typist. If you tihnk a notebook is bad, try a netbook. That shit took me forever to get used to. I still hook a keyboard up to mine, because I do a lot of work with numbers and I prefer to use a number pad when doing that kind of work, however once you get used to the notebook keyboard you will be fine. With respect to my original question, it almost certainly is not a player issue - as nothing works once the crash happens, including VLC. I think there is most likely some type of conflict somewhere, my guess is that Zune is fucking shit up. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 08-16-10 01:39am - 5243 days | #9 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
I'm not a computer expert, never will be, no matter how long I spend on computers. But my understanding is that the longer you have a machine, the more programs you load onto it, the more potential conflicts you will have because of registry changes and whatever. Even deleting conflicting programs won't necessarily solve the problem, because the registry might still be a source of conflicts from what was previously installed. There are free threads on the Internet for computer problems, some of which can be very helpful. But it's been a long while since I searched any of them, so I can't remember which ones I thought were really helpful. Maybe you could do Google search about your problem, and see if you can find a thread or two that is free, that might offer helpful advice. Many threads are useless for one reason or another (slow response time, answers that are worthless). But there are people out there, on the Internet, that are knowledgeable, and willing to help others, for free. There are also fee-based threads, but I never used any of those. I always thought it wasn't worth the money. | |
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| 08-16-10 01:51am - 5243 days | #10 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Just curious. Does your entire PC freeze? You get a frozen image on the monitor, and your mouse and keyboard are unresponsive? Or is it just a single program that freezes? Your browser, media play, whatever? And you can still use the mouse and keyboard for other programs, in spite of the media freeze? If your entire PC is frozen, how do you reboot the PC? Do you have to cut off the power with the power switch, or are you able to turn off the PC using the Windows shutdown procedure. My understanding is that the more times you are forced to turn off a PC because the entire PC freezes, using the power switch, the more errors you might be creating in the software somewhere. But when the entire PC freezes (keyboard and mouse are dead), the only way to reboot is to turn off the power to the PC, and then turn the power back on. Because you can't use the Windows shutdown procedure, which requires a functioning mouse or keyboard. | |
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| 08-16-10 01:57am - 5242 days | #11 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Player conflict. I assume you've done a complete scan of your PC for virus/malware. Sorry if the question seems obvious. | |
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| 08-17-10 12:24am - 5242 days | #12 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
I scanned the PC multiple times for virus/malware/registry issues. It is just the program playing the video that freezes, I typically have to kill that program, and then the computer wont play any audio or video in any program until I reboot. No worries, I was just curious if it was a Win7 problem anyone else had, I haven't seen it any forums, so my best guess is Zune - and unfortunately can't get rid of that since my girlfriend likes it so much... It is not a super-big problem, it doesn't happen all that frequently. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 08-17-10 03:42am - 5241 days | #13 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
slutty, Windows media playback problems: There are forums that deal with your problem. It's not just a Windows 7 problem. Here's one thread/forum on your problem, with possible solutions. But the solutions can be very technical, beyond what I can understand: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Foru...45-ae1b-4102612b154e If you go to the URL above, you can read the fairly short discussion on program freezing when playing a video file. There are also some hot links to other threads on the same/similar topic of (the links are on the right side of the page, under the heading: "Related Topics" Computer freezes after playing avi, mpg and sometimes flash files Windows 7 Media Player freezes when playing DVD movies Windows 7 freezes / hangs when playing video or audio on any media ... windows 7 freeze when I try to watch video. ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Foru...45-ae1b-4102612b154e I've pasted the start of the forum/thread below. This sounds like the problem you are having: Computer freezes when playing video Monday, January 12, 2009 5:39 AMAnthony.UCR As soon as I start to play any video file (.avi for example) in any player, the computer freezes up. No errors, just completely locks up until I force a shut-down/restart. I've installed all the necessary codecs; it did this before and after I installed them. I've tried Windows Media Player as well as Media Player Classic. Display Adaptor: Mobile Intel 915G/GMS,910GML Express Chipset Family Any ideas? ------------------------------------- Answers Proposed As Answer byhalofan Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:55 AM I ran into the same issue. After researching the problem, it turns out that it is because there is no WDDM driver available for the Intel 915 graphics chipset. The only driver available is an XPDM driver. From what I've read, Windows Vista worked with an XPDM driver, just not with Aero. Windows 7 apparently does not support the use of an XPDM driver. See the release notes here (scroll down to the 'Video drivers' section): http://download.microsoft.com/download/F...0Release%20Notes.htm Read Intel's response on why a WDDM driver is not available: http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/20...dm-driver-for-vista/ ------------- RDrr Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:44 Reading up, on the 'net... there's not going to be any WDDM drivers for the 910/915 chipset (regardless of intel employee and 3rd party blogs, which have gone silent since the 'Vista capable' lawsuits). Trying Microsoft's suggestion (from the 'release notes, Video section' link above)... I managed to load "Standard VGA" drivers... and pushed my display res upto 1280x768... and... Windows Media Player played a sample video withOUT locking up... but display quality suffers a bit. And, right now, my desktop on an external monitor is pushed down and to the right of the VGA display limits, slightly... I'm using a Westinghouse 26" HDTV (capable of 1366x76  ... so I guess I'd have to try adjusting the tv to bring my desktop up properly... don't know where any software adjustments are, don't seem to be any... set to 'hardware defaults'.I had to reboot, with external monitor unplugged, to get the display to switch back to laptop screen, which placed the 1280x768 display properly. I couldn't adjust the tv/monitor enough to get 1280x768 all on the limited VGA display area, portions were still cut off. But 1024x768 displayed the entire desktop within the VGA limits, on the external monitor. And... I was able to run the Windows Experience rating (1.0 for graphics) without locking up. "Standard VGA Graphics adapter" also allows the playing of DVD's.... without locking up ...on the 910/915 chipset. But... I don't have the intel chipset accelerator features... like dual monitor, etc. And, I still can't use my Fn key  ... to switch between notebook screen and external monitor.Hmmm. Edited byRDrr Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:46 AM ---------------------------------------- Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:43 AM mroshaw Hi all! I'm glad I came to this forum - this has been driving me nuts! I have installed Windows 7 beta on a Dell Precision M60 laptop, which has an nVidia Go FX 700 card. The problem manifested itself as a complete freeze whenever I tried to run the Windows Experience Index process - the machine froze when the process reached the test around encoding and decoding media files. I narrowed the problem down to opening the video files in the C:\Windows\Performance folder. The process ran through, still with errors though, when I uninstalled the drivers (which were 2004 XP drivers from Dell - I couldn't find anything later for this adapter). I'm guessing this is never going to be resolved - presumably nVidia won't be developing compliant drivers for such old hardware? | |
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| 08-18-10 01:51am - 5241 days | #14 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
slutty, I posted a URL and thread that might explain your problem. The post is the one previous to this one. That post has a url for the thread, and the page has links to other threads that are about similar problems. | |
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| 08-18-10 01:34pm - 5240 days | #15 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
Thanks for the info, man. I had actually read a bunch of those forums already. I found a new driver, stupid me for trusting the windows update to find the current driver. I'm trying that now, it hasn't locked up yet - hopefully it fixes the problem. Thanks for the assitance. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 08-18-10 02:38pm - 5240 days | #16 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User  Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
It's been a while so I don't recall the exact problems I had but when I bought my last laptop computer with Windows 7 about 4-5 months back I had to do a bunch of updates and reboots to fix several problems. Make sure you have all the latest patches and version updates from Microsoft. | |
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| 08-18-10 11:32pm - 5240 days | #17 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the issue was the driver, I spent a while installing all the updates and whatnot. I didn't realize that when you let Windows search for updated drivers, it apparently doesn't do a good job, should have just gone to AMD's site to begin with. Stupid me, seemed so convenient! Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 08-19-10 02:14am - 5239 days | #18 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Please don't tell me that Windows is not the perfect system for updates and whatnot. Are you trying to destroy my faith in my beloved Microsoft Operating System?  | |
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| 08-19-10 03:40pm - 5239 days | #19 | |
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Goldfish (0)
Active User Posts: 265 Registered: Jan 19, '08 Location: Boston, MA |
I have an AMD chip as well. We probably had the same issue. It sucks when you open up a new laptop and it already has problems. I almost brought it back to the store before I found the right update. :-p | |
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| 08-19-10 10:34pm - 5239 days | #20 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
Nah, I'm pretty sure this is the only issue that has ever occured in Windows 7 ever, as with any Microsoft product, it is pretty much perfect  Thanks for all the advice everyone, sorry for wasting your time when there was such an obvious solution! Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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