Official BS.Player forums  

Go Back   Official BS.Player forums > Main forum > General Talk And Support

General Talk And Support General talk and peer-to-peer support about BS.Player and other video and audio multimedia players.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Poor Quality Video

Hi!

Home someone can help. Bit of a PC novice. My more powerful pc has died and I have been left using an old win 98 with only 128mb ram. Have bs player pro 2.1. No matter what videoclips I play, the quality is terrible and it keeps glitching. The sound is out of synch with the video and it is as if the video cant keep up and is going slower than it should. I have all correct codecs [I think]. Is this because my pc is so useless and the memory is not sufficient? I do have another memory card in the pc with an added 64mb [The Pc wont accept more] but the pc isn't acknowledging it. Is there anything I can do until I can get a better pc. I use bs player a lot and hope there's a way to improve the viewing quality.

Many thanks for listening to the rambling

Susie
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
J7N's Avatar
J7N J7N is offline
Senior Member
BS.Player Power User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cyberspace
Posts: 762
Rep Power: 0
J7N is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Re: Poor Quality Video

96 MB of RAM (or even less) is enough for playback of common MPEG-4 ASP (aka DivX) video. You CPU should be equal to at least 500 MHz Pentium 2. Without knowing more information about your hardware and software configuration I can only suggest to try watching your movies in full screen with these options activated:

- For full screen mode switch to: 640*480 or 800*600 (depending on the res of your videos)
- Don't resize video in full screen.

I have successfully watched movies using an old 1 MB video adapter which could not even support 24-bit color. Video looked quite acceptable.
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Moderator
BS.Player Master
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Italy
Posts: 3,037
Rep Power: 27
Tizio will become famous soon enough
Default

I think it all depends on which codecs you are using.
For example Nero decoders are really CPU expensive!

Which codecs are you using?
__________________
BSP SkinMaker (v1.07) the one and only Skin Editor for BSplayer
BSP Definitions Manager (v1.02)
BS.Player's FAQ (by BSPeter) | Italian language file (v2.57 build 1051)
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

Hi!
Thanks for your help. I really know nothing about PC's and am still at the learning stage. Specs say that it is a Celeron 600MHZ. 128mb ram

I'll list what I downloaded. I had no idea what I needed, so really downloaded what I could find, just in case. :oops: I mainly play AVI and need the quality not only for watching but for capping in most instances.

Mpeg-2_codec
3IVX_d4_45
AVI Codec pack plus 2
Getright
AVI Codec pack


Thanks a lot for all your help!
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

Sorry! Also have divx and xvid. I play AVI, MPEG, XVID ASD [Although they play poorly] and others
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Digiface's Avatar
Senior Member
BS.Player Power User
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Finland
Posts: 196
Rep Power: 0
Digiface is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Re: Poor Quality Video

[quote="J7N"]You CPU should be equal to at least 500 MHz Pentium 2.[quote]

I remember playing DivX/XviD movies fine with my previous (my first real PC) computer, that was Pentium II 350MHz & 64Mb SDRAM. :)
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 3rd January 2007
Moderator
BS.Player Master
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Romania
Age: 56
Posts: 5,235
Rep Power: 32
adicoto is on a distinguished road
Default

IIRC there are some issues between BSPlayer and Win98. Can you try to swich in video options the rendering methode to direct draw or overlay renderer ? I don't recall wich I used when installing it on Win98 machines even with better specs.
Can you tell us what videocard do you have ? IIRC celeron @ 600 is on AGP 2x (S3Trio, Geforce MX, Ati Rage, Intel 720 or onboard video )
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 4th January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

I'll try and find out and get back to you asap. Thanks for the help!!
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old 4th January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

The video card details say:

Name: RAGE PRO TURBO AGP2X (English)
Manufacturer: ATI Tech Enhanced
Chip Type: Mach 64:RagePro
DAC Type: Internal
Approx total memory: 8.0mb
current display mode: 800x600

Hope that helps. Will try the switch of video options now

Many thanks for all the help!
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old 4th January 2007
Moderator
BS.Player Master
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Romania
Age: 56
Posts: 5,235
Rep Power: 32
adicoto is on a distinguished road
Default

If you run into an error saying "can't create direct draw surface" it's because of the insuficient video memory on the videocard
Sugestion, uninstall all codecs, install just FFDshow and BSPlayer 1.37. It's the lightest combination for your computer.
Reply With Quote
  #11 (permalink)  
Old 4th January 2007
Junior Member
BS.Player Newbie
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 6
Rep Power: 0
susieg is an unknown quantity at this point
Default Video Card

I haven't had any error messages at all. Thanks for the help everyone! Got lots of ideas to look into, now!!
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old 5th January 2007
BSPeter's Avatar
Moderator
BS.Player Master
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 5,463
Rep Power: 32
BSPeter is on a distinguished road
Default

Please read this post when going back to version 1.37.

(P.S.: You may even consider to go back to version 0.86; read item (a) under MISCELLANEOUS in the second half of my Help2Help-post)
__________________
Help2Help (click) BSplayer: simply the best & most versatile (Build 1072 Dutch language here!)
When posting always mention your computer's OS and the version and build number(!) of BS.Player as used by you,
as well as - if applicable and especially when encountering problems - the type(s) of the file(s) mentioned in your post.
Private messages/Visitor messages are NOT for seeking personal help with respect to BS.Player! Instead use the forums!
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 5th January 2007
J7N's Avatar
J7N J7N is offline
Senior Member
BS.Player Power User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cyberspace
Posts: 762
Rep Power: 0
J7N is an unknown quantity at this point
Default

I have played croppend and downscaled 640*352 videos on this machine:
- Celeron 400 MHz
- 96 MB RAM
- Intel740 8MB
CPU usage was around 90% (with audio), so it would be impossible to play full size PAL/NTSC files.

BSPlayer v1.36 works properly under Win98.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
poor, quality, video

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:08 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
Ad Management plugin by RedTyger

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20