Problem with video playback even after fresh install

JoeMomma

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Asus Z97-AR, Intel i5-4690K o/c to 4.2Ghz, 8GB 1600 Crucial ram, 120GB Windows Patriot ssd, 500GB games Crucial ssd, 2000GB WD storage partition. Dual Geforce GTX660 graphics o/c to 1150Mhz, Windows 7 Pro x64.

When I am playing video, either a file or YouTube, The picture will freeze and the audio will continue to play. I can't use VLC and tried every other media player, but Windows Media Player is the most stable. The problem happens most often when switching between windowed and full screen. I just did a reformat of C:\ and re-installed Windows and the latest drivers and codecs. It seems like a hardware problem but DXDIAG and Device Manager finds no errors. The PC works fine in Windows and in 3D gaming, it just does not like video.
 

shag00

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That hardware should be able to play video files standing on its head. I suspect, with the problems you have mentioned after a fresh Windows install, that the problem lies with "Intel i5-4690K o/c to 4.2Ghz". Also, not sure why you have installed extra codecs as these can cause a lot of problems as well.
 
VLC does not even require codecs to playback files.

I would try at stock speeds to be sure and maybe try with SLI off in case a driver bug is causing this.

If my GTX 650ti (with a first generation i5 750) can playback 2 HD streams at once(one per screen), your system can do even more.

I think you will have to break it down and try to remove parts and see what happens. Try to make sure everything is running within specs.
 

JoeMomma

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Everything has been running fine since I built the system in Nov until last week when the video started crashing. I tried rolling back the driver and that did not help. I just tried disabling SLI and that seems to help. Was never an issue before? I will let you know if that fixes it.