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The local hard is set for DMA access. But I'm trying to play these files
from a network drive. Again, the old PC plays them while the new, faster PC
has problems.
"Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.3b937d52c34387bd.1980@nobody.invalid...
> A later post by someone else in this NG pointed out something that was
> im0pplicit in my post here. Of course, I didn't know it either
>
> If you don't have the Intel S/W, use the other method I mentioned
> (right click my computer, etc...). It fails on my computer because the
> Intel program suppresses it.
>
> The poster was Mike Kujbida, in Message-ID
> <36od5pF4jkd5cU1@individual.net> at 21:37 6 Feb 2005 (PST).
>
> Mike suggested this:
> "Try the solutions at
http://www.vasst.com/training/vegasfaq.htm
> Even though it's a Vegas site, the solutions to dropped frame issues
> are
> applicable to almost any NLE.
> The odds are pretty good that it's a DMA issue and the first two
> paragraphs
> spell out the solution.
> The 2nd paragraph may apply in your case."
>
> "Your case" meant that it was a Dell (sound familiar?).
>
> Caution: it took a me minute or two to find the particular advice on
> the site.
>
> HTH
> Gino
>
> On 2/7/2005, Kent McPherson managed to type:
> > I'll check. If I don't have the Intel App Acc, is there another way to
> > check?
> >
> > "Gene E. Bloch" <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:mn.3b447d5271b0afe8.1980@nobody.invalid...
> >> On 2/6/2005, Kent McPherson managed to type:
> >>> I'm trying to figure out the new 3.2GHz P4 Dell with 1GB RAM and an
ATI
> >>> PCI-Express video card with 128MB RAM can't play mpg1 files without
> >>> stuttering/choppiness. My old 2.8GHz P4 with an ATI AGP Radeon 9200
plays
> >>> the files just fine. Mpg1 is the oldest, lowest res movie file and
this
> >>> new screaming machine can't play them smoothly. I had Dell replace the
> >>> video card and it made no difference. Any ideas? If this isn't the
right
> >>> newsgroup, please point me in the right direction. Thanks!!!
> >>
> >> Have you (or the Dell techs) looked into DMA? If your hard drives are
> >> in PIO mode, they get pretty slow.
> >>
> >> On my computer, I have to bring up the Intel Application Accelerator to
> >> check this; YMMV.
> >>
> >> I thought it was right click My computer, choose Properties, Hardware,
> >> Device Manager, Disk Drives, and finally the drive where your video is
> >> (or choose DVD drives if that's where the video is), but that doesn't
> >> work here...
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Gino
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
> >> letters617blochg3251
> >> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
> letters617blochg3251
> (replace the numbers by "at" and "dotcom")
>
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