Windows 7, .mkv's and dual monitor

I have recently made the plunge to Win 7 X64. When using vlc on my main monitor I have zero problems with the output however, when I move it to my second monitor there is noticeable lag and stuttering. My hardware is listed below and I have never had stuttering before using Vista X64. I am playing 1080P .mkv's. Anyone have any ideas as to drivers or settings that I might change? Thanks in advance.

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mkv splitter and a different video player? newer version of vlc? update your video drivers?

Message edited by neon neophyte on 05-06-2009 at 09:38:03 PM

Reply to neon neophyte

I have the newest version of vlc and my current drivers for my 4850. I will try mkv splitter. Thanks for the quick response.

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Reply to Oakley707

might also need something so u can hear ac3 audio and some other stuff. if u cant piece it together, look for a codec pack.

theres a program called gspot. you run it on any given video file. it tells you what you need for audio and video.

Message edited by neon neophyte on 05-06-2009 at 10:19:03 PM

Reply to neon neophyte

I guess my big question is why it runs flawlessly on my main monitor, but chops on the TV. I haven't had this problem before. Could that be a codec?

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Reply to Oakley707

i couldnt say off hand. what im curious about is, does it happen with other video players, other than vlc.

Reply to neon neophyte

I just tested out the mkv splitter and WMP 12 and it does the same thing. It stutters when the video is moved to the second screen. When on the first screen, flawless.

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Reply to Oakley707

hmm, ok not a player problem.

try rolling back your drivers? 9.4 to 9.3 or try out the 9.5 beta.

this is a long shot but, x64 requires more ram. if you are short on it... i dunno, long shot.

Message edited by neon neophyte on 05-06-2009 at 10:43:48 PM

Reply to neon neophyte

I just did some more google'ing and I guess Win 7 and 9.4 don't play nice with muti displays. ("Im still have the same problems with 9-4, hard but not impossable to install and still have multi-display problems. Still waiting on something quick and easy. I've only got 7068 and see an overall improvement" ) I'm going to try 9.3 and see how it does. Thanks.

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Reply to Oakley707

I run dual monitor, in windows media player when I move video from one screen to the other it stutters for a sec but is fine. streaming shows from ABC however if I move the video from one screen to the next it sound lags behind.

I use windows 7 and a geforce 8800gt.

Reply to PsyKhiqZero

PsyKhiq, it doesn't stutter for a second, it noticeable stutters the entire time. I have paused the video and started again, and opened the video on the monitor to begin with all result in stuttering video.

I have 8 gigs, so I don't think it is a RAM problem, again because it plays so fine on the 24" monitor..

Sadly, I just updated to the 9.5 beta and those drivers do not help the issue. Also, I don't think the 9.5 drivers mix well with the HDMI audio drivers, because now I do not have sound thru the HDMI. I am going to roll back to 9.4. Thanks again for the help.

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Reply to Oakley707

Update to a newer windows 7 build, i was having problems with every renderer in 7068.

@neon:
Codec packs are stupid. They contain an outdated ffdshow, halli's splitter and AC3Filter. This is all you should ever need, however they always supplement them with other unnecessary codecs that can screw with your system. ffdshow and maybe halli is all you should ever need.

ALSO VLC has its own internal codec's based off of ffmpeg. It does not use directshow or other external codecs.

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Reply to skittle

skittle wrote :

Update to a newer windows 7 build, i was having problems with every renderer in 7068.

@neon:
Codec packs are stupid. They contain an outdated ffdshow, halli's splitter and AC3Filter. This is all you should ever need, however they always supplement them with other unnecessary codecs that can screw with your system. ffdshow and maybe halli is all you should ever need.

ALSO VLC has its own internal codec's based off of ffmpeg. It does not use directshow or other external codecs.

i only suggested that as an alternative to the splitter and ac3 if he couldnt figure it out. i do agree with you about packs.

ALSO, i knew vlc used its own codecs, hence why i suggested a spillter, ac3 and a different video player...

you are probably dead on the money about using a different windows7. im liking 7077. i use the RC as well, but it causes my ati card to BSOD.

Reply to neon neophyte

I really think thats the problem, my 4850 and MPC-HC with ffdshow-tryouts works perfectly in the RC.

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Reply to skittle

Was there a resolution on this issue? I'm running the RC w/ the newest nVidia drivers and this lag problems is occuring in multiple programs. Winamp, VLC, WMP. Plays fine on primary display though.

Reply to fredward

I haven't resolved the issue however, to make matters even more confusing. If I disable the secondary monitor and then re-enable it. Open vlc on the second monitor first and play the video I sometimes don't have stuttering. Again, the bizarre part is that if I then drag the movie to the primary monitor, it works fine. But, when I drag it back from the primary to the secondary it starts stuttering again... Really weird...

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Reply to Oakley707

I have the same problem as you Oakley707 with windows 7. I have a projector as a secondary device and a Dell 22" screen as my main, on my dell 22" everything works just fine, but when i drag the movie to my projector i get problems. I have the biggest problem when the movie pans. when a pan occurs the move gets a horizontal line somewhere on the picture, looks like the movie is divided in two parts.

When i had windowsXP on my computer i never had this problem.
Ive tried many different players and im getting the same problem with them all, ive tried different drivers without any luck.

Oakley707, have you fixed your problem?

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PsyKhiqZero,

Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check the threads available there for additional assistance and feedback.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Reply to JessicaD

I'm running Win 7, I have dual monitors, and I constantly play mkv files in vlc while gaming. And on top of that, I'm usually coding with handbreak in the background as well. I rarely get stuttering, and I find any stuttering usually happens when all the programs try to request data from the HDs at the same time.

I've never had the problems you're trying to explain. I have an i7 920, 6GB of ram, 8800GTX to two 2048x1152 monitors. 1 HD with the windows install, 1 HD with my games, and 4x HDs in RAID 5 with all my mkv videos.

I have exactly the same problem. I had it on Vista x64 and now on Windows 7 x64.
I have core2quad 2.8GHz, 4GB DDR2 memory, gainward 9600gt 512MB, LG 17" monitor and Samsung 40" full hd tv (5. generation).
I tried with CoreAVC, FFMpeg, Shark Codecs; VLC, MPlayer Home Cinema, GOM....
Nothing worked.
When video is played on monitor, everything is ok. On TV it sucks - i get stuttering on the same places all the time.
If anyone fixes this, please let us know

Reply to zorglub76

I just wanted to say that I have the same problem with Windows 7 x64 RTM, so it doesen't seem to be a RC/beta problem.

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