System hangs whenever any video is played back.

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I recently had a fatal system crash and had to reinstall windows xp. After
installation was complete i found out i didnt lose any of my media files.
However any video files i try to play causes the system to hang and freeze no
matter the media player. The cpu usage peaks at 100% and stays peaked until
i manually end the process. The drivers are up to date and everything else
is working correctly, I've run out of options. Please help.

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I ran a clean installation, but all I didnt lose any of media files. I keep
all my media files in one folder and I guess the installation didnt delete
that particualr folder.

"kenchi" wrote:

>
> Hi
> Did you do a clean installation or repair of windows ?
> Possible the required Video codec is not available to play the video
> files.
> Does your harddrive lights blink heavy when it tries to play the video
> files ?
> Possible your disk is fragmented badly. try doing a CHKDSK and run
> system defragger on your drives in the safemode. Media applications
> need data to be supplied to them in a steady flow and if associated
> files are fragmented , such problems may arise.
>
>
> Jaymz Wrote:
> > I recently had a fatal system crash and had to reinstall windows xp.
> > After
> > installation was complete i found out i didnt lose any of my media
> > files.
> > However any video files i try to play causes the system to hang and
> > freeze no
> > matter the media player. The cpu usage peaks at 100% and stays peaked
> > until
> > i manually end the process. The drivers are up to date and everything
> > else
> > is working correctly, I've run out of options. Please help.
>
>
> --
> kenchi
>

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well I just finished formatting the hard drive and reinstalling everything,
defragged it, and ran chkdsk on it and.....still cant play videos.....

"jerryrock" wrote:

> You probably did not format the drive prior to re-installing Windows. If you
> did not you are going to run into other problems due to duplicate system
> files.
>
> "Jaymz" wrote:
>
> > I ran a clean installation, but all I didnt lose any of media files. I keep
> > all my media files in one folder and I guess the installation didnt delete
> > that particualr folder.
> >
> > "kenchi" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > Did you do a clean installation or repair of windows ?
> > > Possible the required Video codec is not available to play the video
> > > files.
> > > Does your harddrive lights blink heavy when it tries to play the video
> > > files ?
> > > Possible your disk is fragmented badly. try doing a CHKDSK and run
> > > system defragger on your drives in the safemode. Media applications
> > > need data to be supplied to them in a steady flow and if associated
> > > files are fragmented , such problems may arise.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jaymz Wrote:
> > > > I recently had a fatal system crash and had to reinstall windows xp.
> > > > After
> > > > installation was complete i found out i didnt lose any of my media
> > > > files.
> > > > However any video files i try to play causes the system to hang and
> > > > freeze no
> > > > matter the media player. The cpu usage peaks at 100% and stays peaked
> > > > until
> > > > i manually end the process. The drivers are up to date and everything
> > > > else
> > > > is working correctly, I've run out of options. Please help.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > kenchi
> > >

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Im talking about any kind of video files, streaming video from the net and
vids from my hard drive. When i try playing it the media player stops
responding and the cpu runs up 100% and stays no matter what media player i
try to use. Also, im running an AMD 64 2800+ with a nvidia 6600 GT 128MB AGP
card, running on windows XP home edition without sevice pack 2 installed

"kenchi" wrote:

>
> HMMM what do you mean by cannot play video. Are you playing from CD's ?
> What happens when you try to play ? Is it with Media player, WinDVD,
> RealOne or any such players.
> How about providing your system details also ?
>
>
> Jaymz Wrote:
> > well I just finished formatting the hard drive and reinstalling
> > everything,
> > defragged it, and ran chkdsk on it and.....still cant play videos.....
> >
> > "jerryrock" wrote:
> > -
> > You probably did not format the drive prior to re-installing Windows.
> > If you
> > did not you are going to run into other problems due to duplicate
> > system
> > files.
> >
> > "Jaymz" wrote:
> > -
> > I ran a clean installation, but all I didnt lose any of media files.
> > I keep
> > all my media files in one folder and I guess the installation didnt
> > delete
> > that particualr folder.
> >
> > "kenchi" wrote:
> > -
> >
> > Hi
> > Did you do a clean installation or repair of windows ?
> > Possible the required Video codec is not available to play the
> > video
> > files.
> > Does your harddrive lights blink heavy when it tries to play the
> > video
> > files ?
> > Possible your disk is fragmented badly. try doing a CHKDSK and run
> > system defragger on your drives in the safemode. Media applications
> > need data to be supplied to them in a steady flow and if associated
> > files are fragmented , such problems may arise.
> >
> >
> > Jaymz Wrote:
> > I recently had a fatal system crash and had to reinstall windows
> > xp.
> > After
> > installation was complete i found out i didnt lose any of my media
> > files.
> > However any video files i try to play causes the system to hang
> > and
> > freeze no
> > matter the media player. The cpu usage peaks at 100% and stays
> > peaked
> > until
> > i manually end the process. The drivers are up to date and
> > everything
> > else
> > is working correctly, I've run out of options. Please help.
> >
> >
> > --
> > kenchi
> > ---
>
>
> --
> kenchi
>

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so that should narrow it down to some kind of system setting on the
card...but i've looked through them all and i cant find anything that would
cause that problem

"banha" wrote:

> I have EXACTLY the same problem.
> I had a NVIDIA MX440 graphics card and everything was working fine.
> Now I bought a NVIDIA AGP6200A (from Albatron), installed the latest
> NVIDIA drivers (02-SEPT-2005) and Media Player slows down the computer
> with any kind of video. Quicktime works fine with MOVs.
> If I change the graphics card back to the MX440, everything goes fine
> again.
>
> Jaymz escreveu:
> > Im talking about any kind of video files, streaming video from the net and
> > vids from my hard drive. When i try playing it the media player stops
> > responding and the cpu runs up 100% and stays no matter what media player i
> > try to use. Also, im running an AMD 64 2800+ with a nvidia 6600 GT 128MB AGP
> > card, running on windows XP home edition without sevice pack 2 installed
> >
>
>