WMV in WMP under XP SP2

Chienworks wrote on 3/2/2005, 10:25 AM
Is that enough acronyms? ;)

I've got three computers that i've installed SP2 on now, and on all three of them WMV files now play very choppy, looking like 5fps instead of 29.97fps. I've got the latest updates for Media Player installed on all three as well, but it's the same before and after. Other file types, such as AVI, DV, and MPEG all play fine; it's only WMV that is affected. If i open the WMV files in Vegas they still play fine.

Anyone else seen this? (I assume not or there would have been some posts about it.) Anyone got any ideas?

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 3/2/2005, 10:45 AM
Having the same problem here, Kelly, so I took B_JM's suggestions and have been using other players instead. Funny that Windows would break their own applications.
Bill Ravens wrote on 3/2/2005, 12:01 PM
All I can think of doing is to check the Windows SERVICES in Task manager. Maybe SP2 activated a service you don't need and is hogging some resources.
SeaJohn wrote on 3/2/2005, 12:34 PM
I've been having the same problem on a new system with XP SP1 and Windows Media Player 10. Playback of WMVs (256k, located on my hard drive) is jerky, and even moving the mouse is jerky when a video is playing. But Media Player can playback an NTSC DV encoded AVI from the same directory with no problems.

I solved the problem by downloading Windows Media Player Classic (Google it) and wmvs play as they used to.
farss wrote on 3/2/2005, 1:43 PM
I've got the reverse problem. Anything seems to play fine in WMP but everythibg has problems in Vegas 5.0d. It's not a CPU horsepower problem, I can add a few FXs and even at Best/Full playback stays the same. Runs at 25fps for maybe 5 seconds then dips to 24fps for maybe 1 seconds, very frustrating problem.
I'm not certain if it's some unwanted service stealing CPU time or some wierd buffering problem, it looks more like a buffer emptying and being refilled. I need to put some more time into this, I'd played around in Services and had it running as smooth as silk and then next time I rebooted the problem came back again.
But here's another oddity, turn OFF Simulate Device Aspect and it runs in Best/Full perfectly, go to Preview/Auto even with SDA ON and problem comes back, turn SDA OFF, problem goes away.
Bob.