DIVX MPEG4 probs with Marvel G400 + K6-2 500

[ccc]

hi all
I just downloaded the Divx codec http://divx.ctw.cc
and some demos, but I am a little disappointed, not for the quality, but the fact that my K6-2 500 MarvelG400 has a lot of difficulties playing these highly compressed files full screen, and that I don't have overlay-> TV output ;(
With a PII400 from a friend it seems ok to play full screen (+TNT2).
Is the Codec optimized for Pentium only or is my system crazy ?

Thx for helping me out!

[DrMordrid]

It could be because the Super7 systems have sluggish PCI busses, not to mention some other issues. That's why I switched to Celeron/PII/PIII systems last year.

Dr. Mordrid

[tbrett]

I have a k62-500 and never had a problem, could just be windows.

[This_Idiot]

I've also had problems in the past optimising AMD systems, mainly in the HD subsytem. You may have to try several different DMA drivers to get it all working. I found that with the VIA board I was using, the supplied drivers screwed the system completely, whereas the drivers supplied with W95 worked just fine. Incidentally, the benchmarks were fine, but ACTUAL performance was lousy

[ccc]

Damn damn ...
don't understand ...
even on a fresh windows install + latest Windows media player + DIVX codec,
even by lowering resolution to 800*600 , Full screen playing sucks ;(
I tested a PII 233 + TNT2 of a friend and it works at 800*600!!
Why not with my K6-2 500 ...

[Technoid]

I have stated it before;
AMD makes great CPU's but the motherboards available to use them with is (SS7) below the watermark!

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INTEL PIII550 MSI 6163
G400Mill 32MB SGRAM + RRG
SBlive
192 MB RAM CAS2
43GB HDD Space!(Actual 40GB) (13+30 Quantum drives)
Pioneer 104S DVD 10x CD 40x SLOT IN
SONY CRX100E 4/2/24 CDRW

[ODiN]

Hey CCC, i'm having the same exact problem man... the divx clips play fine windowed, but full screen they're really choppy. BTW, I didn't have this problem until I upgraded to Win2k Pro.... i'm using the latest Win2k drivers for the G400...

HEre's my specs:

Win2k Pro (OEM)

Celeron 366 @ 550MHZ w/ MSI Slotkey
ABIT BH6
256MB PC-100 (2x128MB)
Matrox Marvel G400TV
Maxtor 10.0GB (7200RPM), Maxtor 27.2GB (5400RPM)
Adaptec 2940U SCSI-2 PCI Controller
SB Live! Value
Linksys EtherPCI Lan II Ethernet card
Pioneer 104S ATAPI DVD-ROM
Ricoh 7060S 6X/4X/24X CD-RW
Iomega Zip100 Ext-SCSI
Altec Lansing ACS48 Speakers
Nokia 447L 17" Monitor
Sandisk USB Imagemate

[This message has been edited by ODiN (edited 26 March 2000).]

[ccc]

mmm ...
I tried different players, Mainactor viewer seems to do the job full windowed... but there is no audio ;(
Strange strange strange ...

[woel]

Works fine for me on my athlon 600 and g400 max but I'm not able to get out on the tv.
Is it possible to do that?

Leo

[miker]

sounds to me like your hardware accelaration isn't kicking in.

rather than change res, change colour depth. i had an ati card that sucked (well, it still kinda sucks actually) fullscreen 16bit colour, but flies along in 32bit colour.

also start->run 'dxdiag' to check your direct-draw stuff etc.

[miker]

sounds to me like your hardware accelaration isn't kicking in.

rather than change res, change colour depth. i had an ati card that sucked (well, it still kinda sucks actually) fullscreen 16bit colour, but flies along in 32bit colour.

also start->run 'dxdiag' to check your direct-draw stuff etc.

[miker]

sounds to me like your hardware accelaration isn't kicking in.

rather than change res, change colour depth. i had an ati card that sucked (well, it still kinda sucks actually) fullscreen 16bit colour, but flies along in 32bit colour.

also start->run 'dxdiag' to check your direct-draw stuff etc.