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Hello TSF,

My VLC player get stuck while playing HD videos. It plays 720p video easily but stucks at 1080p. What should I do?


Please help.

Early replies will be appreciated.

PC Config: Intel E5300 Dual Core processor, 1GB RAM, 320GB HDD & 128MB inbuilt Graphics.


Thanks,
Mark Andrews
 
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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

Please provide more information about the layout of your system. The following can help us determine problems from more than just blue screens.

The 1 GB of RAM would be my first suspect; that is a very low amount, even for a 32-bit system. It probably cannot handle HD video too well for onboard graphics. If you buy more RAM, make sure to do so by going to the RAM manufacturer and checking compatibility with your system before buying. Not all RAM is compatible with all systems.



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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

Thanks writhziden for your reply.

Let me start:
1GB DDR2 RAM (Kingston)
Intel E5300 Dual Core @ 2.60GHz processor
Intel G31 motherboard.
128MB inbuilt graphics.
128MB NVidia GeForce Fx 5200.
More than half of 320 GB HDD is free.

Anything Else?
 
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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

With only 1 GB of RAM and a low-end display device, I would not be too surprised if 1080p is outside the ability of your system to play. 720p may be the limit of the capability of that system, and I doubt upgrading the RAM would help as the display device is your limiting factor.



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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

joeten said:
That should do hd quite well did you upgrade your power supply
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Just to help with this: Your new card requires at least a 400W power supply, but I would recommend a 450W or 500W supply, preferably 500W.
400 Watt or greater power supply recommended (500 Watt for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
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MarkNAndrews said:
Thanks, Yeah I had 450W Power supply. Now changed it to 650W. Is it fine??
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That is great. Nice work!



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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

Hi MarkNAndrews,

Depending on how old the Corsair is would affect its quality. Corsair has switched to a low quality company called CWT which uses all low quality parts.

Cooler Master isn't much better. They also have low quality parts and do not make their own PSUs.

You should really only stick to XFX or Seasonic PSUs as Seasonic manufactures both and will provide top quality and both have great warrantees.

XFX also takes the PSUs that Seasonic takes and add in their own features as well an double check over.
 
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Re: VLC Stuck while playing HD Videos

MarkNAndrews said:
Oh Thanks,

Got it better. I have a question. If i have a low amount of RAM & high end graphics, will still my video be stucking??


Mark
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Yes it does have some part in video performance as the game needs the RAM to run smoothly. We recommend only up to 8GB as anything over is not needed.

Please do what Joeten ask as well.
joeten said:
Post the full specs for your machine
motherboard
cpu
gpu
ram
psu
it will allow us to see what your working with
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