DivX For 200MHz Computers?

[AgentMojo]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a DivX player that would work for a 200MHz computer? I have 64MB Ram and a 16 GB hardrive.

I was reading in another forum post about something and making a DivX-CD and then you could play the CD and it would work. That confized me and I think it was for Linux only.

Any help would be appreciated!

AgentMojo

[Gazorgan]

Probably any DivX player will work. However, don't hold your breath about viewing fullscreen. It pretty much takes a PII 266 or better to watch a full screen movie, and that's with some hardware video acceleration. All I can say is try it and see, if it's jerky, it's a cpu issue.

You can try turning eveything else off and watching barebones, so to speak ( no virus scanner, timers, all the crap-apps running in the background ).

[Baldrick]

200 mhz is too slow for high resolutions divxs(640/512x480/352/288). Maybe it will work a bit better with low resolution, 352x240.

http://www.divx.com/divx/system_requirements.php

[AgentMojo]

I tried it with the DivX player, the frames come in too slow. I even tried Zoom player, which allows MPEGs to be fullscreen on my computer with no slow down. It was a bit faster, but still no luck.

I am just trying to see if there is a DivX player that is optimized for a 200MHz computer.

Also, what components could I add to help it work, if any?

AgentMojo

[tonyp12]

Also, what components could I add to help it work, if any?
AgentMojo

I new motherboard combo I would say, like:

http://www.target-sale.com/tusa/items/combo/i03887.html

But becuase your old clunker (worth about $15) is probably
the old AT-standard with you would need new case, new memory etc.

So recycle it and get someones old 500mhz PC for $50 somewhere.

[henk schuifkaas]

BSplayer is pretty fast, works better on my old pII 350 then DIVXplayer. But sometimes the audio stutters. I also have some DOS program, but I can't come up with the name right now

[snowmoon]

I'll bite.... it's not the player that will matter.... it's the VIDEO being optimized for such a slow PC.

DivX or other Mpeg-4 varients CPU usage scaled with the bitrate and resolution. A small 320x240 low bitrate >300kbps and 64kbps audio MIGHTwork at full screen full framerate, but anything else is going to be pushing that PC far beyond what it was meant for.

Actually there is one ONE peice of hardware you can use... Xcard by sigma. It will decode a large number of DivX film in hardware. This would gove you you playback, but the card costs $200 and you are better off getting a new mb+chip at that price.

[LanEvo7]

You could buy a Sigma RealMagic card that decodes MPEG4. The card does all the decoding so your computer should be able to play it.

[ryanreko]

the xcard can be had for about 70 bucks, i'm pretty sure that should do the job for you but i would do some digging to make sure

[AgentMojo]

Thanx for the info, I will probably look up that ard you speak of, but on eBay, as the minimuim requirements are Windows 98SE and I only have Windows 98. If you know of any cheaper cards or ones that may work better, post a reply!

Thanx,
AgentMojo

[snowmoon]

Sigma's Xcard is currently the ONLY PC card that gives that functionality. It will not play all though, and it does have problems with some of the newest features of DivX, so movies or videos encoded with GMC or Qpel will not play back.

[AgentMojo]

Thanx a lot, that is the REALMagic Xcard, right? I looked On Sigma Design's website and they have quite a few, but the Xcard was the only consumer product. I may just look at eBay, because as much as this computer is really worth, I won't shell out $99 bucks for it, especially if it says the minimum requirement arer Windows 98SE, which I only have 98.

Thanx again,
AgentMojo