Help Playing 720/1024p.

[Luppi]

Hello all,

I have a pretty simple question. I own a Dual Core 2.93 GhZ Intel, 4GB DDR2, 1GB ATI Radeon 4600 HD Video Card and a 17" Fujitsu Siemens Flatscreen Monitor at 1280x1024 75Hz.

Before today, i had an old 17" monitor at 1024x768 and my PC got stuck at playing a 720p .mkv with KMPlayer. I Installed PowerDVD and it completely screwed up my Windows 7, locking me out of my system and i ended up performing a reinstall and losing all my data.

Now that i got the new monitor, can anyone tell me what, if any, codecs or players should i install, preferably free or lightweight, or any other tips i can use in order to correctly play 720p or 1024 mkv files or even BluRay Rips.

Thank You.

[aedipuss]

try vlc or media player classic, they will play most things. only install codecs as needed. don't go the codec pack route.

[lowellriggsiam]

divx player works well for me.

[Luppi]

Codecs as needed meaning? I installed VLC and it plays pretty well, although it has a few stutters now and then, mostly at the beginning.

Any recommended codecs or things that would make it better looking and sounding and playing?

[davidsama]

Use media player home cinema.

[jagabo]

VLC's h.264 decoder is single threaded. It's not fast enough to decode 1080i30, 1080p24, or 720p60 h.264 video smoothly, no matter what CPU you have. Maybe if you overclock to 4+ GHz.

[Luppi]

So what do you suggest for my PC then?

[jagabo]

All the other players mentioned include multithreaded h.264 decoders. You can also try using VLC's DXVA setting to use your graphics card's h.264 decoder. Not all h.264 videos you come across will be DXVA compatible though.