Problem Viewing Videos

[suleman1uk]

Hello

I already had the Kazaa Lite Codec Pack, and uninstalled it so i could download and install the newest version (the mega one). After this i tried to play a .mpg video file using media player classic, and there was a problem. The audio was perfect, but the video was distorted and "moving slowly" for example freezing/stuttering at certain parts.

I tried to play another file this time an .avi and the same problem occured though there was some improvement. When this happened, i thought there must be a problem with media player classic so i used BS Player and the same problem occured again!

Could anyone help me out please

Thank You

[thecoalman]

Install codecs on a need only basis. Codec packs will give you nothing but headaches.

[suleman1uk]

ok, so is there solution to the problem i am experiencing?

[thecoalman]

ok, so is there solution to the problem i am experiencing?

unistall the codec pack, install only the ones you need as you need them. If you need to indetify what codec you need to play a particular file you can use G-Spot to indentify it.

[suleman1uk]

ok i have done that but the same problem still occurs. i tried playing a number of video files in different media players and here's what happened:
windowns media player 7: video worked no sound
windows media player 9: nothing appeared
avipreview: nothing appeared
zoom player: sound was there, but problems with the video (like before)

[laspis59]

Clean your PC's registry and junk files ect.. with good software.The problems Codec Packs cause leave junk traces on your computer.

[suleman1uk]

could u recommend any?? i was thinking of tunueup utilities

[thecoalman]

Try Codec Sniper, careful though. you don't want to remove what you don't need. It's good at identifying what codecs are installed on your system and will indentify ones with problems.

[suleman1uk]

there were some broken realmedia codecs, i deleted them but the same problem occurs. i may re-install windows but right now i have found a utility called sherlock codec detective and see what it comes up with. BTW thanks for your help

[suleman1uk]

ok just an update, i have used the sherlock codec utility and it found some invalid references. Should i delete these references?? I am not sure if or where they are on my PC and the codec utility does not provide an option for deleting. So can you tell me what files i should delete??

take a look at the following link to see what the results were:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8956/codec4os.jpg

[thecoalman]

This is what I would do, may or may not work I make no guarantees..... Uninstall PowerDVD and run that utility again. If they are still showing up as broken, kill them using the utility. Reinstall PowerDVD.

[suleman1uk]

i can't delete the references using that utility (sherlock...)

could u tell me what files so i can delete them manually

[thecoalman]

Codec Sniper will...........