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muzzy:
I can recommend media player classic, too. Mpc has a far fewer problems, but the problem might not be with the player in this case.
If opening files into the mediaplayer stalls, the issue might be with some codec. Time the delay. If it's exactly 30 seconds or some other suspiciously round number, we have a winner. If you're feeling bold, you can get filemon and regmon from http://www.sysinternals.com and try to determine if there's some file/registry access from the app during the stalling. If there is, it will probably help you determine the codec responsible for lagging which can then be unregistered.
Obviously, debugging problems over the web is quite quite troublesome, issues like these are usually approached with a proper debugger, too, not just lightweight "maybe I'm lucky" debuggers. However, if the issues happen with every video player application you use, it's probably a codec issue.
MrX:
IT is interesting because maximum PC March 2005 no-noed Media Player Classic, in their article 'digital media how-to' i bet next month they will be complaints about it published in the in/out section.
however, media player classic is a very light, fast, stable, useable open source media player. the best thing to do is:
download media player classic. now fecth the 'ffdshow' alpha codecs. install these. now you have a media player that can play every single media file regardless. i use this setup on all windows computers i touch and it is the best and easiest solution.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
hope this helps.
Mr X :beos: :beos:
muzzy:
mpc+ffdshow still can't play *every* media file. While mpc has lots of built-in filters, you'll still need more codecs for some files.
Calum:
how come you're recommending an open source program, to replace a windows component, muzzy?
Orethrius:
Just because he's a fascist dictator, that doesn't mean he can't be a benevolent fascist dictator! ;)
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