sluggish xvid playback on alba rdvd1002 - Club CDFreaks

Jazza · 08-02-2006

Bought one of these last week in Sainsburys for £59.99 !!

Very pleased with it as it has a high tolerance for "iffy" discs - a lot of discs that didn't work on my old matsui play fine on this.

anyway, i've been playing around with MPEG, DIVX and XVID files on it and it seems to play all of them, but occasionally the playback is a little sluggish.

The audio is synced properly, but sometimes it's like watching a program dipped in treacle

As an example, i've got the latest episode of "24" to watch and it's encoded in XVID, at 23 frames per second, with 140kbps data rate and 12 bit video sample size. Audio is MP3 at 121kbps. Played the opening few seconds and it's the same as some others - quite sluggish.

any clues ??. Is it worth converting it to MPEG format??. Or coverting from XVID to DIVX at a higher data rate ??.

Any help would be most welcome. Thanks.

**imkidd57** · 08-02-2006

You should check and see whether the problem files have a packed bitstream.

Download MPEG4 Modifier from post #2 in the following link, and open the file. If present, the packed stream can be removed without re-encoding.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....cked+bitstream

08-02-2006	#1 (permalink)
Jazza New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 17	sluggish xvid playback on alba rdvd1002 Bought one of these last week in Sainsburys for £59.99 !! Very pleased with it as it has a high tolerance for "iffy" discs - a lot of discs that didn't work on my old matsui play fine on this. anyway, i've been playing around with MPEG, DIVX and XVID files on it and it seems to play all of them, but occasionally the playback is a little sluggish. The audio is synced properly, but sometimes it's like watching a program dipped in treacle As an example, i've got the latest episode of "24" to watch and it's encoded in XVID, at 23 frames per second, with 140kbps data rate and 12 bit video sample size. Audio is MP3 at 121kbps. Played the opening few seconds and it's the same as some others - quite sluggish. any clues ??. Is it worth converting it to MPEG format??. Or coverting from XVID to DIVX at a higher data rate ??. Any help would be most welcome. Thanks.

08-02-2006	#2 (permalink)
imkidd57 Senior Moderator & Editor Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Fajara Posts: 7,958	Re: sluggish xvid playback on alba rdvd1002 You should check and see whether the problem files have a packed bitstream. Download MPEG4 Modifier from post #2 in the following link, and open the file. If present, the packed stream can be removed without re-encoding. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....cked+bitstream __________________ . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are new to the internet, have a query about digital storage, or would maybe like to tell us a bit about yourself: just register with us and try either the Newbie forum or the CD Freaks Living Room. Alternatively, if you fancy some chit-chat (without technical help), then you're welcome to use the Chatbox to have a natter to other experienced members and staff. Look what you get when you join CD Freaks: Interactive access to our forum-based knowledge service Give feedback on News articles on the Front Page Ask questions to the people that actually review the software & hardware Chat with staff and members alike in the live Chatbox Option of a free newsletter Nervous about posting? Don't be: this is one of the friendliest communities around and we value our new members. You're well-protected by the forum rules that everyone signs up to. So what are you waiting for? Click the smiley to join --> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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