Videos are suddenly "choppy"

Crazy4theBrat · August 10th, 2014, 01:34 PM

I have a question. I have a number of videos I've downloaded from this site and they were working great, but for some reason, all of a sudden they have started playing in kind of a choppy way. In other words, they will play for a few seconds, and then pause, and then start playing again. They do this over and over throughout the video.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this, or are my videos all toast? I'm hoping I can fix it, because I love these old vids. There's nothing like the classic stuff!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

**lagerlout** · August 10th, 2014, 01:48 PM

you upgraded any software [ esp that uses codecs ] just before this started ?

**Jism Jim** · August 10th, 2014, 08:55 PM

Check your task manager. Maybe there is some program keeping the cpu so busy it can't process the video anymore.

**9876543210** · August 11th, 2014, 12:14 AM

Crazy4theBrat,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy4theBrat

I have a question. I have a number of videos I've downloaded from this site and they were working great, but for some reason, all of a sudden they have started playing in kind of a choppy way. In other words, they will play for a few seconds, and then pause, and then start playing again. They do this over and over throughout the video.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this, or are my videos all toast? I'm hoping I can fix it, because I love these old vids. There's nothing like the classic stuff!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

This isn't my best area of expertise but I have run into this problem before. The first thing you should do is listen to lagerlout and Jism Jim. Those are the most obvious remedies. If those don't work then I have a few questions.

1. These same, identical videos worked on the same, identical computer as before? You haven't changed machines?

2. What are you using to play these videos? I've been using the KLite Codec Pack for years and it will play almost everything. But, in the event it won't, then I use the VLC player. If one of those won't play something then you may have a computer problem or maybe software problem.

I had this problem years ago on an old Dell Inspiron. Things were just fine and then, all of a sudden, videos I downloaded wouldn't work. After a lot of research I finally found I needed a new dual core processor. The single core just wasn't up to the job. Once I got a new machine everything worked just fine.

Again, not my area of expertise. Just something I had to deal with years ago and the solution I needed that worked.

Crazy4theBrat · August 11th, 2014, 01:19 AM

I will try everything you guys advised. From the start, I installed the Klite codec pack and have been using Windows Media Player. The videos always worked great on this computer and suddenly the problem started up. Unfortunately, it started a while ago, and I don't remember what I could have installed that might be causing the problem.

I'm a member at other pay sites too, and what I've gotten from those sites is still all working just fine. It's just the ones from here for some reason.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the suggestions! When I figure it all out I will post in here for other people too.

**lagerlout** · August 11th, 2014, 02:57 AM

Try them on another media player WMP may have updated on you. It has all sorts of crap built into it

**burpman** · August 15th, 2014, 04:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy4theBrat

I will try everything you guys advised. From the start, I installed the Klite codec pack and have been using Windows Media Player. The videos always worked great on this computer and suddenly the problem started up. Unfortunately, it started a while ago, and I don't remember what I could have installed that might be causing the problem.

I'm a member at other pay sites too, and what I've gotten from those sites is still all working just fine. It's just the ones from here for some reason.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the suggestions! When I figure it all out I will post in here for other people too.

Some of the other suggestions here are spot on. Try VLC also. One less obvious thing is if you have a machine with a standard HDD (not SSD) Try defragmenting the drive too. If there is moderate fragmentation on your drive that can contribute to choppiness in playback. Also, another approach with weaker/older machines that cannot keep up with newer codecs is to use ramdrive software and allocate a chunk of your memory to the ramdrive. Then place the video on the drive letter assigned to the ramdrive and play it from there. This will afford the fastest access to the file and mitigate any choppiness.

milliem · August 15th, 2014, 11:48 AM

VLC media player will play most file types without the need for additional codecs. It's free, it's safe and it's recommended. I suggest you try it out.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.en_GB.html

Crazy4theBrat · August 16th, 2014, 03:33 AM

Well, sure enough, it turned out to be Windows Media Player. I tried the videos on another player that came with my computer and they play just fine on that one.

I'm going to take the advice of Burpman and Milliem and download VLC Media Player for future use.

Thanks again to all of your for your advice. You guys are awesome!!!

**buttsie** · August 16th, 2014, 04:01 AM

There are reviews on many of the players suggested here

Theres a good section at the bottom - Tips and Warnings

It suggests which codec packs to use and links to why you should avoid the rest

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...eplacement.htm

The very last tip leads to this one stop video software site & forum

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/

In my experience they all have short comings it largely depends what codecs the players come packed with

I've used pot player , media player classic & vlc and all 3 have had issues with the odd file
One will play it while another wont

August 10th, 2014, 01:34 PM	#1
Crazy4theBrat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 230 Thanks: 5,301 Thanked 3,058 Times in 227 Posts	Videos are suddenly "choppy" I have a question. I have a number of videos I've downloaded from this site and they were working great, but for some reason, all of a sudden they have started playing in kind of a choppy way. In other words, they will play for a few seconds, and then pause, and then start playing again. They do this over and over throughout the video. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this, or are my videos all toast? I'm hoping I can fix it, because I love these old vids. There's nothing like the classic stuff! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

August 10th, 2014, 01:48 PM	#2
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August 11th, 2014, 01:19 AM	#5
Crazy4theBrat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 230 Thanks: 5,301 Thanked 3,058 Times in 227 Posts	I will try everything you guys advised. From the start, I installed the Klite codec pack and have been using Windows Media Player. The videos always worked great on this computer and suddenly the problem started up. Unfortunately, it started a while ago, and I don't remember what I could have installed that might be causing the problem. I'm a member at other pay sites too, and what I've gotten from those sites is still all working just fine. It's just the ones from here for some reason. Anyway, thanks a lot for the suggestions! When I figure it all out I will post in here for other people too. Last edited by Crazy4theBrat; August 11th, 2014 at 01:25 AM..

August 11th, 2014, 02:57 AM	#6
lagerlout Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,505 Thanks: 31,568 Thanked 73,333 Times in 4,399 Posts	Try them on another media player WMP may have updated on you. It has all sorts of crap built into it __________________ Nice girls are nice but BAD gals are much much better To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Please Pm me with any of my links that are not working. Please do not repost my links To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

August 15th, 2014, 11:48 AM	#8
milliem Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 83 Thanks: 9,998 Thanked 745 Times in 80 Posts	VLC media player will play most file types without the need for additional codecs. It's free, it's safe and it's recommended. I suggest you try it out. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.en_GB.html

August 16th, 2014, 03:33 AM	#9
Crazy4theBrat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 230 Thanks: 5,301 Thanked 3,058 Times in 227 Posts	Well, sure enough, it turned out to be Windows Media Player. I tried the videos on another player that came with my computer and they play just fine on that one. I'm going to take the advice of Burpman and Milliem and download VLC Media Player for future use. Thanks again to all of your for your advice. You guys are awesome!!!

August 16th, 2014, 04:01 AM	#10
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,299 Times in 12,746 Posts	There are reviews on many of the players suggested here Theres a good section at the bottom - Tips and Warnings It suggests which codec packs to use and links to why you should avoid the rest http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...eplacement.htm The very last tip leads to this one stop video software site & forum http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ In my experience they all have short comings it largely depends what codecs the players come packed with I've used pot player , media player classic & vlc and all 3 have had issues with the odd file One will play it while another wont