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Matroska Files & Upping performance


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I've got a 512mb, Win-XP laptop with roughly 2ghertz but I've been having trouble with playing a matroska file. My computer has the correct filters and in the past I have been able to watch videos in the format, but recently I came across a few files that my computer simply seems insufficient to play ("Le Chevelier d'Eon" to be exact). I've tried both WMP and VLC; the former attempts to keep sound and video insync and so lets the sound skip (which is simply intolerable), while the latter preserves sound-quality but fails to keep the picture updating.

I'm not all that familiar with VLC, so I was wondering if their were any easy ways to correct the problem their. Also, it would be helpful if there were any non-obvious ways of increasing my computers performance to allow it to play these files. I've been considering converting them to a more amenable format, but I would prefer to exercize other options first. Thanks.

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I've got a 512mb, Win-XP laptop with roughly 2ghertz but I've been having trouble with playing a matroska file. My computer has the correct filters and in the past I have been able to watch videos in the format, but recently I came across a few files that my computer simply seems insufficient to play ("Le Chevelier d'Eon" to be exact). I've tried both WMP and VLC; the former attempts to keep sound and video insync and so lets the sound skip (which is simply intolerable), while the latter preserves sound-quality but fails to keep the picture updating.

I'm not all that familiar with VLC, so I was wondering if their were any easy ways to correct the problem their. Also, it would be helpful if there were any non-obvious ways of increasing my computers performance to allow it to play these files. I've been considering converting them to a more amenable format, but I would prefer to exercize other options first. Thanks.

I've never had trouble playing mkvs, even on laptops with slightly lower specs that yours, so it seems odd to me that it would be hardware-related. Has the file ever worked? If not, have you considered that you may simply have a corrupt file? Alternatively it could still be a codec-related problem. A friend of mine was telling me about a new codec pack that recently came out, which is said to be better than the K-lite or Nimo codec packs...I want to say it was called Community Codec Pack or something along those lines. It couldn't hurt to give it a shot. Also comes with Media Player Classic, with which I've not had trouble opening pretty much any media file. Good luck.

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