Choppy or laggy Blu Ray - Blu-ray Forum

Phalinx666 · 07-10-2008, 12:01 PM

Alright I began having this problem last night when my brother wanted to watch Hellboy on the computer. I have a Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD burner drive, GeForce 8800, 24" Acer LCD Screem, and the drive came with WinDVD8 player software. I have been able to watch all my Blu Rays on my computer and last movie I watched was Rambo which I had to change region settings in WinDVD8 to play. Since, I've updated my video card driver and well last night when he put in Hellboy it was laggin or choppy play back. It was so bad the menu took forever to load up with the constant choppy play. I also put in other Blu Rays which also had the same choppy play.

So I spent about a hour fooling around in the Nvidia settings along with the WinDVD8 settings but could not fix this problem. I'm not sure what the cause if this could be other than the last update to my video card since this problem began after I updated it. I noticed Nvidia has a new update so when I get home I'll try that but just wondering if anyone else has had a problem like this and what the cause may be. Thanks in advance for any information!

prerich · 07-10-2008, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalinx666

Alright I began having this problem last night when my brother wanted to watch Hellboy on the computer. I have a Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD burner drive, GeForce 8800, 24" Acer LCD Screem, and the drive came with WinDVD8 player software. I have been able to watch all my Blu Rays on my computer and last movie I watched was Rambo which I had to change region settings in WinDVD8 to play. Since, I've updated my video card driver and well last night when he put in Hellboy it was laggin or choppy play back. It was so bad the menu took forever to load up with the constant choppy play. I also put in other Blu Rays which also had the same choppy play.

So I spent about a hour fooling around in the Nvidia settings along with the WinDVD8 settings but could not fix this problem. I'm not sure what the cause if this could be other than the last update to my video card since this problem began after I updated it. I noticed Nvidia has a new update so when I get home I'll try that but just wondering if anyone else has had a problem like this and what the cause may be. Thanks in advance for any information!

Believe it or not, the 8800 series geforce cards are not the best ones for BD playback, the 8500 and 8600's tend to playback BD with much fewer problems (I've had my 8500GT for a while and no problems). Do you have hardware acceleration activated in WINDVD8? If not, activate it. You didn't mention your processor speed either - what are you entire systmem specs so I may assist you better

Phalinx666 · 07-10-2008, 01:50 PM

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Geforce 8800 GTX
4GB RAM
Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD Burner

My system should have nothing to do with it since the playback was flawless up until last night... or what I'm thinking was the Geforce driver update since you mentioned the 8800 isn't the best when it comes with BR. I did have the acceleration in WINDVD8 on yet I must have tried every setting atlest once with no solutuion. And yeah I got the 8800 for gaming, the blu-ray driver was just a "why the hell not".

prerich · 07-10-2008, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalinx666

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Geforce 8800 GTX
4GB RAM
Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD Burner

My system should have nothing to do with it since the playback was flawless up until last night... or what I'm thinking was the Geforce driver update since you mentioned the 8800 isn't the best when it comes with BR. I did have the acceleration in WINDVD8 on yet I must have tried every setting atlest once with no solutuion. And yeah I got the 8800 for gaming, the blu-ray driver was just a "why the hell not".

10-4 mate, your system is fine. You may want to try the 9800 since your a gamer. It plays BD just fine. If you're not fearful of ATI you may even want to go for a Radeon 4850/4870 (they can output LPCM 7.1 audio over HDMI).

Phalinx666 · 07-12-2008, 01:42 AM

Ok I've uninstalled BOTH WinVid 8 and my video card and nothing has changed. Still choppy ass play back. I don't know what caused this because it was working fine a few months ago. Could it be WinVid 8? If so what are some better Blu Ray software choices I could find @ Best Buy or Circuit City?

bootman · 07-12-2008, 03:56 AM

Check taskmgr to see what else is running.
What i your CPU % looks like when you try to play?

flhctroll · 07-12-2008, 04:25 PM

Hi all, new to the forum. I just built my htpc. I still needed a power supply so I started by putting my bluray drive (lite-on) in my regular pc (vista, amd 5200 oc'd to 2.8, ATI HD2600 Pro video card & 3 gig o' ram) and I was having the same problem. It seemed to stutter every 30 seconds or so. Then I noticed it was doing the same thing on NON hd content. So I finnally got my new htpc up and running, and that stutters also. New system is

vista
AMD 4600 2.4ghz
Biostar tf8200 a2+ (built in hdmi)
2 gig o' ram

The mobo is meant to play bluray. Could this be an update to vista that is causing these problems since the original posters problems started the same day (July 10th) that mine started on my regular pc?

Phalinx666 · 07-12-2008, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bootman

Check taskmgr to see what else is running.
What i your CPU % looks like when you try to play?

It's over 50%...

prerich · 07-12-2008, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalinx666

It's over 50%...

I'm going all out and putting this on the video card. 50% is way too high! My CPU runs at 19% when running BD - I can even surf the net at the same time and still have no lag. The HW acceleration in the 8800 drivers is not working correctly. Change the video card to a 9800 (if you want to stay with Nvidia) or go to an ATI 4870.

bootman · 07-12-2008, 09:00 PM

You may need a driver cleaner to completely remove the nvidia drivers.
Then reinstall them.
That should fix the problem.

Phalinx666 · 07-14-2008, 02:07 PM

Driver cleaner?

Phalinx666 · 07-16-2008, 02:17 PM

/bump

Does anyone know of a downloadable driver cleaner that will NOT F-up my entire computer to which point I'll be forced to reformat my C drive?

slaizer2000 · 07-16-2008, 02:28 PM

if after installing the newer nvidia drivers, the problem does not go away then i would try a system restore point to a time before you upgraded your nvidia drivers. You can find system restore from start-programs-accesories-system tools-system restore (windows XP, not sure where this is in vista as i dont' have access to that OS). This should bring your system back to the orginal nvidia drivers that were loaded as well as any other change that may have been made that could have affected this playback issue.

07-10-2008, 12:01 PM	#1
Phalinx666 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008	Choppy or laggy Blu Ray Alright I began having this problem last night when my brother wanted to watch Hellboy on the computer. I have a Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD burner drive, GeForce 8800, 24" Acer LCD Screem, and the drive came with WinDVD8 player software. I have been able to watch all my Blu Rays on my computer and last movie I watched was Rambo which I had to change region settings in WinDVD8 to play. Since, I've updated my video card driver and well last night when he put in Hellboy it was laggin or choppy play back. It was so bad the menu took forever to load up with the constant choppy play. I also put in other Blu Rays which also had the same choppy play. So I spent about a hour fooling around in the Nvidia settings along with the WinDVD8 settings but could not fix this problem. I'm not sure what the cause if this could be other than the last update to my video card since this problem began after I updated it. I noticed Nvidia has a new update so when I get home I'll try that but just wondering if anyone else has had a problem like this and what the cause may be. Thanks in advance for any information! Last edited by Phalinx666; 07-10-2008 at 12:10 PM.

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07-10-2008, 01:50 PM	#3
Phalinx666 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Geforce 8800 GTX 4GB RAM Pioneer Blu Ray / DVD Burner My system should have nothing to do with it since the playback was flawless up until last night... or what I'm thinking was the Geforce driver update since you mentioned the 8800 isn't the best when it comes with BR. I did have the acceleration in WINDVD8 on yet I must have tried every setting atlest once with no solutuion. And yeah I got the 8800 for gaming, the blu-ray driver was just a "why the hell not".

07-12-2008, 01:42 AM	#5
Phalinx666 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008	Ok I've uninstalled BOTH WinVid 8 and my video card and nothing has changed. Still choppy ass play back. I don't know what caused this because it was working fine a few months ago. Could it be WinVid 8? If so what are some better Blu Ray software choices I could find @ Best Buy or Circuit City?

07-12-2008, 03:56 AM	#6
bootman Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Burghs	Check taskmgr to see what else is running. What i your CPU % looks like when you try to play?

07-12-2008, 04:25 PM	#7
flhctroll New Member Member since:Jul 2008	Hi all, new to the forum. I just built my htpc. I still needed a power supply so I started by putting my bluray drive (lite-on) in my regular pc (vista, amd 5200 oc'd to 2.8, ATI HD2600 Pro video card & 3 gig o' ram) and I was having the same problem. It seemed to stutter every 30 seconds or so. Then I noticed it was doing the same thing on NON hd content. So I finnally got my new htpc up and running, and that stutters also. New system is vista AMD 4600 2.4ghz Biostar tf8200 a2+ (built in hdmi) 2 gig o' ram The mobo is meant to play bluray. Could this be an update to vista that is causing these problems since the original posters problems started the same day (July 10th) that mine started on my regular pc?

07-12-2008, 09:00 PM	#10
bootman Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:The Burghs	You may need a driver cleaner to completely remove the nvidia drivers. Then reinstall them. That should fix the problem.

07-14-2008, 02:07 PM	#11
Phalinx666 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008	Driver cleaner?

07-16-2008, 02:17 PM	#12
Phalinx666 Junior Member Member since:Jul 2008	/bump Does anyone know of a downloadable driver cleaner that will NOT F-up my entire computer to which point I'll be forced to reformat my C drive?

07-16-2008, 02:28 PM	#13
slaizer2000 Expert Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Mooresville, NC 4K collection:67 Blu-ray collection:1117 Trading Score:21	if after installing the newer nvidia drivers, the problem does not go away then i would try a system restore point to a time before you upgraded your nvidia drivers. You can find system restore from start-programs-accesories-system tools-system restore (windows XP, not sure where this is in vista as i dont' have access to that OS). This should bring your system back to the orginal nvidia drivers that were loaded as well as any other change that may have been made that could have affected this playback issue.

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