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RyanTheCaveman
03-03-2007, 02:46 AM
Ok so i had to get my comp. f-disked a little while ago. but for some reason now it wont play videos on my computer. it like....freezes up and something ot that effect.
can anyone help me out and offer any...erm...help?
slipknotpsycho
03-03-2007, 02:48 AM
you're gonna have to be more specific lol... there's lots of ways it could freeze... freeze but still has sounds (video) freezes, and has sounds but sounds like a horribly scratched cd playing the same second over and over (video) try to play a video and it freezes the entire comp... ect..
timmywilson
03-03-2007, 02:57 AM
Check to be sure that your video card has the most current drivers available and that it is configured properly.
slipknotpsycho
03-03-2007, 02:58 AM
newest drivers isn't always the best with video cards... i can't stress that enough...

doesn't sound like a driver problem anyways...
RyanTheCaveman
03-03-2007, 03:38 AM
When i try to play a "video" with like...realplayer, or WindowsMedia. the screen goes white and everything freezes up.
Markass
03-03-2007, 03:52 AM
When i try to play a "video" with like...realplayer, or WindowsMedia. the screen goes white and everything freezes up.

sounds to me like something a bit more than f-disk has been done...first thing I would suggest to you would be system restore to before your computer was doing this. It will change certain system settings, etc that have been recently modified. May not work, but I would give it a shot :thumbsup:
RyanTheCaveman
03-03-2007, 03:55 AM
system restore? a guy did my computer for me. I dont know how to wipe windows and redo it. but its been like this since i got it back.
slipknotpsycho
03-03-2007, 04:25 AM
wait til skink gets on he's usually the one to answer the comp questions...

is your system custom built or is it like a hp, compaq, dell.. ect..

most brand name computers have a system restore function, but alot of custom built machines don't.

and wait, so this dude for all practical purposes fucked up your computer?
RyanTheCaveman
03-03-2007, 05:22 AM
wait til skink gets on he's usually the one to answer the comp questions...

is your system custom built or is it like a hp, compaq, dell.. ect..

most brand name computers have a system restore function, but alot of custom built machines don't.

and wait, so this dude for all practical purposes fucked up your computer?

Huh?....mine is custom built. and the computer got a bunch of viruses and spyware and the comp. went haywire. so i gave it to my dads friend to fix and he did. but the problem is that the comp. wont play videos in realplayer,WMP, etc.
slipknotpsycho
03-03-2007, 05:30 AM
but you said when you got it back that is when this problem started up... that's why i said "and wait, so this dude for all practical purposes fucked up your computer?"

and if it's custom built, it's pretty likely it doesn't have system restore so i wouldn't even worry about it... well it might ifyou have xp but i'm not entirely positive.

what OS are you on btw?
RyanTheCaveman
03-05-2007, 03:53 AM
yeh i should tell him.
but this is XP home edition and there is system restore.
Skink
03-06-2007, 09:58 PM
Chances are that he also borked rystem restore... here is a page on system restore... you need to find a date before the viruses and restore to that date...

How to restore the operating system to a previous state in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084)

does the Computer freeze or just the video screen???
Prunedale
03-06-2007, 11:02 PM
First off list your system specs

If you "just can't play video" and everything else is working narrow your problem down.

Is your system fast enough in its current state??

Reformatting will fix it for sure, but are these videos on your hd? Or you streaming from the net?

If its video, then its video. Try opening your box, and reseating your card make sure the fan is working keeping it cool.

The freezing could be from your video card getting too hot and locking up your pc. Video cards and freezing go hand in hand.

Make sure your players are up to date with the codecs and what not you need.

While your at it blow out your system of all the dust.

Save all your files on a separate partition or drive and start over is the best thing if you have all your progs, should take you about a day to get everything really nice and dialed.

And I don't utilize system restores, I maintain every setting manually. Plus Sys Restore takes alot of space..

drivers are important yes. get the latest and make sure you got your open gl or direct x stuff too. Calling on actions with non supported drivers can cause problems.
babystarbud
03-08-2007, 09:39 PM
have you installed an up to date version of directx9

if the rest of xp is working ok, thats the first thing to do.
RyanTheCaveman
03-30-2007, 09:25 PM
ok i re did the computer(f-disked again). and now it is better. i can play videos on youtube and stuff. but it still freezes while i dont know brosing the net watching videos. like WMP. i try playing a video and it gets super slow and twitchy. i dont know waht to do.
slipknotpsycho
03-31-2007, 01:38 AM
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The Figment
03-31-2007, 06:05 AM
Go to My Computer
Go to Properties
Look at the system specs and post them here It helps if we know what we are dealing with

For example heres mine...
Debain (Elive) Linux OS on a

Dell Dimenison XPS T600r
600mgz PIII
784 Meg Ram, PC 133
8 Gig SCSI HD
52x24x52x CDR-RW
16 Meg Matrox Vid Card
Soundblaster Live Soundcard
T 10/100 Ethernet card
Happuage TV Card
Altec-Lansing 340 watt suond system

You wont need all this info but you get the Idea