Playing HD videos

[Jumbo744]

Hello,

I bought a Toshiba Full HD Camera with 40Gb of Hard Drive. I recorded many hours of video and transferred them to my desktop. The problem is that when I try to play them, they appear very sluggish and it does not play smooth at all. I downloaded all the programs and codecs I could find but I still get the same result. My camera is a TOSHIBA GIGASHOT A40FE.

Any help appreciated.
Thanks

[Bushfiva]

And your desktop is...?

In general, you don't need "lots of codecs", you simply need the right one. If your computer is old, a little bit of house cleaning could help.

[frostbite]

What he said, plus, are you a little short of free space on your hard drive?

[Jumbo744]

thanks guys. I have 100GB free of hard drive. My computer specs are:

P4 2.8 GHz
2Gb RAM dual channel
Nvidia FX5900 ultra 256mb
120GB hard drive 7200rpm

I know the specs are a little bit old, but I thought it would be ok for HD videos?

Thanks!

[Bushfiva]

Yes, they should be fine. I play HD content just fine on a 1.6GHz notebook. Have you checked if your videos play using VLC Media Player? It uses its own codecs, and is a good player to test against.

[Jumbo744]

thanks bushfiva Yes I tried with VLC, it works better but still not acceptable...

[green granite]

If you don't already have it download process explorer from Process Explorer

have it running while running a video and you can monitor what else is running, the processor load, ram usage etc. It should give you an idea what is going on.

[BigEndBob]

Try kmplayer KMPlayer - Download

Seems to play everything i have thrown at it.

[Jumbo744]

Hello,

thanks a lot it works