Thread: Computer crashes while watching video

John a while ago I suffered similar I have the 9000 series card I did everything you did and more as there were lots of updates coming through.

I never sourced the codes.

Two things changed this setting for graphic handling in Firefox and a return to the shop where I purchased everything. Techie did a BIOS update/flash with latest on both Motherboard and Graphics Card. I hav not had a problem since.

John, you just need the latest codecs.
The green image is an old video decoder (codec).

You may want to load VLC player (its free) as it also plays everything better than media player.

the other error could be bad file, bad codec?

I saw your post Wheelin and I've had a similar thing happen. It looks as though you're looking through a severe snowstorm.

It,s those rude words you were muttering while watching those gun lobby videos.

Regards

Originally Posted by _fly_

John, you just need the latest codecs.
The green image is an old video decoder (codec).

You may want to load VLC player (its free) as it also plays everything better than media player.

the other error could be bad file, bad codec?

Not sure that it's a codec problem -fly-, I mainly use DIVX Plus and it's completely up to date. I've tried turning acceleration of and that works..... sometimes. This is a completely random problem, that is, I can't reproduce the problem consistently.

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Not sure that it's a codec problem -fly-, I mainly use DIVX Plus and it's completely up to date. I've tried turning acceleration of and that works..... sometimes. This is a completely random problem, that is, I can't reproduce the problem consistently.

John that was just part of the problem back then I did have the shut down no warning no error always Blue screen. The major fix was the BIOS updates/flashes.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

John that was just part of the problem back then I did have the shut down no warning no error always Blue screen. The major fix was the BIOS updates/flashes.

Ray, did you do the BIOS update yourself, or did you get an 8yo to do it for you .

Originally Posted by Grumpy John

Ray, did you do the BIOS update yourself, or did you get an 8yo to do it for you .

No Techie did it as card was still under warranty as was MB and Blue Ray. Even he said he had trouble fixing the problems. I had also a problem with Blue Ray player so not just one problem and I had tried everything prior taking it in. I admit I didn't do BIOS but have in the past with no problem on other machines and not just my own.

I've found that VLC isn't all that hot any more - ever since they started improving its its handling of 'proper' codecs it seems to not play some of the ones that it used to handle with aplomb.

Even Windows Media Player copes better with crappy codecs better than VCL now. (that, and ever since I installed VLC I keep getting 'COM Surrogate has stopped working' messages as Windows tries to thumbnail codecs that VLC seems to not recognise any more). So VLC has had the boot from me.

Grump, I just watched it thru. I normally allow wimp or any other site to download at least half of the vid before playing.

I'm running Windoze 7, i7 860 @2.8Ghz, 8 Gb Ram, GT 640 Vid card, so nothing to old or super dooper.

I haven't had any problems with VLC either.