Jerky video intro

[JohnnyG]

Hi folks,

I changed the intro video to one I downloaded from Retroblast (MAME spelt out with lightning kinda thing, looks cool). It plays fine in WMA 9, but stops for a second in a couple of places when I start GameEx, while the sound keeps running, then just jumps forward to match the position of the sound. It's always in the same spots, too.

I've previously had trouble with video snaps being slow to start running (but run fine when they do), and I think it's something to do with how WMP says "connecting" when I play the snaps in WMP. I was using WMP 10 but some guy in work suggested i switch back, but it made no difference. Would downloading a codex pack make it better?

Thanks in advance and have a great Easter,

Johnny

[one2three]

I changed the intro video to one I downloaded from Retroblast (MAME spelt out with lightning kinda thing, looks cool). It plays fine in WMA 9, but stops for a second in a couple of places when I start GameEx, while the sound keeps running, then just jumps forward to match the position of the sound. It's always in the same spots, too.

I had the same problem with the same vid. Hate to say it but the way I found to fix it was build a new pc (Intel Core 2 Duo).

I think it has problems because of all the background "loading" Gameex does on startup. Too much demand on the pc.

Maybe if you post your computer specs, someone else may be able to give some recommendations. Good Luck.

[JohnnyG]

HI all,

No luck getting the intro video to run smoothly, but I downloaded RegSeeker and ran it (it's clears dead junk out of the registry) and the Mame videos snaps are now flying along again! Just about instant response, where I was waiting up to 5 seconds between each video when I scrolled thru the list. It's an old syste, and I suppose there was too much crap lying around. Highly recommended.

Hope this helps somone out

Johnny

[iano]

Hi folks,

I changed the intro video to one I downloaded from Retroblast (MAME spelt out with lightning kinda thing, looks cool). It plays fine in WMA 9, but stops for a second in a couple of places when I start GameEx, while the sound keeps running, then just jumps forward to match the position of the sound. It's always in the same spots, too.

I've previously had trouble with video snaps being slow to start running (but run fine when they do), and I think it's something to do with how WMP says "connecting" when I play the snaps in WMP. I was using WMP 10 but some guy in work suggested i switch back, but it made no difference. Would downloading a codex pack make it better?

Thanks in advance and have a great Easter,

Johnny

FFDShow (codec) works well GameEX. You can find it on the GameEX site. If the problem is still there you could try turning off 'Reduce CPU Utilization'. I think under 'Tweaks/Performance' in the Setup Wizard.

[Michael]

HI all,

No luck getting the intro video to run smoothly, but I downloaded RegSeeker and ran it (it's clears dead junk out of the registry) and the Mame videos snaps are now flying along again! Just about instant response, where I was waiting up to 5 seconds between each video when I scrolled thru the list. It's an old syste, and I suppose there was too much crap lying around. Highly recommended.

Hope this helps somone out

Johnny

have you got the latest video card drivers installed i have had a simlar problem but it was with video snaps