Computer freezes when viewing .AVI files

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Dougjwjr

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Recently, my computer has started freezing while watching AVI video files in Media Player Classic HomeCinema. (Codecs: CCCP-Combined Community Codec Pack). When it freezes, my computer becomes unresponsive with sound still playing for about 5 seconds or so, at a very slow rate. At that point I must restart.

I try the same files in another program, in this case Windows Media Player, with no trouble at all. I also try the same files on my laptop with Media Player Classic (Codecs: CCCP), with no problems.

I'm not interested in getting another media player. I know others are out there, like VLC which is quite popular. I'm more interested in after 2 years of using CCCP on this computer it's now giving me problems.

I will note I have 64bit Win7 Ult on desktop, 64bit Win7 Pro on laptop. I will also note that not every avi file will freeze. Or, rather it appears that they may freeze at different points. As early as 56 seconds, or maybe 1:28, or as late as 28 minutes in. It may be that every file will freeze, it's just not long enough to get to that point? It seems to be consistant with each episode, the point at which it will freeze, or rather the time it takes to freeze.
 
Did you reinstall MPC-HC and CCCP? Did you make sure to get the 64bit package for MPC-HC?
 
I tried both the 32bit and 64bit versions of MPC. I am currently using the 32bit because I was told it could be because the 64bit was unstable. This was not the case, but I kept the 32bit anyhow.
 
I have now come across a file that is freezing in Windows Media Player as well.
 
I'm getting very frustrated with this, since I watch just about everything on my computer these days. I believe it must be a hardware issue, since I'm not having a problem with my laptop running the same files with the same codecs. I just updated to the most recent nvidia drivers but still no luck.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I cant figure out why... it just kinda freezes at random, but only with .avi files, nothing else that I have come across yet.
 
This is the first I have heard of doing this, I'll give it a try..

The only error I can find is:

Level: Critical
Source: Kernel-Power
Event ID: 41
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Then once I turn it back on I get a couple things, like "Audit events have been dropped by the transport. 0" (event id 1101) and "The previous system shutdown at 10:34:16 AM on ‎11/‎27/‎2009 was unexpected." (event id 6008)
 
Oh my, I cant say for sure yet, but I just opened a bunch of videos which have been freezing at fairly consistant spots, and no freeze yet. I'm currently at stock 1066x9 (as opposed to 1600x8).
 
Dougjwjr said:
Oh my, I cant say for sure yet, but I just opened a bunch of videos which have been freezing at fairly consistant spots, and no freeze yet. I'm currently at stock 1066x9 (as opposed to 1600x8).
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1600 x 8 = 12.8Ghz... yah, no wonder it was unstable! 1066 x 9 = 9.59Ghz is stable? :eek: WOW... where can I get a Q6600 like that?!!? :p LOL
 
Alright, so It seems it was because my cpu was overclocked? I have not been freezing at stock speeds which is great and all, but I'm curious as to why. .avi files, at least the ones I have been watching, are not typically very cpu intensive, it uses at most like 10% of one core. So, I am curious why at stock speeds I'm not freezing anymore. Especially since if it was the cpu that was the problem, why was it freezing less in one program than another.
 
Could be the North Bridge causing the errors. Might need a bit more voltage or the like. As the fsb goes up it is raising the NB clock speed. Just my guess.
 
I was at stock speeds, I stayed there at 3.2 because I did not want to have to mess with voltages, I dont know how to figure out how much to increase it.
 
The way I always checked stability was Prime95 small FFT's overnight to test if the cpu needed more voltage. And P95 Blend overnight to test the stability of the entire system. Though apparently Intel Burn Test is better or at least perhaps faster than P95.

NB Voltage I think is usually labeled as vMCH.

If you didn't mess with any voltages it could be any voltage that needs adjustment. As even if the mobo is set to auto who knows when it feels like upping the voltages.
 
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