Video freeze/pause problems with 9600GT

[IndieSnob]

For some odd reason I am seeing slight freezes or stuttering about every ten or so seconds whenever I play any kind of video file, whether it be divx, h264, mkv, etc. etc. I have tried playing the video files with VLC, Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player, etc. etc. and they all exhibit the same behavior on both my LCD monitor and HDTV. I didn't have this problem as of two days ago, and the only thing I changed on the system is that I am now running a SPDIF cable from my 9600GT to my onboard sound. Here is the setup:

Abit IP35 Motherboard
E8400 running at stock speed
2x2 of G-Skill DDR2-800
Palit 512 Meg 9600GT PCI-Ex
Vista Ultimate X64
WD6400AAKS Sata Harddrive contains my OS
WD 1 Terabyte Green SATA harddrive with the video files in question

I have the video card hooked up to two displays. I have my BenQ E2400HD LCD monitor hooked up via a DVI-D to HDMI cable (DVI-D on video card to HDMI on monitor), as well as straight HDMI to HDMI running to a 32" Vizio V032LF HDTV. I am running both displays at their native 1920x1080 at 60HZ refresh.

I used to run the HDTV via Component video, and just used an old RCA mini-din to L/R stereo for sound. When I had it set up this way, there was no stuttering/freezing.

I went ahead and reverted back to having it hooked up via Component video, but yet the stuttering and freezing still remained.

What's odd is there is absolutely no audio stutter at all, and the picture doesn't stutter or freeze but for just a fraction of a second, but yet it is enough to annoy me.

Has anyone ever seen this problem?

Thanks.

 

[risqu3]

try using media player classic with hardware offloading enabled.

 

[Red Falcon]

I have this problem with my 9800GT with VLC player, but none of the other players do this.

It's normally with AVI, MKV, or big uncompressed video files.

To me, it seems to be a program running in the background that causes it (eats up CPU cycles, causing the temporary freeze up in video).

As for the pause problem, again, only in VLC, but I think this problem is just the VLC player being flaky, not your machine.

Best thing to do would be to make sure no other programs are running that might cause the freeze up. Or get PurevideoHD/AVIVOHD compatible software that offloads most, if not all, of the video processing to the GPU.

 

[IndieSnob]

Thanks for the two suggestions, but I think I've found my problem.

I had forgotten that I was testing out some hard drives on an older Promise SATA/ATA controller card and still had it plugged in. After a few BSODs while accessing those hard drives led me to believe that the non-official drivers for the card were causing my hiccups, and sure enough the video problems have gone away as well.

 

[Red Falcon]

Thanks for the two suggestions, but I think I've found my problem.

I had forgotten that I was testing out some hard drives on an older Promise SATA/ATA controller card and still had it plugged in. After a few BSODs while accessing those hard drives led me to believe that the non-official drivers for the card were causing my hiccups, and sure enough the video problems have gone away as well.

omg, my drives are raided on my mobo, though not on the Promise controller. Since these things have been raided, my system has had to work overtime with them. Wow, this may actually be my problem too. Damn software RAID.