sound out of sync in movies

[wafflehammer]

okay..as i've right now i'm running on a crappy p4 rig with on board sound. 90% of the movies i watch end up out of sync and it's killing me!!!! what could i do to prevent this? would i need to invest in a audio card?

 

[Apokalipse]

What software are you using to play videoes?

I'd recommend Mplayer, which is command-line (has keyboard shortcuts aswell, including "[" and "]" to shift the audio track to be in sync with the video), and is low on resources
If you prefer a GUI, there's also SMplayer (which uses the Mplayer engine)

 

[kahlil88]

VLC is also a great media player.

 

[wafflehammer]

i've been using divxplayer...searched for a video player and that was one of the first so i thought why not lol

but i'll try your recommendations apok

 

[Bretskate]

Make sure you have the latest codecs

 

[Apokalipse]

Make sure you have the latest codecs

You're not likely to need any with Mplayer
MPlayer - The Movie Player

There is a codec pack for Mplayer if you do. But you should really only have a small collection of good codecs, rather than a large collection of varying codecs

 

[wafflehammer]

well i downloaded both...i didn't like the way mplayer was, i like to have the full player type deal thing...so i'm using smplayer..it seems good

 

[Apokalipse]

well i downloaded both...i didn't like the way mplayer was, i like to have the full player type deal thing...so i'm using smplayer..it seems good

Mplayer is a full player. You just use it with keyboard shortcuts, or perhaps modifying the config file, instead of pressing buttons with the mouse.

 

[wafflehammer]

Mplayer is a full player. You just use it with keyboard shortcuts, or perhaps modifying the config file, instead of pressing buttons with the mouse.

uhm...bad way to state that. I mean that i just like having the whole display thing. I'm not good at remembering keyboard shortcuts so i like being able to click them :]

thanks for the recommendations though :happy: