I have a problem playing video (MPEG, AVI, MOV) files. I have also the same problem watching TV from my TV card. About every second the picture SLOWS down almost to a stop (stagnation) and it picks up and slows down again.

What could be the problem?

I am running:
Windows XP Professional
2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4
1 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX Videocard
Intel D845EBG2 Motherboard

Should I UPGRADE to a faster videocard?blwol...well it looks like you have a decent processor and sufficient ram......is this problem something that has just started ? Is your vid card is designed to WATCH tv ? do you have the correct drivers for your vid card......and how about if you D/l and watch a vid file from inter net ....is it ok ? How about your sound is it ok or does it lag as well .

let us know

dl65 I have always have this problem. I've updated the drivers periodically. When I watch the videos, the CPU Usage is in the 40% range. Watching DVDs is fine, though.Have you researched the SPECS on your vid card ......maybe your pushing it beyond what it was designed to do.

Good luck.....

dl65 Pushed what? I haven't done anything to it other than update the software for it.

When I watch a video though, one way to stop the stagnation is that I change the Set Priority of the program running from "Normal" to "Realtime" (in Windows Task Manager, Processes tab). I don't think this is safe because I am using all my resources for it and it may crash the computer at some point.blwol....when you watch tv through your TV (vid) card exactly how do you get the cable SIGNAL into your computer ?

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dl65