windows 7 - Video is pixelated on my old HP G60 laptop

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2014-07
  • Anthony

    I've taken my usual computer in for repair, which was a Dell Inspiron with Windows 7 64-bit. I'm now using an HP G60 notebook with Windows 7 32-bit. I'm noticing a problem that any video files I watch are more pixelated than they were on my other laptop. In some cases it's more noticeable than others. It doesn't affect it much if the video is pretty high quality, but if it's already a little pixelated it gets exaggerated quite a bit. I don't remember having this problem with this notebook when I used to use it regularly. Also when I watch YouTube videos they're extremely pixelated, especially when it's dark. However, it only happens on Firefox so I think it might be some flash + Firefox compatibility thing.

    On the old laptop I had K-Lite Codec Pack 9.9.5 (64-bit) installed. On this laptop, I originally had the community codec pack installed, I uninstalled it and installed the latest version of K-Lite codec pack. It did nothing to fix the problem though. I have the latest version of VLC and windows media player. It seems that for some reason, videos don't look quite as bad in WMP. It's not a drastic change though.

    OS: Windows 7 32-bit

    CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

    Display: Mobile Intel(R) 45 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1)

    Let me know if you need anything else. Thanks.

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  • S.gfx

    Install VLC Media Player (which will install various codecs).

  • CamronBute

    Sounds like you need a codec pack. K-Lite Codec Pack is great for this. You can decide which ones, how they're installed, etc. The installer gives options for those doing video editing (as you are), and should provide you with the necessary codecs. I have yet to have a problem with this.

  • ale5000

    Don't install more than one codec pack they conflict, I suggest to uninstall all codec packs and codecs, then install the lastest version of K-Lite Codec Pack (it contains a very recent version of ffdshow) from here: http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm Unistall the previous version (if you have one installed) before install and select "Reset all settings to their defaults" during the installation. If it detect broken codecs during installation, remove them.

    Then go on start menu => all programs => K-Lite Codec Pack => Configuration => ffdshow VFW interface => Decoder => Codecs => Other MPEG4 => try with both Xvid and libavcodec

    Also be sure to use the latest version of VirtualDub: 1.9.10

    If it still doesn't work upload the video somewhere so I can try.

  • harrymc

    Here is another thread dealing with this problem : FMP4 codec with virtualdub.

    The advice there is to install ffdshow, ensuring that VFW Interface does specify libavcodec (rather than XVID) for "Other MPEG4".

  • Curious Apprentice

    I know Im too late to answer this, but there is another solution to your problem. What you are tying to do is joining and trans-coding video files right ?

    If that is your need then why use virtual dub ? There is "Kirara Encoder" which includes all the codecs with itself. No need to install anything extra.

    If you still want to stick to VDub then first uninstall it, then run Ccleaner(Very important), now download x64 bit codecs and install them. Do not install Klite Codec Pack. Install individual codecs separately - like xvid from xvids website - http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.15.0.html, h.264 from - http://www.h264encoder.com/ etc.

    Installing codecs seperately will certainly solve your problem (As it did solved mine)