Divx - Hardware or software

[Thinker]

Hi I am Cain I hv a pentium 166 mmx with 32 MB of RAM and a 2MB PCI Video card. I hv a divx movie and have been trying to view it I have got the divx codec and bsplayer now my problem is that there's no image when I view the movie on the divx codec and in bsplayer the video lags behind in slow motion but the sound continues to play normally Now I hv a problem in trying to figure out wether my software choice is wrong or do I have to upgrade? if I have to upgrade then which is the bare minimum? Please help

Thanx

|Cain|

 

[KenGr]

DIVX is super hardware intensive. Note that right now almost all DIVX support is software implemented meaning it directly depends on your cpu. I think there are some hardware accelerators coming out but this is probably not going to go far since DIVX is questionable as a long term standard.

As I recall, you need to be up in the 500 MHz range to run successfully and it's recommended to go a good bit above that. The Tom's Hardware site is into DIVX seriously. If you go to TomsHardware.com and poke around I think you'll find a lot of information.

 

[Thinker]

Thanx for ur info I will look into it

 

[bruincal]

There are those PCI cards that play DivX through hardware, but I think even those cards require at least a 400 MHz processor. They are also expensive, about $130. I think your best option is to move on to a newer computer, possibly at least 600 MHz. My friend has a Celeron 500 MHz, and a lot of the DivX movies lag on his computer too. At higher CPU speeds, you could also get a DVD drive and watch DVD movies.