Problem with BBC HD I player.

"Ivan" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message
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On May 19, 3:06 pm, "Ivan" wrote:
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In article , Ivan
scribeth thus
Now that Virgin have recently upgraded their broadband speed to 10 megs
I
decided to take advantage of the BBC's HD Internet Service.

I connected up my computer (via a D socket) to a 32 in HD TV and
watched
all
four Reginald Perrin episodes and apart from the (un-zoomed) picture
size
being smaller than full screen the actual video quality was excellent.

However when I attempt to watch Wainwright's Walks it just produces the
programme in a series of jerky movements, almost as if it was running
at
about 10 fps (the sound remains OK) I checked out the broadband speed
which
shows a download speed of 9.87mb, I've also tried disabling hardware
acceleration and even using a faster computer running Vista with two
gigabytes of memory, with exactly the same results.. can anyone tell me
what's happening please.

We get that .. summat to do with needing the -right- graphics card
IIRC...

What I know about graphics cards could probably be written on a postage
stamp, however this one at least appears to be pretty good value, got to
be
worth a try for £30.00.. HDMI/DVI, 512 megs of memory, and a PCI-E (which
my
mother board accepts) slot, very tempted to rush out and buy it now and
let
anyone interested know how I get on after fitting it.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-84GS5

Would be worth checking other users results before your purchase.
What is your current card and have you got the latest drivers and
latest Flash installed?

-----------------------------------oOo------------------------------------

Too late to I'm afraid, it's here in front of me, begging to have its
pristine little cellophane wrapper ripped off of its colourful box!

My old card is a Chrome 9 manufactured by S3 graphics, I update the
drivers at the beginning of the year, I also reinstalled Flash only a
couple of days ago, as for some reason best known to itself the standard
player suddenly decided that it wasn't going to play unless I downloaded
the latest software.



Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward, almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

In article , Ivan
scribeth thus

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Ivan
scribeth thus
Now that Virgin have recently upgraded their broadband speed to 10 megs I
decided to take advantage of the BBC's HD Internet Service.

I connected up my computer (via a D socket) to a 32 in HD TV and watched
all
four Reginald Perrin episodes and apart from the (un-zoomed) picture size
being smaller than full screen the actual video quality was excellent.

However when I attempt to watch Wainwright's Walks it just produces the
programme in a series of jerky movements, almost as if it was running at
about 10 fps (the sound remains OK) I checked out the broadband speed
which
shows a download speed of 9.87mb, I've also tried disabling hardware
acceleration and even using a faster computer running Vista with two
gigabytes of memory, with exactly the same results.. can anyone tell me
what's happening please.


We get that .. summat to do with needing the -right- graphics card
IIRC...


But why should one HD programme play fine and another not?




Dunno ...

Was it on a different sized screen display?..



--
Tony Sayer

Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward, almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.




I would have though that Jamie P could have cast some light on this?..
--
Tony Sayer

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward, almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes, it
seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I confess I
don't know.

In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
et...
In article ,
says...


Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic
popped up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted,
it did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh!
still the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward, almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and
instructions on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear
to have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD
programmes, it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC,
but what, I confess I don't know.



What's your processor speed?
--
Ian

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In message , Ivan
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"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward,
almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which
run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps
I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes,
it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I
confess I don't know.



What's your processor speed?


According to System Tools it's an: 'Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz 3200 MHz 1
core(s) 2 logical processes'

On May 20, 8:33*am, "Ivan" wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message

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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward,
almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which
run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps
I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes,
it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I
confess I don't know.

What's your processor speed?

According to System Tools it's an: 'Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz 3200 MHz 1
core(s) 2 logical processes'

2 logical processors - Hyper Threading - Should have enough grunt.

In message
, Mike
writes
On May 20, 8:33*am, "Ivan" wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message

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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh! still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward,
almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which
run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps
I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes,
it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I
confess I don't know.

What's your processor speed?

According to System Tools it's an: 'Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz 3200 MHz 1
core(s) 2 logical processes'

2 logical processors - Hyper Threading - Should have enough grunt.

Agreed.
--
Ian

"Mike" wrote in message
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On May 20, 8:33 am, "Ivan" wrote:
"Ian" wrote in message

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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic
popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh!
still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward,
almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband
download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which
run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps
I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and
instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes,
it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I
confess I don't know.

What's your processor speed?

According to System Tools it's an: 'Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz 3200 MHz
1
core(s) 2 logical processes'

2 logical processors - Hyper Threading - Should have enough grunt.

I've got the hyper threading activated in the bios, the PC also has 2 GB of
DDR2 RAM, and now 512MB on the graphics card, so I can't think what else I
can do, other than maybe as a desperate last resort replace the Vista OS, as
someone has 'jokingly' suggested:0)

On May 20, 10:22*am, "Ivan" wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message

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On May 20, 8:33 am, "Ivan" wrote:



"Ian" wrote in message

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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim Mason" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Well I installed the new card and after I'd done so a BBC graphic
popped
up
asking if I'd like to download the latest player, which I accepted, it
did,
I then selected the aforementioned Wainwright's Walks and.. D'oh!
still
the
same, the problem gives the impression of movement jumping forward,
almost
as if half the fields had been removed, I checked the broadband
download
speed which was still reckoned to be 9.87 MB, I then got a little more
involved and found some info which indicated that the programmes which
run
OK are 796 kbps 640x360 and the ones that don't are 3200kbps 1280x720,
surely a 10 meg connection speed should be more than adequate? perhaps
I'm
looking in the wrong place, but I've tried to find help and
instructions
on
the BBC HD site which may indicate whether the problem is with my
equipment
or ISP, but can't appear to find a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

Thanks Jim, I ran the check and it came out at 100%. In fact I appear to
have almost twice the broadband capacity required to play HD programmes,
it seems that it's got to be something to do with my PC, but what, I
confess I don't know.

What's your processor speed?

According to System Tools it's an: 'Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz 3200 MHz
1
core(s) 2 logical processes'
2 logical processors - Hyper Threading - Should have enough grunt.

I've got the hyper threading activated in the bios, the PC also has 2 GB of
DDR2 RAM, and now 512MB on the graphics card, so I can't think what else I
can do, other than maybe as a desperate last resort replace the Vista OS, as
someone has 'jokingly' suggested:0)

XP is an upgrade from Vista. It really is.