I'm starting this thread at Jim's request.
I reported in the previous build (248) that 2D and 3D visualizations appear choppy, pausing every 2 or 3 seconds. The problem is present with playing of all internal audio file types and CDs. Visualizations display smoothly in Winamp.
This problem has also been reported by others, including Matt and MGD_King.
I just tested this on my laptop (Thinkpad T30) and visualizations look great with no choppiness at all.
Is this a display configuration problem or a bug with specific hardware? Any thoughts would be appreciated. All of my drivers and bios are the current versions.
Listening to: 'Over the Rainbow' from 'Harold Arlen Song Book, Vol. 2' by 'Ella Fitzgerald' on Media Center 9.1
System Info:
Media Center Registered 9.1.249 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2678 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 440 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)
Ripping / Drive H: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive I: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive J: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive H: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4824A Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:48 MaxSpeed:48 BurnProof:Yes
Drive J: SONY DVD RW DRU-500A Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:24 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: No / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
Processor: 2666 megahertz Intel Pentium 4
Board: MSI MS-6730 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 11/04/02
Hard Drives:
440.09 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
110.45 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
Promise 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 SCSI Disk Device (240.06 GB)
WDC WD1200BB-00CAA1 [Hard drive] (120.03 GB)
WDC WD800BB-75CAA0 [Hard drive] (80.00 GB)
RAM: 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory
Display: MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 Ti 4600 with 8X (NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 with AGP8X) [Display adapter]
Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (19.3"vis
Creative SB Audigy