a lot of my old vid clips have annoying pixelation during playback. square chunks go out of colour, just generally very messy.

does anyone know why? how to fix? i use windows media player 10.

thx.

There's your problem.


I never liked Windows Media Player. Always used Realplayer and never had any problems with old vid clips.

Of course, you may be better off listening to someone who is actually computer savvy.

Realplayer? Holy crap. Please don't use that awful piece of bloated malware.

VLC is literally the only media player you will ever need.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

i have tried opening with other programs, but i still get the pixelation...any thoughts?

thx.

Do you get pixelation even when the clip being played is reduced in screen size?

yes, it appears that it's actually part of the playback now. do u think it might have to do with a codec? is there a way to determine if a specific codec is required for a file being played?

this might be a dumb question, but would a defrag help?

thanks again!

A defrag won't help. Pixelization is usually due to the amount of data in relation to the size of the screen. I don't see how that would occur just because your clips are old.

Just out of curiosity are you now using a new screen (physical that is) to view them?

yes, a new monitor, but i highly doubt that's it.

i thought maybe a defrag, thinking that the vid files might be all over the place on my comp, making it harder to play smoothly..

defrag wont help. If anything, excessive fragmentation would cause the video to stutter, not pixelate. the new monitor is the most probable cause. your newer monitor probably has a higher native resolution then your old monitor, which would increase the appearance of pixelization of videos.