DivX Playback choppy on certain movies

[KungFuCinema]

Ok get my specs out of the way:

OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2400 MHz
Video/Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (512 MB)
Memory: 2048 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Storage: 465.8 GB (43.5 GB free)

My problem is playing a few DivX movies (roughly 2 gig sized files) i get skipping/chopping only when there is a lot of movement. At least it appears that way, there are moments 20 second intervals of flawless smooth movment and then when something big happens where movment is all over the screen, it starts chopping.

I've done everything imaginable to stop it. Killed all processes and apps except for my movie, updated DivX and video card drivers, nerfed settings in my Graphics card software (killed anti-alias, reduced other features) and finally I tried changing my screen resolution to the lowest possible 800 x 600 - none of it worked. Still get intermittent skipping chopping in these DivX movies. This happens in all players I've tried so far. VLC, DivX Player, Core Media Player, and K-Media Player.

I should note that some DivX movies roughly the same size don;t have this problem.

Any ideas? What can I do?

[Pantuflo]

Press Ctrl+Tab while playing the problematic video file and paste here the report obtained.

[KungFuCinema]

Press Ctrl+Tab while playing the problematic video file and paste here the report obtained.

[Primary Filtergraph]
0) - The One-Armed Swordsman.divx
1) - AVI Splitter
2) - KMP Video Codec
3) - KMP Audio Codec
4) - KMP Audio Codec
5) - KMP Video Transform
6) - KMP Stream Switcher(Copy Transform)
7) - OverlayMixer
8) - KMP Audio Transform(Copy)
9) - Video Renderer
10) - Default DirectSound Device

[Video Info]
Decoder - (DX50) KMP Video Codec(DivX5-libcodec.dll)
Format - Major Type: Video - Sub Type: YUY2
VideoInfo: YUY2 720X480, 16 bits
Format - Major Type: Video - Sub Type: YV12
VideoInfo: YV12 1024X-480, 12 bits

[Audio Info]
Decoder - (0x55) KMP Audio Codec(MP3 Audio-libmad.dll)
Format - Major Type: Audio - Sub Type: PCM
WaveFormatEx: PCM(0x1), 48000 Hz, 16 Bits, 2 Ch

[Basic Video DSP]
Internal brightness: 170%
+Median Vert Filter

[Advanced Video DSP]
+Video Plugin

[Audio DSP]
+Pre amplification: Main: (100%)
+Auto Volume Control
+Audio Plugin

[Subtitle Settings]
+Draw Mode(Selected): Image
+Draw Mode(In use): On Overlay
+Text Rendering Method: Rasterizer
+Support HTML Tags(SMI)

[KMPlayer]
+Version: 2.9.3.1430(1,899,520, 03/04/08 1:36:48 AM)
+libcodec.dll: Exist(4,459,520, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+libmplay.dll: Exist(438,784, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+PProcDLL.dll: Exist(1,769,472, 02/24/08 11:07:04 PM)
+LibDTS.dll: Exist(144,384, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+liba52.dll: Exist(56,320, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+libfaad2.dll: Exist(212,480, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+libmad.dll: Exist(92,672, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+libmpeg2.dll: Exist(126,464, 02/24/08 11:06:28 PM)
+theora.dll: Exist(196,608, 02/24/08 11:07:48 PM)
+OggVorbis.dll: Exist(1,165,312, 02/24/08 11:07:00 PM)
+xviddll.dll: Exist(655,872, 02/24/08 11:08:14 PM)
+Old_QUARTZ.DLL: Exist(770,048, 02/24/08 11:07:00 PM)
+AboutDll.dll: Exist(105,472, 02/24/08 11:03:38 PM)
+DTView.dll: Exist(104,448, 02/24/08 11:04:36 PM)
+MPlayer.dll: Missed
+ImLoader.dll: Exist(856,064, 02/24/08 11:05:22 PM)


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[File Info]
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C:\Program Files\Kung Fu Flix\The One-Armed Swordsman\The One-Armed Swordsman.divx
General
Complete name : C:\Program Files\Kung Fu Flix\The One-Armed Swordsman\The One-Armed Swordsman.divx
Format : DivX
Format/Info : Hack of AVI
Format/Family : RIFF
File size : 1.77 GiB
PlayTime : 1h 56mn
Bit rate : 2176 Kbps
Video #0
Codec : DivX 5
Codec/Family : MPEG-4
Codec settings/PacketBitStream : No
Codec settings/BVOP : Yes
Codec settings/QPel : No
Codec settings/GMC : 0
Codec settings/Matrix : Default
PlayTime : 1h 56mn
Bit rate : 1523 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display Aspect ratio : 4.615
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : NTSC
Resolution : 8 bits
Chroma : 4:2:0
Interlacement : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.175
StreamSize : 1.23 GiB
Title : Video
Audio #1
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
PlayTime : 1h 56mn
Bit rate : 318 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 264 MiB
Title : Audio
Writing library : Xing (new)
Audio #2
Codec : MPEG-1 Audio layer 3
PlayTime : 1h 56mn
Bit rate : 318 Kbps
Bit rate mode : CBR
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
StreamSize : 264 MiB
Title : Audio
Writing library : Xing (new)
Text #3
Codec : DivX.com Subtitle
Codec/Url : [Only registered and activated users can see links]
Width : 640
Height : 480
Title : Subtitle
Codec/CC : DXSB
Resolution : 4
Text #4
Codec : DivX.com Subtitle
Codec/Url : [Only registered and activated users can see links]
Width : 640
Height : 480
Title : Subtitle
Codec/CC : DXSB
Resolution : 4


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[System Info]
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CPU 0: 2404MHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6
CPU 1: 2404MHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz, x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6
OS: Windows XP Professional(Version 5.1 Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Video: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series

DirectX: 9.0c(4.09.00.0904)
Memory: All: 2,096,172 KB, Available: 1,262,068 KB, Used: 30%
CodePage: 1252, Charset:1
Instruction: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2 SSE3 64Bits

[mad]

This happens in all players I've tried so far. VLC, DivX Player, Core Media Player, and K-Media Player.
If this is a problem in all players, even the original DivX Player, there is something wrong either with the file itself or your system.

But try to reset KMP (F2 - Reset current preset). Enable Superspeedmode (F2 - General - Playback - Work Priority tab).

[KungFuCinema]

Someone on another board suggested turning off post-processing in the divx/xvid filter, I was also told to Unpack it in Mpeg Modifier as it's a packed bitsream. Both failed. I'm resigned to agreeing with the consensus that this file is a crappy encode, and out of my hands, especially considering I can play DivX files twice as large in size with no problems, and have played other files by the same author without issue.

Thx for the feedback though.