KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q139199: PRB: Mastering Visual FoxPro CD Gives Choppy Video Performance

Article: Q139199
Product(s): Microsoft Mastering Series
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbmm
Last Modified: 09-MAR-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- MSPRESS Mastering Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0, version 1.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When playing videos in Mastering Microsoft Visual FoxPro, you may experience
choppy videos.

CAUSE
=====

The choppy video playback is usually the result of a slow transfer rate from the
CD-ROM drive. This can be caused by one of the following three factors.

- There may be a terminate-and-stay resident (TSR) program or disk-caching
  program that is slowing the transfer rate from the drive. Remove unnecessary
  TSRs from your Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files and from the LOAD= and RUN=
  lines in your Win.ini file.

- The CD-ROM drive may not be Multimedia PC (MPC) compliant and may not meet
  the transfer rate requirement. Upgrading to an MPC-compatible CD-ROM drive
  will eliminate this problem.

- A lack of available memory (RAM) can cause choppy playback. Adding additional
  RAM speeds up the playback.

RESOLUTION
==========

Identify and eliminate the cause of the problem.

STATUS
======

Microsoft is researching this behavior and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 1995 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbmm 
Technology        : kbMSPressSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.