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[Lord Error]

On my PC (3Ghz P4, GF6800) I could play just about any video in XP with no stuttering or frame skipping whatsoever, even in regular WMP, there was no need for any specialized optimized player. I could easily play 1080p WMV files, and 720p QT files

In Vista, even though the whole UI runs perfectly smooth, even smoother than XP I'd say - the video playback is anything but smooth. I have the latest Vista drivers from Nvidia but even DiVX videos of 640x350 resolution stutter quite a bit every now and then, and 720p videos are just terrible, no matter the format. I didn't try QT yet, all my observations are centered around WMP so far, with various codecs. Media Player Classic didn't fare any better btw.

Is this "normal" or should I look for better drivers and different video players?

As it is, Vista has rendered my computer half-useless. Not to mention various other weird issues, like the whole Itunes interface being slow as hell now, and some UI transitions while working in Flash being slow as *&%#.

 

[B'z-chan]

I also have the same problem. I dont understand why it sucks so much. I also dont understand why WMP plays all my videos with strange lines and doubling or color problems when WMPclassic has no problems at all.

 

[White Man]

It's a video driver issue. Even the latest video drivers ain't perfect when it comes to video playback :-/ Just be glad you're not trying to watch a video with like an Intel GPU, heh. These issues will iron themselves out, but yes, they are annoying.

 

[Lhadatt]

Early adoption FTL. Nvidia's drivers suck, and they don't even have 64-bit stuff available in anything other than beta. I had a lot of problems with drivers on one of the Vista RC builds, so I'm not looking forward to working with it until they fix the bugs and driver support. I won't be moving until at least SP1.

Oh, and Apple documentation on iTunes problems in Vista.

 

[btrboyev]

no issues here with playback of movies. And I'm using an nvidia GF 6100 integrated video.

 

[Mason]

Isn't this the kind of basic stuff they should have anticipated/fixed before Vista's release?

 

[B'z-chan]

It's a video driver issue. Even the latest video drivers ain't perfect when it comes to video playback :-/ Just be glad you're not trying to watch a video with like an Intel GPU, heh. These issues will iron themselves out, but yes, they are annoying.

DAMN YOU INTEL!!!! I got a integrated intel graphics that they say they wont update the drivers for Vista which i find to be stupid. So i'm gonna have to live with this problem?

 

[maximum360]

No problem here. AIW X1900 installed. Got prompted for the driver update. Downloaded and isntalled. Smooth as butter.

FYI...

Slickdeals.net has a thread discussing Vista Home Premium available to students, faculty, etc. for $66. I got mine last week though a similar deal but paid $89.