ikester7579
Sep 3rd 2008, 06:52 AM
Messing around with some settings. I found one that woke up my computer as far as videos are concerned. Now I have not tested it on FPS (frames per second) on graphics. But flash videos always played kinda fuzzy and I just thought it was poor video files. Like on Godtube where flash is the only type file that plays, and every file uploaded is converted to that format (flv).
Anyway, I was just messing around with a program I have that allows one to set priority of "system files". Most programs don't allow this (setting system file priorty). System Mechanic does, and so does Norton utilities pro and some versions lower than pro.
System Mechanic actually explains what each windows running process does. This was when I found one process that only tends to graphics processing. So first I tried a lower priority, that made the flash video jerk every 5 second interval. So then I decided to set it one notch above normal, that made a huge difference in the quality of the video. Most of the fuzz went away, and the video ran smooth.
Now my cpu is a AMD xp 3200 +. The Atholons are not rated at being very good at processing video. This is why that setting made a difference. It forced the cpu to spend more time processing video. If you have dual core or better, you don't need to worry about that tweak. But for my pc, it did make a difference.
But before you go messing with priority settings, make sure you read up on how that works. Because if you set one program above the rest that likes to be a resource hog. It will slow your pc down. It is best to only go one step up or down in the settings. And never set any program to what is called real time processing. That can make your pc do the blue screen, or lock up. And if you really don't know what you are doing, best not to even try this.
The system file name to change priority on is: csrss.exe
I suspect it has something to do with controlling how Direct X works.
If I run into any problems, I'll post again to list them.
Anyway, I was just messing around with a program I have that allows one to set priority of "system files". Most programs don't allow this (setting system file priorty). System Mechanic does, and so does Norton utilities pro and some versions lower than pro.
System Mechanic actually explains what each windows running process does. This was when I found one process that only tends to graphics processing. So first I tried a lower priority, that made the flash video jerk every 5 second interval. So then I decided to set it one notch above normal, that made a huge difference in the quality of the video. Most of the fuzz went away, and the video ran smooth.
Now my cpu is a AMD xp 3200 +. The Atholons are not rated at being very good at processing video. This is why that setting made a difference. It forced the cpu to spend more time processing video. If you have dual core or better, you don't need to worry about that tweak. But for my pc, it did make a difference.
But before you go messing with priority settings, make sure you read up on how that works. Because if you set one program above the rest that likes to be a resource hog. It will slow your pc down. It is best to only go one step up or down in the settings. And never set any program to what is called real time processing. That can make your pc do the blue screen, or lock up. And if you really don't know what you are doing, best not to even try this.
The system file name to change priority on is: csrss.exe
I suspect it has something to do with controlling how Direct X works.
If I run into any problems, I'll post again to list them.