PRB: Video for Windows Skips AVI Frames
Article ID: 122775
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit-January 2000 Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q122775
3.10 4.00 | 3.50 3.51
WINDOWS | WINDOWS NT
kbmm kbprb
SYMPTOMS
When Video For Windows is playing an AVI file, the processing power of the
computer system and the data rate of the AVI stream determine whether
frames will be skipped during playback. If the data rate exceeds the
ability of Video For Windows to render all the AVI frames in time, Video
For Windows will first try to catch up by decompressing delta frames but
not drawing them. If Video For Windows still can't catch up, it will
eventually skip all the way to the next key frame before it renders a new
frame.
STATUS
This behavior of Video for Windows is by design and cannot be controlled by
the application being affected.
Additional query words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 VfW AVI
Keywords: KB122775