Sound out of synch when watching a recorded show at the same time

[talonmike]

I have a

- core2 duo 2.1g.
- 2 hdd 320g sata2
- sage 6
- winxp
- 1 gig of memory
- directx (not overlay)


I am using purevideo and sound decoder.

If I am watching a show while I am recording another one, the recorded show is out of sync (around 1 or 2 seconds)

Is this normal or it may be caused by purevideo decoder?


Thanks

[Opus4]

Is it just out of sync, or skipping some of the audio or video? You could try a different decoder if you suspect that. And, are the recording dirs on drives formatted using 64K clusters?

- Andy

[talonmike]

Just out of sync.
Where can i get the cluster size? I checked everywhere in the disk manager. Can't see it.


Thanks

[talonmike]

OK, I just find it with partition magic. It is set to 4K. I am modifying it to 64k and we will see.


Thanks

[Opus4]

That should help.

And, the easiest way I know of to get the cluster size is to run chkdsk & its summary will list the # "bytes in each allocation unit".

- Andy

[talonmike]

I don't know if it is just for me, but everytime I tru Partion Magic it crash and I lost my drive.


Anyway, I reformat the drive to 64k BS and it seems ok. I also switch to intervideo decoder.


I saw that the cpu drop to almost nothing with block size to 64k.

Thanks

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by talonmike

I don't know if it is just for me, but everytime I tru Partion Magic it crash and I lost my drive.

In the future, check out the tools from acronis, instead.

- Andy

[talonmike]

Originally Posted by Opus4

In the future, check out the tools from acronis, instead.

- Andy

Thanks Andy. Acronis is a lot more reliable. Will not use PM anymore.