Tintin on 8/5/2004 at 08:34
Hi,
I reinstalled Thief today and I was wondering if it was possible to fix the cutscene problem I have. The visual and audio shudders and I don't know why. (I have XP and I've looked at the FAQ on this site, but nothing).
Please help!
inselaffe on 8/5/2004 at 09:47
Try making a bat file, like suggested in the tutorial and running it each time you start the game. I know that isn't specifically meant for your problem, but it could still help. Also, try reinstalling the indeo drivers from the cd.
There is that XP patch as well that could possibley help. I think it is listed in the tutorial now aswell.
Doc_Brown on 8/5/2004 at 18:39
If you're talking about what I think you're talking about, I've got the same problem! Allow me to elaborate for the rest of you. Basically what we've got here is that the cutscene videos will stutter (both audio and video) every few seconds. So if this were a cutscene, aaaaaaaas I am talking you'd have to deal with ttttttthis.
It's certainly annoying, and affects the videos even if played directly from the CD. I'm running 2000 instead of XP, and I've got the bat file solution--but it doesn't solve this problem. TMA videos run normally; I can't say whether or not this problem occurs for TG, however. I still need to try reinstalling the codecs, but if anyone knows for certain how to help it'd be appreciated.
David on 9/5/2004 at 07:26
Does this happen if you move them over to the hard drive?
Tintin on 9/5/2004 at 13:43
When I move them to the hard drive, the movies don't play at all!
I don't know what's going on, I don't like XP!
I have GeForce 4 MX video card. Played Thief on Windows ME (no problem), XP (all this)
Help!
Hylix Ulyx on 10/5/2004 at 01:30
I just have a couple of questions:
1. What kind of processor do you have?
2. Have you installed any codec packs lately?
The reasons:
1. I Have a Pentium 4 with XP, and Thief has a hard time with the way my proc handles processes (however, it doesn't have hyper thread tech ). So to remedy this I place the Thief process on above normal or high priority. This smooths everything out. Of course, I don't recall have your peculiar problem, but it might help.
2. Codec packs are know for messing with people systems. Most of the time, the codecs conflict with other codecs, or one another, and can cause crashes, hissing, audio crackling etc. It could cause stuttering in your movies as well. Some other Codec might be conflicting with the indeo codec, or with the player.
i'm not saying this is definitely it, but it's just a guess.
good luck.
Doc_Brown on 12/5/2004 at 06:52
David, my apologies for the delay.
Get this, though: the cutscenes work just fine when copied from the CD to the harddrive. I trust you had something in mind when you suggested that. Care to let me in on what's up?
David on 12/5/2004 at 07:26
Yeah, I suspect your CD ROM drive isn't particularly fast.
If you copy the movies into the /Movies/ directory in the Thief install directory and then open up <b>install.cfg</b> (and <b>darkinst.cfg</b> for Thief2) and alter the line refering to movies so it doesn't have a <i>+d:\Thief\Movies</i> part to it.
Actually I think just copying them over to the /Movies/ directory should be enough...
Tintin on 31/5/2004 at 14:17
My CD-ROM drive is a 40 speed CD-ROM drive.
I have an Athlon processor.
I haven't installed any codec packs recently. The voodoo ones didn't work, so I uninstalled them.
Please I need this fixed!
Edit: Thanks I copied the movies over to the folder and edited the install.cfg and it worked! Yeah!
I realise the problem may have been because my CD-ROM drive hasn't been reading CDs too well for a long time now.
But thanks again!
PsymH on 4/6/2009 at 16:42
I have a similar problem with the videos, but the problem affects not only thief but all videos, that are encoded with the Indeo Video codec.
When I watch a movie it begins to stutter and the cpu load gets up to 100%. It seem that the direct show filter is the problem but I have no idea how I can solve this problem.
Can anybody help me? :)
