Dogs: Movies Choppy with Some Video Drivers (132146)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Dogs for Windows 1.0
This article was previously published under Q132146

SUMMARY

Some video configurations cause Microsoft Dogs movie clips to drop frames and appear choppy and jumpy. The problem is most noticeable with screen resolutions set to 640x480 with 16.7 million colors.

This article lists some of those configurations.

MORE INFORMATION

Video configurations in Windows 3.x and Windows 95 known to cause problems with Microsoft Dogs movie clips: 
Board Model                        Driver Information
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Integrated SVGA (1 MB)             Cirrus Logic CL-GD 5428

Media Vision T&L v1.0              AVGA16MM

ET4Turbo                           MMTLLO v3.00

Diamond Speedstar Plus             ET4000

Zenith Z-6 49                      TIGA 640x480x256
Though the problems usually remain when you use fewer colors in 640x480 resolution, higher resolutions, such as 600x800 or 1024x768 may provide some improvement.

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/24/2001
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