trouble playing .ts files

[macchipazzi]

specs: dell dimension 2400, pentium 4, 2.2ghz, 2gb ram, windows xp, nvidia geforce 6200 graphics card.

i have had trouble playing ts files for a very long time now, with every recommended media player. i would imagine vlc would be the best and easiest, but i still have trouble, even after upgrading my memory and graphics card. they play better and they're watchable if i really want to watch the movie on my own time, but they should play a lot better. i've seen people with worse specs than this playing ts files perfectly, i don't get it. they play choppy, the sound cuts out and gets unsynchronized. the only player that plays the sound synched is vlc, but it cuts out and plays choppy. my second choice would be media player classic, but this plays more choppy, and the sound gets horribly unsynchronized. any other player only plays worse.

also, i recently downloaded a movie that i can't watch at all, even if i wanted to watch it choppy. it plays with no sound and keeps skipping to different scenes with little transition blocks. these are the only ts files that do this. it plays normal in other players, but like i said i can't play ts files in any other player because it skips too much and the sound gets way off. how can i play these, and ts files in general, better? any suggestions would be appreciated! thanks

[DJ]

Try updating your sound card drivers. If this doesn't work try replacing the sound card.

[Ludvig]

I have a tip for you:play it with WMP ! I know it sounds nuts but I had exactly the same problem and it eventually played like a charm on WMP11.

[DJ]

MPEG TS is NOT natively supported in Windows (no source filter) also Windows has no native MPEG 2 decoder. I would also like to know where these are being down loaded as MPEG TS files (.ts .tp) are transport streams not commonly found on the web.

[Ludvig]

The decodind is done by Nero Video Decoder ,you are right .