DVD Play is interrupted

[Linus]

Running HP Pavilion Pentium 4. 1.3 GHz with 512 MB RAM.
Graphics card is NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro. 32MB memory.
New Windows XP Pro with all the updates.

Computer came with Windows ME and played DVD’s just fine. After I installed
XP Pro and Media player 10 discovered I could not play DVD until I bought a
plug in. Am now using a trial version of a $40.00 video decoder (NVIDIA Pure
Video).

Problem is every few minutes play pauses, some times for a second, some
times for four or five seconds, then resumes. Otherwise picture & sound are
good, DVD Plays Ok on my other systems and Win Media Player seems to work Ok
on it’s own.

I would appreciate some thoughts as to what causes this and what I can do to
correct the problem.

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Linusverl

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You have a rather old and weak video card.
I would suggest replacing it.

Example:

PNY VCG6600GAPB Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 8X Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Linus" wrote:

| Running HP Pavilion Pentium 4. 1.3 GHz with 512 MB RAM.
| Graphics card is NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro. 32MB memory.
| New Windows XP Pro with all the updates.
|
| Computer came with Windows ME and played DVD’s just fine. After I installed
| XP Pro and Media player 10 discovered I could not play DVD until I bought a
| plug in. Am now using a trial version of a $40.00 video decoder (NVIDIA Pure
| Video).
|
| Problem is every few minutes play pauses, some times for a second, some
| times for four or five seconds, then resumes. Otherwise picture & sound are
| good, DVD Plays Ok on my other systems and Win Media Player seems to work Ok
| on it’s own.
|
| I would appreciate some thoughts as to what causes this and what I can do to
| correct the problem.
|
| --
| Linusverl

[Linus]

Thank You Carey Frisch for your suggestion. I didn’t find the exact card you
suggested but like the PNY Vetro GeForce 6200 @$125.00.

Problem is the Power requirement is listed at 300 Watts ( No indication
weather they mean continuous or Peak).

My Power supply is an ASTEC Model AA21810 With a sticker that says “Maximum
continuous power output 250 Watts” (No indication as to what the peak output
is). I don’t play games, Just want some good digital TV output and wonder if
that card would blow my fuse, melt down my power supply or just possibly work?

I would appreciate advice from any one with experience in this area.

--
Linusverl


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> You have a rather old and weak video card.
> I would suggest replacing it.
>
> Example:
>
> PNY VCG6600GAPB Geforce 6600GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 8X Video Card - Retail
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Linus" wrote:
>
> | Running HP Pavilion Pentium 4. 1.3 GHz with 512 MB RAM.
> | Graphics card is NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro. 32MB memory.
> | New Windows XP Pro with all the updates.
> |
> | Computer came with Windows ME and played DVD’s just fine. After I installed
> | XP Pro and Media player 10 discovered I could not play DVD until I bought a
> | plug in. Am now using a trial version of a $40.00 video decoder (NVIDIA Pure
> | Video).
> |
> | Problem is every few minutes play pauses, some times for a second, some
> | times for four or five seconds, then resumes. Otherwise picture & sound are
> | good, DVD Plays Ok on my other systems and Win Media Player seems to work Ok
> | on it’s own.
> |
> | I would appreciate some thoughts as to what causes this and what I can do to
> | correct the problem.
> |
> | --
> | Linusverl
>
>