DVD stuttering

Thank you, pjp! It's something I vaguely thought of but wasn't sure it was
possible. I'll check out DVD Shrink if my old burning software won't do it.

Jo-Anne

"pjp" wrote in message
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I've read the other replies but thought I'd throw this at ya also ...

When I encounter a "bad" cd-dvd one of the first things I do is attempt to
make a copy of the disk. This can be problamatic with copyrighted disks
but it can be more or less easily done.

For example, if it's a music disk try to rip the songs of it.

If it's a dvd movie, copy it using something like DVD Shrink.

If it's a straight data cd-dvd copy the files to your hard disk.

Then try and create a new disk from the above and see if that works
better.

Or use a product that creates an image of the disk then mount that image
in a virtual drive see if that works.

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
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I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is,
both video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds,
resume. I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop
computer with the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK
(although there were some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

Thank you, pjp! It's something I vaguely thought of but wasn't sure it was
possible. I'll check out DVD Shrink if my old burning software won't do it.

Jo-Anne

"pjp" wrote in message
...

I've read the other replies but thought I'd throw this at ya also ...

When I encounter a "bad" cd-dvd one of the first things I do is attempt to
make a copy of the disk. This can be problamatic with copyrighted disks
but it can be more or less easily done.

For example, if it's a music disk try to rip the songs of it.

If it's a dvd movie, copy it using something like DVD Shrink.

If it's a straight data cd-dvd copy the files to your hard disk.

Then try and create a new disk from the above and see if that works
better.

Or use a product that creates an image of the disk then mount that image
in a virtual drive see if that works.

"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is,
both video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds,
resume. I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop
computer with the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK
(although there were some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

On Jun 27, 8:09*am, "Jo-Anne" wrote:
I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is, both
video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds, resume.
I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop computer with
the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK (although there were
some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

FYI: DVD stuttering can be subject to other things than the security
of the disc. If your DVD drive uses a IDE / ATAPI / PATA connection,
you would probably need to have the correct UltraDMA drivers for you
motherboard. UltraDMA drivers tend to give better throughput than PIO
modes.

Also, RAM is very important. The more RAM available for the media
player the less likely the Windows would pause to swap out other
memory "chunks."

A finally, you might need to consider update the required media
CODECs.

On Jun 27, 8:09*am, "Jo-Anne" wrote:
I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is, both
video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds, resume.
I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop computer with
the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK (although there were
some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

FYI: DVD stuttering can be subject to other things than the security
of the disc. If your DVD drive uses a IDE / ATAPI / PATA connection,
you would probably need to have the correct UltraDMA drivers for you
motherboard. UltraDMA drivers tend to give better throughput than PIO
modes.

Also, RAM is very important. The more RAM available for the media
player the less likely the Windows would pause to swap out other
memory "chunks."

A finally, you might need to consider update the required media
CODECs.

"smlunatick" wrote in message
...
On Jun 27, 8:09 am, "Jo-Anne" wrote:
I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is,
both
video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds,
resume.
I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop computer
with
the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK (although there were
some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

FYI: DVD stuttering can be subject to other things than the security
of the disc. If your DVD drive uses a IDE / ATAPI / PATA connection,
you would probably need to have the correct UltraDMA drivers for you
motherboard. UltraDMA drivers tend to give better throughput than PIO
modes.

Also, RAM is very important. The more RAM available for the media
player the less likely the Windows would pause to swap out other
memory "chunks."

A finally, you might need to consider update the required media
CODECs.


Thank you! I'll do some checking in these areas too.

Jo-Anne

"smlunatick" wrote in message
...
On Jun 27, 8:09 am, "Jo-Anne" wrote:
I've begun playing DVD movies on my WinXP laptop with VLC Media Player.
Today, a brand new DVD kept "stuttering" all the way through. That is,
both
video and sound would completely stop and then, after a few seconds,
resume.
I thought the DVD was bad--but I played it on my WinXP desktop computer
with
the same media player, and it seemed to run mostly OK (although there were
some places where I sensed very slight hesitations).

Could it be a marginal DVD? And if so, is there a way of making it work
better? (It's a DVD I bought a couple months ago, so I'm not sure I can
return it.) I've played a few other DVD movies on the laptop without any
stuttering.

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

FYI: DVD stuttering can be subject to other things than the security
of the disc. If your DVD drive uses a IDE / ATAPI / PATA connection,
you would probably need to have the correct UltraDMA drivers for you
motherboard. UltraDMA drivers tend to give better throughput than PIO
modes.

Also, RAM is very important. The more RAM available for the media
player the less likely the Windows would pause to swap out other
memory "chunks."

A finally, you might need to consider update the required media
CODECs.


Thank you! I'll do some checking in these areas too.

Jo-Anne