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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 ... 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 |
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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 ... 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 |
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DVD stuttering
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. |
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DVD stuttering
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. |
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DVD stuttering
"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 |
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DVD stuttering
"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 |
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