Chan Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 I know this is not the forum for DVD technical support but you guys seem to play alot of DVDs so I have to ask here. I use PowerDVD, my DVDs would studder and pause often during playback, I have tried everything to fix this. From enabling Hardware Acceleration, tweaking BIOs, and ripping out the broad wires on the back and plugging it back in, but still no go. I have this 12x DVD-ROM drive, I do not know the exact model. Has anyone else had this problem playing DVDs on their computer and wish to share their solution to this problem?? Thanks for taking your time to read this. Athlon XP 1800 1.53GHZ 512 DDRRAM PC-2100 Crucial Geforce 4 Ti 4600 12x DVD Rom Asus A7V-266 Motherboard Sound Blaster Live! Value 1024 and.... Klipsch Promedia 4.1!! i have alot more jealous friends after I got these sexy pieces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 how much ram? reinstall PowerDVD (which version?). WHen playing the DVD close all other programs via crt+alt+del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 Do you have DMA enabled for your DVD-ROM? If not, enable it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted October 27, 2002 Author Share Posted October 27, 2002 I have enabled DMA, from the System Properties/Device Manager menu. It now says "Enable DMA if avalible" but the problem is still present. I have tried many things, but the DVD Drive still pauses and studders, right now I don't have a home theater system for my TV so thats why I watch my DVDs on my PC. Thanks for the replies though. Further help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 How much ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventeenmonkeys Posted October 27, 2002 Share Posted October 27, 2002 i had this problem when using the ati dvd player but then i started using the interactual dvd player and the problem was gone. i think it was because the graphics card's drivers weren't working probably, which made the hardware decoding rough. try using a different program. the interactual one is free. if you still have a problem i think updating you graphics card drivers might work also. the other thing is if you don't enough system resources available to play smoothly. but other recommendations already made should help with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 Justin, I have 512 DDRRAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted October 28, 2002 Share Posted October 28, 2002 Okay, this is probably a very dumb question but did you restart your computer after you enabled DMA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted October 28, 2002 Author Share Posted October 28, 2002 yes I did. why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladi Posted October 30, 2002 Share Posted October 30, 2002 I used to have this problem with some earlier version of drivers for the Geforce 4 Ti 4600 and PowerDVD XP. What is the version of video drivers and PowerDVD you are using? Also, are you overclocking your video card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted October 31, 2002 Author Share Posted October 31, 2002 I am using the 41.03Beta drivers and version 4 of PowerDVD. I set my card settings back to default 300/650 after I found out it was set to 300/660.. it didn't help me all that much, the lag is not as severe though, but it is still enough to make anyone mad... Sigh.. I don't have any hope anymore, this is extremely frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladi Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 What speed is your RAM set to? Try setting it to 200. Try different drivers for IDE, VIA should have some previous versions on their website. Oh, how I hate VIA chipsets, I've been down this road before, lots of trouble with VIA all the time. Ever since I switched to Intel chipset and Pentium IV, everything works, no more audio/video and other peripherals incompatibilities. By the way, did DVD playback work correclty before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 actually, since I got this new computer 1800xp/512ddrram/12xdvd/geforce4ti4600 the dvd playback hasen't been working right. I have been trying to fix this since I got this computer back in March. Thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted November 2, 2002 Author Share Posted November 2, 2002 I give up with this DVD drive, I never was too happy with this thing anyway. So I brought a shiny new Sony 16x DVDROM and a nice ACER 16x12x48 CDRW drive, its about time I get a burner. After I get this new drive, my dvd should work correctly I think. Thanks very much for the help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 O.k. this also may sound dumb but when I first tried to play a DVD in my (then) brand new 1998 Dell PIII 600MHz (32meg video and now 768meg-SDRAM) it would not play the disc until I backed down the video from 32-bit to 16-bit. But something tells me I'm just spinning my wheels with the advances in technolgy since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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