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General Category => Software => Topic started by: blastman on April 20, 2007, 10:12:22 AM

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: blastman on April 20, 2007, 10:12:22 AM

hello all,
 
 I have a amilo pro laptop. it was a replacement my insurance company gave me after i dropped mine.
 
 I am now however unable to play dvds from it. The sound is fine and i get a picture but it is really jerky. (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/images/smilies/confused.gif)
 
 I have the free divx codec installed.
 
 I can play avi files fine and all drivers are up to date.
 
 any ideas???

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: guestolo on April 20, 2007, 10:33:55 AM

What program are you using to watch the DVD with?

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: blastman on April 21, 2007, 08:37:20 AM

I have now uninstalled divx and installed fddshow.

I'm using vlc player. The picture has got better but it is still jerky.

any ideas??

btw, meida player as jerky as ever.

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: guestolo on April 21, 2007, 10:16:17 AM

Take a look at this link
http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id238711 (http://\"http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id238711\")
 not quite sure of system specs. but ensure background applications are disabled

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: Josetann on April 22, 2007, 04:32:33 PM

I've had this happen before, enabling dma on my dvd drive cleared it up.  As guestolo suggested make sure there's no apps taking up too much cpu time running in the background.

Title: unable to play dvds
Post by: n0shah on April 24, 2007, 07:59:47 AM

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