strange dvd playback issue

5teve · 2008-08-17, 11:29

Hi guys.. looking for ideas

Playing dvd's back (genuine purchased ones) i get about 30 - 40 minutes through the dvd and then it starts pausing and jumping, not a huge amount, but enough to be real irritating. pauses are about 1 second and then it jumps for a second or 2 after that.

codec used is Powerdvd 7.3 ones (including navigator and audio)

observation is that the dvd light blinks when it reads the dvd which i would expect, on a pause there is no light tho.

tried MPV and MPA as codecs and i dont get the issue... however.. the dvd light is Solidly on playing back with this codec no blinking. dont want to use it tho as playback is ropey at best with MPV (artifacting picture hopping etc)

anyone had something similar? Does the powerdvd codec have some way of slowing down the dvd drive?

any suggestions

Thanks

Steve

geov · 2008-08-17, 17:33

Make sure that your DVD is running as "DMA"...I had to move my DVD-drive to another controller to get windows to use DMA....

5teve · 2008-08-18, 00:33

DVD drive is running in DMA mode as it should be.. otherwise i wouldnt be able to play it back properly using mpv (minus the glitches

)

thanks

Steve

2008-08-17, 11:29	#1 (permalink)
5teve Portal Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Perth, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	strange dvd playback issue Hi guys.. looking for ideas Playing dvd's back (genuine purchased ones) i get about 30 - 40 minutes through the dvd and then it starts pausing and jumping, not a huge amount, but enough to be real irritating. pauses are about 1 second and then it jumps for a second or 2 after that. codec used is Powerdvd 7.3 ones (including navigator and audio) observation is that the dvd light blinks when it reads the dvd which i would expect, on a pause there is no light tho. tried MPV and MPA as codecs and i dont get the issue... however.. the dvd light is Solidly on playing back with this codec no blinking. dont want to use it tho as playback is ropey at best with MPV (artifacting picture hopping etc) anyone had something similar? Does the powerdvd codec have some way of slowing down the dvd drive? any suggestions Thanks Steve __________________ Silverstone LC20m silver with all this squeezed in!.... 6x500gb hitachi T7K500 msi k7n platinum 2gb ddr667 2 x Nova-t's 1 x compro dvb-t 200 1x msi megasky and 1 x firedtv-s nvidia 9600gso 768mb liteon dvd burner 500w PSU 2x92mm fans 2x80mm fans Teac 42" 1080p lcd

2008-08-17, 17:33	#2 (permalink)
geov Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cape Town Age: 35 Posts: 438 Thanks: 6 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts Country: My System	Make sure that your DVD is running as "DMA"...I had to move my DVD-drive to another controller to get windows to use DMA.... __________________ Cheers GeoV My HTPC Project

2008-08-18, 00:33	#3 (permalink)
5teve Portal Tester Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Perth, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	DVD drive is running in DMA mode as it should be.. otherwise i wouldnt be able to play it back properly using mpv (minus the glitches ) thanks Steve __________________ Silverstone LC20m silver with all this squeezed in!.... 6x500gb hitachi T7K500 msi k7n platinum 2gb ddr667 2 x Nova-t's 1 x compro dvb-t 200 1x msi megasky and 1 x firedtv-s nvidia 9600gso 768mb liteon dvd burner 500w PSU 2x92mm fans 2x80mm fans Teac 42" 1080p lcd

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