DVDs not playing correctly

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Foxy

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Right i have a new computer (bought in September) Its a compaq presario with a Proview TFT 17inch monitor with built in speakers. I've just moved to university so before had no reason to play DVD's on my PC. But when i try and play DVD's the sound sort of staggers and isn't fluent its like its playing while buffering, jittery i guess. I don't know why, its not the dvd as i've tried loads of different ones nor the player as it does the same in media player, real player and intervideo.

Is it my built in speakers just being crappy? Or what?
 
I'm not sure how do i tell? In the 2nd gif the top two boxes were ticked so i unticked them but no difference.
 
I don't know if it means anything but when i put the dvd in the computer becomes very noisy
 
No thats just the DVD drive spinning the disc. If it is very unusually noisy then make sure that the disc isn't damaged as small fragments on it can cause destabilizing when inside the drive.

If all else fails, try using a different sound card in it to see if it still has the same problem.
 
Also check you ahve nothing else running in that background when you try to play your dvd this can sometimes cause lag
 
Something else i've noticed is that the playback is slightly staggered for the video too and if you try and move the window in which the dvd is playing around the screen its slow to respond..
 
I have had a look around and this it may be something to do with DMA.

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Foxy said:
I have had a look around and this it may be something to do with DMA.

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In your secondary IDE channel, it is using PIO instead of DMA. PIO is terrible. Try setting it to DMA manually (Windows will demand a reboot). Once you're back up again, you should have full DMA on that channel.

All the best,
-AT
 
Anti-Trend said:
Just click on the transfer mode menu and reiterate your DMA selection. That should do the trick. :)
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Thanks mate it didn't exactly work but using your help i managed to track down an article which did the trick:
1. Uninstall the secondary IDE port

To do that, open Device Manager as follows. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click on the Hardware tag, click on the Device Manager button, click on the plus sign to the left of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller, right-click on Secondary IDE Channel, click on Uninstall. Deactivating is not enough.

Reboot to make the changes active and permanent.

After booting Windows will automatically reinstall the IDE channel and the DVD (or CD) drive. This Plug-n-Play process can take a little while, so give it a minute after the boot process finishes.
2. Reactivate DMA

But this is not enough, because unfortunately Windows does not automatically activate DMA on a DVD or CD drive. You have to tell Windows to try to use DMA first.

For that, go to Device Manager again. Right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click on the Hardware tag, click on the Device Manager button, click on the plus sign to the left of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller, double-click on the secondary IDE channel, click on Extended Settings and change the relevant setting from PIO only to DMA when available.

On Windows NT and 2000 you now have to reboot a second time, but Windows XP applies the change instantly. Then you can go to the same place in Device Manager again and check whether the device is now actually using DMA mode. If so, all is well.
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So now i have lovely smooth playback and i can watch DVD's at long last! I recomend the Blues Brothers by the way! :cool:
 
Usually you can choose PIO, exit, then choose DMA again, reboot, and it works. But either way, glad you got it working. :)

All the best,
-AT

P.S. - Yeah, Blues Brothers rocks! "We're on a mission from God!" ;)
 
Anti-Trend said:
Usually you can choose PIO, exit, then choose DMA again, reboot, and it works. But either way, glad you got it working. :)

All the best,
-AT

P.S. - Yeah, Blues Brothers rocks! "We're on a mission from God!" ;)
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Yeah i tried that but it didn't work, but never mind eh. Glad you agree about the BB's!
 
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