Playing a DVD problem
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From: Eddie on 10 Jul 2010 05:50 Hi all, The problem isnt mine, I am helping a friend. When he puts in a dvd it takes forever for it to find a program with which to associate itself, but does bring up a dialogue with options eventually. We choose the VLC player because at least that one allows it to work, the other options dont. (windows players and another couple.) The problem is that the sound either plays slow (out of sinc) or it speeds up and sounds like the chipmunks etc. After a very short while the DVD player ejects the CD and he is back to start point again. His system is: AMD ATHLON 64 processor; 3000plus MMX now 2.0Ghz NVidiaGeForce 7600GT with 256Ram 1Gig DDR ram. XP(not sure whether home or pro) He is a motor mechanic and his CD's/DVD's get filthy with his finger marks....(yes, I have berated him on many many occasions.) but on this occasion I found a couple that were reasonable and worked fine on his telly via his lounge dvd player. Any one got any ideas? Codecs maybe? Ed
From: - Bobb - on 10 Jul 2010 15:41 If he is messy as you say ... as he ever cleaned the dirty CD's/DVDs/inside of his player(s) The fact that it works eventually might mean that it is trying and can read some info, the offsets a bit and reading some more info, retries, again and again. Get one that has an issue at his house. Then clean the media, then try again.If it works right away, then the player is Ok - just dirty media. If still an issue, clean it and try it on your player ( if you want to get involved). If still an issue on yours - just bad media ? Are these store bought movies or home made ? . "Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message news:Ozg5sUBILHA.1996(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi all, > > The problem isnt mine, I am helping a friend. > > When he puts in a dvd it takes forever for it to find a program with which > to associate itself, but does bring up a dialogue with options eventually. > We choose the VLC player because at least that one allows it to work, the > other options dont. (windows players and another couple.) > > The problem is that the sound either plays slow (out of sinc) or it speeds > up and sounds like the chipmunks etc. After a very short while the DVD > player ejects the CD and he is back to start point again. > > His system is: > AMD ATHLON 64 processor; 3000plus MMX now 2.0Ghz > NVidiaGeForce 7600GT with 256Ram > 1Gig DDR ram. > XP(not sure whether home or pro) > > He is a motor mechanic and his CD's/DVD's get filthy with his finger > marks....(yes, I have berated him on many many occasions.) but on this > occasion I found a couple that were reasonable and worked fine on his > telly via his lounge dvd player. > > Any one got any ideas? Codecs maybe? > > Ed
From: Eddie on 11 Jul 2010 08:17 - Bobb - wrote: > If he is messy as you say ... as he ever cleaned the dirty CD's/DVDs/inside > of his player(s) > The fact that it works eventually might mean that it is trying and can read > some info, the offsets a bit and reading some more info, retries, again and > again. > Get one that has an issue at his house. Then clean the media, then try > again.If it works right away, then the player is Ok - just dirty media. If > still an issue, clean it and try it on your player ( if you want to get > involved). If still an issue on yours - just bad media ? Are these store > bought movies or home made ? . Thanks for reply bob,, Yes, 60% are store-bought media,, (some second hand from video rental shops clearing their shelves.)(and yes, he is messy, so they get filthy within a short time of him bringing them home.)(why oh why wont he just listen to me and keep his bloody fingers off of the CD's write side.) I agree with all you have said, and with a bit of luck I will get back to his home mid-week; and I will take a couple of my own CD's/DVD's for checking purposes. All that aside, do you think he has enough Ram and a good enough processor to handle dvd's? I think he does, but what I think doesnt matter at this stage as getting his player to play is more important. Also, is VLC good enough for the average movie? Some of his music CD's didnt play either.... Filth again no doubt. (the most annoying part for me is the fact that he says things play ok on his lounge player, plus, his music cd's play fine in his car, but I feel sure the laser in both these players are not really superior to his computer player.) Ed -------------- > "Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message > news:Ozg5sUBILHA.1996(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Hi all, >> >> The problem isnt mine, I am helping a friend. >> >> When he puts in a dvd it takes forever for it to find a program with which >> to associate itself, but does bring up a dialogue with options eventually. >> We choose the VLC player because at least that one allows it to work, the >> other options dont. (windows players and another couple.) >> >> The problem is that the sound either plays slow (out of sinc) or it speeds >> up and sounds like the chipmunks etc. After a very short while the DVD >> player ejects the CD and he is back to start point again. >> >> His system is: >> AMD ATHLON 64 processor; 3000plus MMX now 2.0Ghz >> NVidiaGeForce 7600GT with 256Ram >> 1Gig DDR ram. >> XP(not sure whether home or pro) >> >> He is a motor mechanic and his CD's/DVD's get filthy with his finger >> marks....(yes, I have berated him on many many occasions.) but on this >> occasion I found a couple that were reasonable and worked fine on his >> telly via his lounge dvd player. >> >> Any one got any ideas? Codecs maybe? >> >> Ed > >
From: - Bobb - on 11 Jul 2010 15:35 PC specs are fine , but it CAME with no DVD software ( either from factory or when he added the DVD himself ) ? The DVD drive should have come with SOMETHING to play DVD's or did it USED to work ok and now ONLY VLC player allows it to work ? If it came woth OEm drive, check the PC maker's site for a free DVD player download. "Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message news:OgEXMMPILHA.4824(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >- Bobb - wrote: >> If he is messy as you say ... as he ever cleaned the dirty >> CD's/DVDs/inside of his player(s) >> The fact that it works eventually might mean that it is trying and can >> read some info, the offsets a bit and reading some more info, retries, >> again and again. >> Get one that has an issue at his house. Then clean the media, then try >> again.If it works right away, then the player is Ok - just dirty media. >> If still an issue, clean it and try it on your player ( if you want to >> get involved). If still an issue on yours - just bad media ? Are these >> store bought movies or home made ? . > > > Thanks for reply bob,, > Yes, 60% are store-bought media,, (some second hand from video rental > shops clearing their shelves.)(and yes, he is messy, so they get filthy > within a short time of him bringing them home.)(why oh why wont he just > listen to me and keep his bloody fingers off of the CD's write side.) > > I agree with all you have said, and with a bit of luck I will get back to > his home mid-week; and I will take a couple of my own CD's/DVD's for > checking purposes. > > All that aside, do you think he has enough Ram and a good enough processor > to handle dvd's? I think he does, but what I think doesnt matter at this > stage as getting his player to play is more important. > Also, is VLC good enough for the average movie? Some of his music CD's > didnt play either.... Filth again no doubt. > (the most annoying part for me is the fact that he says things play ok on > his lounge player, plus, his music cd's play fine in his car, but I feel > sure the laser in both these players are not really superior to his > computer player.) > > Ed -------------- >> "Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message >> news:Ozg5sUBILHA.1996(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The problem isnt mine, I am helping a friend. >>> >>> When he puts in a dvd it takes forever for it to find a program with >>> which to associate itself, but does bring up a dialogue with options >>> eventually. >>> We choose the VLC player because at least that one allows it to work, >>> the other options dont. (windows players and another couple.) >>> >>> The problem is that the sound either plays slow (out of sinc) or it >>> speeds up and sounds like the chipmunks etc. After a very short while >>> the DVD player ejects the CD and he is back to start point again. >>> >>> His system is: >>> AMD ATHLON 64 processor; 3000plus MMX now 2.0Ghz >>> NVidiaGeForce 7600GT with 256Ram >>> 1Gig DDR ram. >>> XP(not sure whether home or pro) >>> >>> He is a motor mechanic and his CD's/DVD's get filthy with his finger >>> marks....(yes, I have berated him on many many occasions.) but on this >>> occasion I found a couple that were reasonable and worked fine on his >>> telly via his lounge dvd player. >>> >>> Any one got any ideas? Codecs maybe? >>> >>> Ed
From: Eddie on 12 Jul 2010 06:26
- Bobb - wrote: > PC specs are fine , but it CAME with no DVD software ( either from factory > or when he added the DVD himself ) ? The DVD drive should have come with > SOMETHING to play DVD's or did it USED to work ok and now ONLY VLC player > allows it to work ? If it came woth OEm drive, check the PC maker's site for > a free DVD player download. Hi Bobb, Best I can figure at this stage (without yet going back to his house), is that he got the computer with the dvd player already in it, and there is no software that I know of...... yet!. Vlc was the choice the other day because at least it brought something visual up on screen, and even audio, even if it were chipmunks... and as you know, the dvd player spit it out after a minute or so anyway. I think the best bet at the moment is to put in a Good dvd (or even music cd) and see how we go from there. (dont you just hate it when you havent got the offending computer in front of you, yet you are trying to explain to someone what you believe may or may not be happening) Thanks bobb, and please keep this thread on alert at your end til I can give more info. Ed ps:: I have a Nero CD that came with my dvd player, but it is useless to me due to the O/S I use,.. perhaps I should take that with me to his house next time. (I bought my dvd player only a year ago,, and only decided on a dvd player because they were the same price as cd players.) |