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DVDs - Locking up

  • 18-01-2006 2:13am
    #1
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Trying to play a movie from an MPEG file, but whatever application plays it - the file just locks up during playing. Restart the program, and it will stop playing (freezing) at different points of the film...

    Sometimes happens when im watching DVD's I rent.

    Why exactly is this? Iv closed down all programs, AV Scanner, Spyware scanner etc to see if them doing anything caused it - but no luck.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    What codecs have you installed? If every application has this problem with any dvd then it looks like you have a dodgy decoder. Does it happen with hard disk files or just the dvd-rom?


  • #3
    Laguna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Laguna


    DVD decoder problem? - have you tried reinstalling the program that enables you to play DVD's (e.g. PowerDVD/winDVD etc..)

    Your DVD drive lens could be messed up? - scratched, something stuck in it, misaligned DVD tray?.

    Try the reinstallation path first.


  • #4
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Happens rarley - but seems to be cropping up again lately on both DVDs and this one hard drive file.

    Normaly I can restart the program and it plays aware for ages, but not this MPEG. :./


  • #5
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Notice it if there is a lot of fast movement in the film aswel.

    Possible my PC just aint up to scratch to play DVDs?


  • #6
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    This might actually be a CODEC issue..

    Im preparing to format my PC and ill sort it all out after.


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  • #7
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Try to reinstall the DVD-Playing Application.

    failing that, try to install another one.

    Then see if a firmware upgrade solves the problem

    Then try VLC media player.

    Then try to rip the DVD from Disc to the hard drive (if there was no errors then it is 99.99% a codec problem)

    then try to format :P


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