DVDs dont play properly anymore on my PC

Trip Hazard

For some reason any time I try to play a DVD on my PC it plays but its constantly jumpy both pitcure and sound. Whether its on Power DVD or Windows Media Player its the same dont know what the problem is.

Can anyone help me with this one

Cheers

TerrorFirmer

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054950292

I had the same problem. Check above. Latest video/audio drivers, latest firmware on drive, etc...

zilog_jones

Might be Ye Olde DMA Reverting Back To PIO Mode in the IDE controller settings in Device Manager. Happened to me when I got my DVD burner last year. There's about a million people who've already made guides on the net on how to put it back to DMA mode, so Google is your friend.

culfatha99

If the DVD WONT PLAY U must have made a ****e of recording it or its from an un-reliable source, or in the wrong region i.e. its from the states and wont play here in ireland i.e. region 2.. hope dus helps u bucko..

zilog_jones

culfatha99, learn to read plz thx. He said playback is jumpy, not that they won't play at all.

elivsvonchiaing

Sounds to me its spyware or some pain in the arse app that keeps checking for updates e.g. Acrobat.

Run a spyware killer; adaware is okay. Can run check for free...

Trip Hazard

culfatha99 wrote:

If the DVD WONT PLAY U must have made a ****e of recording it or its from an un-reliable source, or in the wrong region i.e. its from the states and wont play here in ireland i.e. region 2.. hope dus helps u bucko..

Yes Learn to read, the DVDs play back but there jumpy picture and sound, And there just commerical DVDs that I'm playing that are the right region so thats not the problem.

After A spyware scan the problem presists, well I try something else.

BadCharlie

If all above fails FORMAT ftw

zilog_jones

I am almost certain it's that Windows is using the DVD drive in PIO mode like I said. Here's a random guide to fix it: http://xmixahlx.com/oldsites/soniccompression/dma.html

(That guide shows a rather convoluted way to get to the Device Manager though - it's much easier to just press Windows key + pause, or Properties on My Computer, then go to the Hardware tab)

Noelie

Check if any of your IDE Controllers are set to PIO mode if they are, uninstall them, reboot and then install them again.

zilog_jones

Don't need to uninstall them - as that guide (and many other guides) said, you can just change the setting in Device Manager, and after a reboot it'll work. It's worked every time for me, and it happened to me on one of my PCs yesterday!