Q: I try to watch DVDs on my computer. The problem is, after about 5 minutes. of looking, the picture freezes up easily. No errors or anything. This happens in WinDVD and PowerDVD which leads me to think that a problem with my DVD drive. Ive noticed that the DVD drive stops running and thats when the freezes, and Im wondering if it just stops caching or what.
You can click on the link to my rig below to see the hardware I use. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Answer: Turn WindowBlinds and other object desktop items off.
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Re:do you have the latest PowerDVD XP 4.0 Patch 1811 (http://www.cyberlink-usa.com/ftpdload/patch/Patch.1811.exe) that was released yesterday. It may help your problem.
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Re:"Windows Media Player."
Windows Media Player CANNOT play DVDs without a plug-in that you have to buy. The default Windows Media Player that comes with Windows XP can't play DVDs.
"When the picture freezes is the DVD's drive LED constantly on? What about the LED on your computer's case? And what does the event log say after you restart your computer?"
When the picture freezes on the DVD player, the LED light for the DVD drive is off. It's like it just stops reading from the DVD for some reason.
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Re:"…Win XP doesn't have a built-in DVD player that I know of…"
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Re:When the picture freezes is the DVD's drive LED constantly on? What about the LED on your computer's case? And what does the event log say after you restart your computer?
Win XP doesn't have a built-in DVD player that I know of.
Windows Media Player.
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Re:Win XP doesn't have a built-in DVD player that I know of. Where did you hear this??
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Re:Have you tried using XP's default DVD player?
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