Why are DVDs playing slow?

Conrad11

Conrad11

Conrad11

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Hi there,

I have PowerDVD and the DVDs are not playing at full speed they are jurky and slow.

I would have thought that DVDs would have worked on this laptop but they do not seem to play at full speed.

The specs are:

P3 800Mhz
32MB SiS 630 Integrated Graphics (1024*768 High Colour 16-bit)
96MB RAM
DVD Drive 8x
Windows 2000 Pro

Why are they running slow or is it that the PC just isn't good enough to play DVDs.

Thanks.
 
Hi there,

Thats strange when installing the last version (PowerDVD 5) it said it recommended something over a P2 350Mhz for smooth playback?

I am guessing it will most probably be my RAM causing the problem, I need a bit more I'm thinking.

But I'm sure you don't need a that good of a PC for DVD playback....do you?

Thanks
 
Can anyone recommend me some older software that will work on my system?

The original operating system for this machine was Windowss ME, I put 2K on there because I had a spare licence, so I may switch back.

Thanks
 
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Still haven't got this fixed.

I will try PowerDVD 4 soon.

The PC is on a clean install so that shouldnt be a problem.

I have already tried Media Player Classic and the same thing happens.

What do you mean by buffer?

Thanks
 
Hi there,

Just to say, I tried VLC player and it still plays slow and I dont get any picture.

I have checked in task manager and during the playback on VLC player it was only using roughly 85MB of RAM, so it may not be the lack of ram causing the problem, or is it? It was using 100% of the CPU tho.

Thanks
 
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