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Beastie Dr 
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Posted on: Jun. 02 2002,07:05 |
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I can't figure this out. And, I got my new HD.
40gb hd, 1.7 ghz p4, 512 mb ram, and g3 ti200. Yet, the movie often pauses when I'm doing no other tasks.
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DuSTman
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Posted on: Jun. 02 2002,08:27 |
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Checked you've got DMA enabled on the dvd drive?
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: Jun. 03 2002,13:34 |
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And how would I go about doing this? I feel like a moron, but this is one thing I haven't heard of.
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: Jun. 06 2002,20:23 |
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bump
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Jynx
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Posted on: Jun. 06 2002,22:44 |
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What OS do you have?
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: Jun. 06 2002,23:10 |
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xp
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Jynx
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Posted on: Jun. 07 2002,00:14 |
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I don't think you'll find it -
In Win98, if you went to the Device Manager and checked out your DVD drive properties, you'd find a DMA checkbox. However, I don't think that you'll find that in XP -- I've got a DVD drive and XP, and have checked. If someone knows where that checkbox might be hidden, please tell me, too. 
So, I guess the best you can do is try a defrag, and limit the number of programs you're running while watching something--I usually only have my DVD player going by itself, to ensure a good playback.
Sorry I can't help more.
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RadioActive
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Posted on: Jun. 07 2002,00:16 |
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what software are you using for DVD playback
i've seen those symptomes with WinDVD running on XP and not much seemed to help.
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: Jun. 07 2002,18:55 |
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Fuck, I'm running PowerDVD 4, so I guess I am just reamed.
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Darth Liberus
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Posted on: Jun. 08 2002,01:50 |
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Give WinDVD a shot, they have a 30-day free trial. It's never let me down.
Also, check your DMA settings. A lot of times Win2K/XP will set DVD drives to PIO mode (=very slow) by default because some drives have buggy DMA implementations.
This is for Win2K, but IIRC it's the same in XP:
Go to the Device Manager, open the properties for Primary IDE Channel, click on Advanced Settings, and make sure Transfer Mode for both devices is set to "Use DMA if available."
Do the same thing for all other IDE channels. Make sure to restart your computer if you changed anything.
Edited by Darth Liberus on Jan. 01 1970,01:00
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