CD/DVD Playback Problems

[stimpy1]

Every time I play a CD or DVD, the audio stutters, and the video freezes for a few seconds. Any ideas as to what's causing it? I've updated the latest firmware, and tried multiple CD's and DVD's with the same result. The burner is a Rosewill RD-162 (It says Aopen on the external metal plating of the drive).

 

[The Boston Dangler]

how much ram do you have? does it happen if you extract the disc to cyour hard drive? that could be a codec problem

 

[stimpy1]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
how much ram do you have? does it happen if you extract the disc to cyour hard drive? that could be a codec problem

I have a gig of Corsair Value. I haven't tried it on extracted files. The drive will install games and programs fine, but any type of DVD or music CD causes it to stutter/stop.

 

[eviltoon]

I had a similar problem, turned out that I was running my new DVD drive through an ATA 66 IDE cable. Upgraded to a ATA 133 and the stutter went away.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

oh yeah, make sure DMA is enabled on the drive (properties)

 

[stimpy1]

I checked, and it's a 133 cable, so that's not it. The drive also did this in another computer with a different cable. Thanks for your reply.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

ooooo, if it did it in another computer, that's not a good sign.

 

[stimpy1]

Okay, just tested further. MP3's and Video that I have on my hard drive work as well as they always have. I ran Power DVD 5 and enabled DMA mode with that program, but it says the drive failed to run DMA mode It doesn't support DMA mode?

 

[stimpy1]

Bumping this up.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

try enabling it thro bios...think there's PIO mode something like that...well check what options you have in your BIOS for your drive