DVD skips frames

[stinger25]

I have a rather weird problem. Whenever I try to play a DVD movie, like Xmen or The Matrix, on my system I notice a slight performance drop as the movie gets a little choppy (one or two frames a sec is dropped). Has anyone ever heard of this before?

An78x deluxe
amd 2000+ xp
512mb DDR samsung
40mb matrox HD
20mb matrox HD
geforce ti4200 video
DVD (can't remember the manufacturer)
logitech 640 speakers

 

[Creig]

Try selecting/unselecting the hardware acceleration choices in the DVD software panel. Also, make sure you have DMA selected for your DVD player in your Device Manager.