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UPDATE: LOTR Extended Edition DVD Appendices Don't Lag in WinDVD!!

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NoReMoRsE

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UPDATE: After downloading and installing WinDVD, the DVDs play perfectly. Apparently the Windows Media Player software cannot take advantage of hardware acceleration. Stupid Microsoft.

Original Message:
Hey everyone, I need some help. I have the LOTR Extended Edition DVD, and I'm trying to play it on my computer (see specs here).

The DVD works flawlessly for the movie itself (DVDs 1 and 2) but the appendices (DVDs 3 and 4) are lagging in all places except the opening animation (the book). The sound works properly, but the video plays a few frames, then skips a few frames, then plays a few frames, ad infinitum. It's really annoying.

Unfortunately I don't have a DVD player, so that's why I'm using my DVD drive on my computer to play this DVD. Are there any fixes for this? Thanks in advance.
 
LMAO! ... I'll burst the bubble... it was a JOKE! You can't overclock your dvd player. As for the original post.. sorry, I can't help you. 😛
 
This might not be the problem, but try disabling onboard sound and try again. Probably have nothing to do with it, but couldnt hurt to try.

That and does your vid. card have hardware DVD support? Try enabling that on WinDVD or power dvd or what ever.

I havent played the apendices on my computer. I'm gona do it now and see if I have any problems.

EDIT- Played it on windvd and had no problems.
 
Watch your WinXP Task Manager when you're playing it compared to when you're playing the others... Maybe something is maxxing out your CPU for some reason.

I still think you should overclock the DVD player a bit. 😉
 
1. Disabling onboard sound had no effect.
2. CPU usage is 0% before attempting to play the DVD, so something else must be wrong.
3. Is there a way to enable hardware DVD support in Windows Media Player? I'm downloading WinDVD, but until then, I've got Media Player.

For some reason, when I play the DVD at any speed below 1.0x speed, the video plays smoothly but the sound does not play. Any ideas?

EDIT: I see an option in Media Player preferences for Preferred decoder, and "Software" is selected but the options are greyed out. Can anything be done?
EDIT 2: According to ATI's website, the All-in-Wonder Radeon does support Hardware acceleration of DVDs. So why are the options greyed out in Media Player?
 
Originally posted by: BillGates
I bet WinDVD or PowerDVD will play it correctly.
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Problem solved: WinDVD plays the DVD perfectly. Thanks for everyone's help. Once again, AnandTech triumphs over all!!!!!
 
Originally posted by: NoReMoRsE

EDIT 2: According to ATI's website, the All-in-Wonder Radeon does support Hardware acceleration of DVDs. So why are the options greyed out in Media Player?
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I think media player checks for a dvd decorder card. Use Win DVD or Power dvd and see how it goes. I dont like Media player when it comes to playing dvd's.



Edit - Glad it worked. 🙂
 
u running windvd 4?

with hardware accel dvd decode on newer systems is not stressful at all. less then 10% cpu here🙂 and windvd 4 owns media player, multispeed playback with sound, full 4.1/5.1 decode, dolby headphones etc. probably better video/audio quality to boot😛
 
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