I got my lil sis a samsung DVD driver and put it in her computer. Reads and writes documents fine. Yet when she plays a DVD movie the sound is skippy. Video content is fine just the sound. She's playing the video in Windows Media Player and VLC... same problem in both.

2/10/2007 10:35:58 AM

Maybe her computer is too slow to play DVDs.

I would also try using the software that came with the DVD player... like PowerDVD or whatever they come with.

2/10/2007 10:37:50 AM

We need the stats on the PC to determine anything more. Any video card, or just onboard? Same for sound? Amount of RAM? Processor speed? Only then can we make a more accurate determination.

2/10/2007 11:26:11 AM

what model samsung drive?


I had a DVD-Rom from Samsung a few years ago that would play a DVD for 30 seconds or so and then foul up and freeze the machine. Didn't matter which player I used.

2/10/2007 5:05:01 PM

The drive is 16X Double Layer DVD+/-RW Drive SH-S162A/BEBN
http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=5546&siteID=lw9MynSeamY-OnMW0S9tVwm0lkI9i588GA

I don't know the exact specs on the computer but its about a 1.5 ghz processor w/ ~256ram and probably has intergrated video.

[Edited on February 10, 2007 at 9:48 PM. Reason : jk]

2/10/2007 9:48:29 PM

bttt

2/12/2007 6:59:02 PM

The RAM is the issue ... Windows XP needs about 256MB minimal to run. Windows 2000 can get by with 128MB. Buy another 256MB stick (or better yet, a 512) in classifieds. Get the specs / info on her computer before you do. $20 for 256, $40 for 512.

2/12/2007 10:12:42 PM

I doubt it's the RAM. I know windows sucks, but it shouldn't stutter on DVD playback, even in software, esp. on a 1.5Ghz machine.

My guess is something goofy with the sound drivers, or some type of virus spyware randomly sapping CPU power, causing skipping in the playback.

2/13/2007 1:28:06 AM

If you can, take the DVD drive out, try it in another (faster) computer. Report results. (And I still think its the RAM, WMP11 is taking up 30MB alone playing an ISO of a DVD).

2/13/2007 7:45:39 AM

I have the same problem with my Memorex drive. I can go dig up the specs if you need them, but I have 768mb RAM and a Radeon 9250 card, so I was thinking those weren't the problem.

2/13/2007 1:26:47 PM

Try putting the DVD drive on its own IDE channel, and making sure the master/slave is set properly, see if that fixes the problem.

Also make sure the mobo drivers are updated, and the motherboard bios itself is updated to the latest versions.

2/13/2007 1:28:33 PM

Thanks ya'll... I'll try these things when she can bring the computer home and report back.

2/14/2007 10:12:12 PM

get her bother bubb rubb to fix it

2/14/2007 10:17:51 PM