DVD Choppy Playback with PowerDVD 4.0 and WMP

[plomaris]

I am experiencing severe DVD playback problems. I tried two different DVDs that I know are fine, and both have very bad stuttering problems, with both PowerDVD 4.0 and WMP with the DVD Decoder installed. Both the audio and video are choppy at best. I even ran the Windows Help DVD troubleshooter.

I checked all the DMA settings and they are fine. I have the NVIDIA 40.41 driver. I have two hard drives on the primary IDE channel, and a Verbatim 48x-12x-40x CDRW (as master) and the Toshiba DVD-ROM (as slave) on the secondary channel. I have Win XP Home SP1.

Should the DVD be the master (CDRW instructions say the CDRW should be master)? Do I need to ensure I have an 80 pin IDE cable?

This one is driving me nuts!

Any help would be appreciated!

Tom

[DreamTFK]

You can try switching them but I think the configuration you are currently using is ok. Try Overclockers.com their forum's are great for info and help on most stuff computer related.

[plomaris]

I did not see anything on that web site related to DVD.

[DreamTFK]

I did not see anything on that web site related to DVD.

Go into the general computer discussion forum there are some very knowledgable people there. Just don't talk about ripping.

[plomaris]

Okay, I've posted a note on there.

Thanks!