DVD-Rom plays "jerky" movies..what could be the pr

[GreatSinatraFan]

We have a Toshiba DVD-Rom SD-M1502 (this is probably a first generation DVD-Rom, in that it rips at a very slow speed..less than x1) which we've installed in a computer that we built.. with an AMD Athlon 850 MHz processor, and 512 Ram. We are using the WinDVD Platinum software player.

Our problem is that whenever we play a DVD movie, the movie plays back slightly jerky..the question is - what is causing this to happen, and how do we fix it ?

I tried to rip "DIE ANOTHER DAY" (took over 1 1/2 hours to rip with this DVD-Rom) then, tried to re-encode it with DVDx.. we had chapters repeat constantly, or if the chapters didn't repeat.. we got the directors commentary instead. So.. DVDx didn't work out in this instance.

So.. I tried to rip the VOB files with MovieJack 3...(in Xvid mode) Actually; the result was a video that contained spectacular reproduction.. (the audio sounded sorta "muddy"; as if perhaps some other program was running in the background.. slowing the whole process down.)

The problem is that the video playback was fast..I mean, it's almost, but not quite in fast forward motion.. I can't imagine what could be causing this problem..anyone have any ideas ?

I admit that I was curious about the software "Re-Clock" - I tried this, thinking that reclocking MIGHT be able to solve this problem.. but it didn't ..and I left it at the original setting...back to "Normal" Playback..but the DVD-Rom still plays back with a jerky motion.

My wife, (who is the Certified Computer Techie) thinks the jerky motion on the playback of the DVD-Rom might be caused by a lack of Buffer space..we may need to increase the amount of buffer space.. BUT she doesn't actually know how to fix this problem..Does anyone have any suggestions ? Could this Jerky motion be caused by another problem ?

Does anyone have any suggestions regarding how to fix the "fast motion" playback in the MovieJack encode ?

Thanks Much !

[lordsmurf]

My original disc of Lord of the Rings does this too, though I never took the time to figure out why. Never watch movies on my PC.

[vance43211]

what is the speed of your video card?

is it on board video? with shared memory?

do this problems happens on other movies?

you also might want to consider getting power dvd instead of buggy windvd

[GreatSinatraFan]

Sorry for the delay in answering your questions.. my video card is a Nvidia Riva 64. Speed ? I dunno how to determine the speed of my video card.. so any help in this area would be greatly appreciated..

No, I don't have an "on board" video card. I don't THINK that I have a shared memory.

And, yes.. this "judder" happens with all DVD movies I have played on this system.

Do you think that this problem could be resolved if I try POWER DVD ? I'll try Power DVD; if I can find one..see if it corrects the problem.

I've been trying to read everything pertaining to this specific problem, but I can't seem to find many answers.

I have a Win XP system, with an AMD Athelon 850 processor, with a VIA chipset board.

I HAVE read that Via Chipsets can cause video problems.. but... I really don't know what could be causeing these problems to occur, so any help would be appreciated :>)

Thanks

[vance43211]

It seems that u have a seriuosly crappy 32 mb video card. i look it up on the internet and i seen nothing "but do not buy this product" statements

go buy a nvidia geoforce 4 video card with 64 mb outboard memory if u have a video card agp slot

u need at least 64 mb to watch dvd movies without worry the video card keeping up (jerky movemment)

it will make your computer faster (it not sharing memory with video card like most 32 mb or under video cards do)

i've seen them at stores now at 50- 60 bucks (i paid $130.00 for both of mine last year)

make sure you download their latest driver from www.nvidia.com
instead the drivers on the cd (u will get a 30% performance increase)

p.s. they also come bundled with power dvd 4.0

these were a couple of comments

not one of my best buys of all time...

i'd previously had a diamond monster ii pci (an 8 meg voodoo 2 card), and liked it a lot. when i upgraded my machine to a new atx motherboard with agp i naturally looked for an agp video card.

the tnt2 model 64 seemed to fit the bill, with a massive 32mb ram onboard, and opengl support. so i bought it and installed it - and received an unpleasant surprise.

the performance was no better than the old diamond monster ii! opengl games had a slight edge over directx ones, but the same could be said of the old card.

the reason is simple - the model 64 is a cut-down version of the tnt2, the 64 standing for 64-bit address bus rather than 128-bit in the full card.

watch out if you're buying a new system - a lot of makers, including dell, will include this horrible card as standard and make out that it is something special - and it isn't!

nvidia riva tnt2 m64 gfx card (agp)

please if your considering a graphics card on a budget and your looking for an agp gfx card that you feel will perform well on your high spec/performance computer then i have only a copule of things to say

dont buy the nvidia riva tnt products cause there drivers arent properly labelled and finding the right one is a nightmare....pixels go crazy with high gfx related games

i have a pc system as follows:

amd athlon 700mhz
128mb ram (pc133mhz)
*nvidia riva tnt2 gfx card 32mb*
gigabyte ga-7ixe motherboard (4xagp)
56k diamond stealth supra
soundblaster 1024 player with cambridge soundworks
40 gigabyte hard/drives

i play high performance/memory munching games and the rest of the system shows top notch performance until i play a game like fifa 2000 and after a goal or a specific event bang!!!

pixels are scattered and i get the chequered effect running over the fluidity of the game

ive taken it back and got the card replaced and the same thing happens..ive tried the drivers direct from the cd and the same thing happens...i try updated drivers from the nvidia website same result

the games run fine with my old voodoo 3 gfx card which is what im using for now until i can afford a decent gfx card like a geforce

just all i can say is pleeze avoid.. 3dfx have been taken over by nvidia a while back and the voodoo gfx cards have been slashed although the price's may be tempting on your wallet think of the long term effects of the voodoo cards...will the drivers be updated??

i liked 3dfx and im gonna miss there cool pictures on the box's as well as their constant vision to provide the average pc gamer a stunning array of visuals

dj sneaky seg

"id love to give out a minute silence for the death of a truly dedicated company im sure all pc gamers would agree with me"

"buy a geforce or better still buy a cheap Voodoo5 or 6 and take the risk"