DVD-RW & DVD-ROM Drives Stuttering DVDs

[bdeezy]

alright i really dont know where to start...but this problem has become a huge annoyance. recently when playing dvds in both of my drives i have been getting stuttering (sometimes freezing) playback. it has also been causing my drives to click and make a whirling noise (start up then slow down)...im starting to become desperate...at first i thought i had a bad disc...but when this problem occured with almost all of the dvds i tried recently i knew it was either a hardware problem or something i need to change in my settings. i do have dma enabled...if anyone could help me it would be extremely appreciated...im just so fed up with this problem it is driving me nuts. thanks in advance.

i also want to add i recently bought new round IDE cables thinking it might solve my problem...but no luck...also i know the discs are not bad because they play fine in my laptop and stand alone dvd player.

[budz]

What brands of dvd media are you using? It sounds like a media problem. Use DVDINFO or DVD IDENTIFIER to find out the media ID of those dvd discs that you're using. Cheap media is known to cause stuttering or having readback problems.

[bdeezy]

but it just recently starting doing this...these dvds used to play fine with no problems at all. it just recently starting doing this to 75% of the dvds i try to play in my pc.

[budz]

but it just recently starting doing this...these dvds used to play fine with no problems at all. it just recently starting doing this to 75% of the dvds i try to play in my pc.

In order to assist you with your problems it would be helpful to find out what dvd media you're using. Brand names don't mean much, it's the MEDIA ID that matters.

[bdeezy]

i am pretty sold on the fact the discs are not the problem. as i said theyve worked fine in the past and ive played them on my computer serveral times....like i said they play fine in my stand alone and laptop....the problem is only in my desktop pc...can you think of any settings i could change?

[budz]

Ever thought your dvdrom/dvdrw maybe dying? Software conflict? Hard to narrow down what the problem could be when you won't say what DVD MEDIA/MEDIA ID you're using. Good luck! :P

[bdeezy]

my dvd-rom is less then 2 months old and my burner is about a year old...the discs worked just fine in both of the drives in the past. but now i get the stuttering/freezing. but like i said the discs play just fine in my stand alone dvd player and in my laptop.

[budz]

my dvd-rom is less then 2 months old and my burner is about a year old...the discs worked just fine in both of the drives in the past. but now i get the stuffering/freezing. but like i said the discs play just fine in my stand alone dvd player and in my laptop.

You post a problem and I responded with some questions for you and you've refused to answer them. I'm sure other members in this forum would have asked the same questions. Good luck in finding anyone else to assist you. :P

[bdeezy]

sorry its just that everyone keeps telling me its probably the discs and i really dont think it is...why would something work in the past and then just all of a sudden not work after sitting in a shelf in a case for 2 months? and why would it play fine in other players? i appreciate you trying to help me but this situation has just really gotten on my nerves... im sorry...im not trying to act like a jerk or anything...