audio skip and static when playing dvd's

[wcopel]

I'm using power dvd and when I play my dvd I get skipping and static when I paly my dvd please help. This is on all dvd's played.Thanks

[jimmalenko]

Maybe your DVD-ROM is struggling to read your DVDs ?

Have you tried re-installing PowerDVD ?

Tried playing those same discs on a friend's PC (with or without PowerDVD installed) ?

Are these DVDRs you've created yourself or pressed store-bought discs ?

[wcopel]

Thanks, I get the problem with bought and back-up dvd's The video is fine but the audio skips and a lot of static. Iget the problem with windvd and windows media and power dvd. Any thougts. Thanks.

[jimmalenko]

If it's happening with storeboughts as well then it points towards your DVD-ROM possibly being on the way out, a corrupted audio codec, or maybe even something dodgy with soundcard and/or speakers. I would have thought that each software would use it's own AC3 Decoder (PowerDVD definitely should), but you could try installing AC3Filter and see if that makes a difference.