DVD skipping, unable to view movies

lynx6200 · 04-27-2005, 11:35 PM

I have a Dell laptop running win xp home, and I was trying to whatch DVD's on it. The dvd usualy starts up fine, will show the previews and such, but, at different times during the movie, or even going to the menu, the screen goes black, but the audio continues. Its like the dvd is still palying, but the picture has gone out. Please help.

elmarcorulz · 04-28-2005, 12:48 AM

are you doing anything else at the time

lynx6200 · 04-28-2005, 03:58 PM

nope, just trying to view the dvd.

**jancz3rt** · 04-28-2005, 11:31 PM

What software are you using? What player? It could have to do with the software player. DO all DVDs do that?

JAN

lynx6200 · 04-29-2005, 04:12 PM

Im using Win DVD, came with the computer, and also used Intervideo, that installed off of one of the dvd's. All dvd's appear to do the same thing, going blank at certain parts. Ive also tryed using windows media player, but get the same results, so i dont think its the software. Checked some forums, help topics, that menioned checking the decoder and little things, but all of that seems to be intact. I know for a fact everything used to work not too long ago.

Oh yeah, I cleaned the dvd drive with a dvd kit thing, but no luck.

Aem · 04-29-2005, 04:52 PM

Is this with the laptop plugged into the mains? My Laptop sometimes lags on dvds when it is running on the battery. You could investigate possible conflicts by starting up in diagnostic mode and see if it lags. Then put everything back on the startup one by one. Your laptop maybe sharing a required rescource with another service/application.
Worth a try!

lynx6200 · 04-29-2005, 05:23 PM

Yeah, its with the laptop plugged in. Ill give that a try, thanks for the idea.

lynx6200 · 05-03-2005, 09:05 PM

Okay, it appears that I can actualy whatch the dvd's if I start the dvd with auto play, and fast forward, skip chapter (when avaliable), to the the menu or sceen I want. Thats the only way I can get to the menu though, very annoying. If I just select menu, from the options, it loads the menu and goes blank, as described above. I can't figure what to make of this or what would be causing the problem. If anyone has some ideas, please let me know

narafa · 05-03-2005, 11:09 PM

Of course you are running the movie while the DVD disc itself is inside the DVD-ROM device. What you might be experiencing could be simply a bad DVD disc that work normally and skips at a certain moment. Do all the DVDs you try do the same thing?? Are they original DVD discs or copied ones??

Do you experience the same thing while watching a movie or a video clip running from your notebook hard disk ?

**jancz3rt** · 05-03-2005, 11:52 PM

Oh well...could be your graphics card. Do you have the option to change it to try a different one out? It could possibly be a dying dvd drive. I hope it;s not. Good luck man

JAN

04-27-2005, 11:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	DVD skipping, unable to view movies I have a Dell laptop running win xp home, and I was trying to whatch DVD's on it. The dvd usualy starts up fine, will show the previews and such, but, at different times during the movie, or even going to the menu, the screen goes black, but the audio continues. Its like the dvd is still palying, but the picture has gone out. Please help. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive Last edited by lynx6200; 04-29-2005 at 04:07 PM.

04-28-2005, 12:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
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04-28-2005, 03:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	nope, just trying to view the dvd. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

04-28-2005, 11:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Hmmmmmmm What software are you using? What player? It could have to do with the software player. DO all DVDs do that? JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

04-29-2005, 04:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	Im using Win DVD, came with the computer, and also used Intervideo, that installed off of one of the dvd's. All dvd's appear to do the same thing, going blank at certain parts. Ive also tryed using windows media player, but get the same results, so i dont think its the software. Checked some forums, help topics, that menioned checking the decoder and little things, but all of that seems to be intact. I know for a fact everything used to work not too long ago. Oh yeah, I cleaned the dvd drive with a dvd kit thing, but no luck. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

04-29-2005, 04:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Aem Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Norfolk Age: 27 Posts: 52	Is this with the laptop plugged into the mains? My Laptop sometimes lags on dvds when it is running on the battery. You could investigate possible conflicts by starting up in diagnostic mode and see if it lags. Then put everything back on the startup one by one. Your laptop maybe sharing a required rescource with another service/application. Worth a try!

04-29-2005, 05:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	Yeah, its with the laptop plugged in. Ill give that a try, thanks for the idea. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

05-03-2005, 09:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	Okay, it appears that I can actualy whatch the dvd's if I start the dvd with auto play, and fast forward, skip chapter (when avaliable), to the the menu or sceen I want. Thats the only way I can get to the menu though, very annoying. If I just select menu, from the options, it loads the menu and goes blank, as described above. I can't figure what to make of this or what would be causing the problem. If anyone has some ideas, please let me know __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

05-03-2005, 11:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 29 Posts: 450	Of course you are running the movie while the DVD disc itself is inside the DVD-ROM device. What you might be experiencing could be simply a bad DVD disc that work normally and skips at a certain moment. Do all the DVDs you try do the same thing?? Are they original DVD discs or copied ones?? Do you experience the same thing while watching a movie or a video clip running from your notebook hard disk ? __________________ - Intel P4 1.8 Ghz - 512 KB L2 Cache - GigaByte MoBo with built in sound - 384 MB SDRAM PC133 - GeForce 2 MX 400, 64 MB - 80 GB Segate HDD + 80 GB WD HDD - 52X LG CD-ROM - 52X-24X-52X LG CD-RW - LG 14" Monitor :mad: - NIC 10/100 - Rockwell Internal Modem - ADSL 256 Kbps :mad: - Generic Floppy, Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers Protected by Norton Corporate Edition & Sygate Personal Firewall If you are dead sure that you are right, then probably the rest of the world is WRONG!!

05-03-2005, 11:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Hmmmmmmmm Oh well...could be your graphics card. Do you have the option to change it to try a different one out? It could possibly be a dying dvd drive. I hope it;s not. Good luck man JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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