Problem playing video from DVD

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BobCT

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I have a Dell laptop, P3, 800mhz, 630mg RAM with a 24x CD-RW/DVD
drive running Windows XP.

It player video that I've downloaded with no problems at all. I'm trying to play and ultimately copy some of my DVD's to my pocketpc. When I try to
watch the DVD the video is very choppy and the sound is unintelligable.

Any ideas what might cause this ?

I've tried with Realplayer, Windows Media and the PocketDVD program with all the same results. I've had the laptop for about three years but I can't remember if I've played a DVD in it before. The DVD drive is part of the docking station so I never carried it with me. Again, downloaded video is perfect...

thanks,
Bob
 
agreed, but too slow to work at all ?

the problem is that my other two computers don't have a DVD drive at all. If you think it's most likely hardware than I'll pick up one.

thanks
 
well, what im getting in my head is, your ripping the DVD to you HDD on your lappy, but it skips while playing the DVD ISO, so it was probably not ripped right due to the slower crap, encoding DVDs takes power
 
I haven't ripped yet, just trying to playback at this point.

that would be my next step if I could get it to play ok.
 
alright, well, even watching a DVD takes some power... try updating drivers and run antivirus/spyware/adware
 
well, 800MHz is slow for DVD playback for one
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My PentiumIII aint no pocketPC but it's 800MHz and it's plenty fine. Maybe 800MHz PocketPC power isnt enough but 800MHz as a general... that's enough

@BobCT ... can i get some specs ont eh pocketPC?
 
To ensure your drives are operating in DMA mode: (1) Control Panel, (2) System, (3) Goto the Hardware Tab, (4) Device Manager, (5) IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, (6) Right Click on Primary IDE Channel --> Properties, (7) Goto the Advanced Settings Tab, Make sure both drop down boxes say 'DMA if Available', Click OK,(8) Right Click on Seconady IDE Channel --> Properties, (9) Goto the Advanced Settings Tab, Make sure both drop down boxes say 'DMA if Available', Click OK, (10) Reboot.
 
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