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Re: [personal] [ecs] DVD-play problems on my WIN98 TI103 Laptop Jamie Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:09:17 -0400

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Mark:
    If you did not get your problem fixed, I have had The media itself cause 
problems as you describe. Mostly maxell. It is something to consider.

    Jamie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Gilmore" <mark1@markgilmore.net>
To: <ecsl@netbloc.com>; <ecs@netbloc.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 9:13 PM
Subject: [personal] [ecs] DVD-play problems on my WIN98 TI103 Laptop


> Sorry for posting a question unrelated to ECS, but i'm at a dead-end and 
> could really use some advice:
> When playing **some** DVDs (brand-new Verbatim discs) on my TI103 laptop 
> (WIN98), the video frequently
> freezes for minutes at a time (if not forever).
> If I try to abort the player, the PC frequently crashes (blue screen).
> This is very maddening, esp as I bought the PC mainly to play DVDs :-(,
> It worked perfectly for the first 6 months or so.
> Anyone have a clue as to what could be causing this ?
>
> I suspect that the DVD player is prone to detecting CRC errors,
> and when it detects one, it scans extremely *small* blocks looking for a 
> good one.
> But I can't find any way of adjusting it's scanning criteria (or just a 
> way of disabling CRC checks altogether).
>
> My local tech guy suspected WIN98 corruption, but I use this PC so little 
> (and for only playing DVDs).
> And as I don't have an install CD, a re-install could easily make it a 
> doorstop.
>
> I considered installing SUSE, but their media player does not support DVD 
> playback
> (and their related web site says that they know of no legal Linux 
> players).
>
> btw, a can of compressed air is on the way (so i can see if a cleaning 
> will fix it).
>
> Thanks !
>
> Mark Gilmore
>
> http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com 

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