[thechat] Sony vaio and DVDs

[Stéphane Deschamps]

<quote who='Luther, Ron' when='21/12/2006 17:07'>
> Have you tried multiple DVDs to make sure it's the laptop and not the
> disc?  I find with rented discs that sometimes some players hit spots
> where they sputter or freeze or skip 30 second blocks or otherwise
> act up.

Yup, all genuinely bought DVDs.

> Have you tried different software players or drivers?  I like
> InterVideo WinDVD a lot better than that Win Media Player balogna ...
> but I just like the controls better.  I have no idea whether one
> package is more likely to have interrupt conflict issues (or
> whatever) than another.

Yup, WinDVD, WinMediaPlayer, VLC.

> Oh!  And be careful what videos you are watching in bed or you may
> end up with more little ones and even less sleep!  ;-P~~~

He he.



<quote who='John Handelaar' when='23/12/2006 17:20'>
 > I'm assuming it's Windows, though I've had the same
 > issue with software DVD codecs on Linux.

Yup it is.

 > It really depends on the player you're using.
 >
 > "Get VLC", would be my suggestion.  Videolan.org.

Did, to no avail.

 > Failing that, turn DMA on.

Did too, to no avail either.

Rebooted with Ubuntu and couldn't even make VLC work properly. I suck 
with computers, I guess.

Too bad. We're condemned to the sofa.

Happy new year all!