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jawshoouh
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anyone know why a DVD player would just stop playing in the middle of playback and just crash the PC? i can't tell if this is a DVD disc-specific thing (only happens when i play certain movies), or a software issue (although it happens in both PowerDVD 4.x and WinDVD 4.x), or a hardware issue (which is what i'm leaning to).
the 2 DVDs that come to mind are Spy Game and Usual Suspects. intermittently in both movies' playback, the application crashes (both PowerDVD and WinDVD), and i'm forced to reboot. it's a POS Lite-On 16x/40x DVD drive (IDE), yet i seem to be able to play quite a few other DVD titles without any problems, as well as VCDs. i've already formatted and reinstalled the OS a few times (due to other tinkerings), and i'm using the latest and greatest of each of the software players...any ideas?
thanks in advance,
jawshoouh
the 2 DVDs that come to mind are Spy Game and Usual Suspects. intermittently in both movies' playback, the application crashes (both PowerDVD and WinDVD), and i'm forced to reboot. it's a POS Lite-On 16x/40x DVD drive (IDE), yet i seem to be able to play quite a few other DVD titles without any problems, as well as VCDs. i've already formatted and reinstalled the OS a few times (due to other tinkerings), and i'm using the latest and greatest of each of the software players...any ideas?
thanks in advance,
jawshoouh