DVD Jerking problem.. and what is the best dvd software?

[ThePunkerGuy]

Ok, here is my problem.. i have the Pioneer 16X dvd drive. It is running as a slave to my Lite on 32x10x40 cdrw drive. The burner is running pio mode and the dvd drive is running at DMA4 mode. I am running my Sound Blaster Live! Digital 5.1 sound card in 5.1 mode. In my DVD playing programs i have chose the option "SPIDF Out" to get my speakers to work in 5.1 mode. The problem is that the DVDs jig up and the sound can get a little off from the movie some times.. This is in Power DVD.. I was playing a dvd in Windows media player 9 and after a little while it says it that windows media player had a problem and needed to close. So.. how can i make this thing stop jerking and what is the best program to use for playing DVDs? Thanks!!
- Mike

 

[Burpster]

i have almost the same setup as you 16X Pioneer slot DVD(slave) Liteon 32X burner(master) both with DMA enabled Xgamer soundcard and use Power DVD to play my DVD's and not a hint of a problem!!

the only differnce is i havent played with any SPIDF settings

 

[Geffy]

The jerking could be due to some finger prints on the data side of the disk, or some scratches.

PowerDVD is fine for playing DVDs, I usually use WinDVD, but that is only because that is what came with my Graphics card. I didnt get one with my DVD drive as it is that old. Well actually I got Creative DVD cause I had a DXR3 card, but that is beside the point.

Also how much RAM, Free Hard Drive space do you have, as well as processor speed.


[edit] having looked at your sig, your processor and RAM are fine, how about the hard disk. Keep goin with the DMA modes though, you never know[/edit]

 

[ThePunkerGuy]

what DMA modes are you drives running in? And could my cd burner running in PIO mode be mssing up the dvd player since it is the slave? And i cant get the dang cd burner to run in DMA mode!! I have it enabled in the bios and windows!! arg!
- Mike

 

[Burpster]

both in UDMA mode 2

 

[ThePunkerGuy]

I have 512mb of PC2100 (crucial) with no other programs running the bkg.. i am running an Athlon XP 2000+ @ 1.7ghz.. I have 5gig free on my C Drive (20gig WD 7200 ata100 drive) and 20gig free on my F Drive (2X 40gig WD 7200 ata100 on Raid 0). For some reason i cannot get my cd burner (the drie that my dvd drive is slave to) to stop running in PIO mode.. when it should be in UDMA 2 mode, but the DVD drive is running UDMA mode 4
- Mike

 

[ThePunkerGuy]

If I dissable the Spidf stuff (the surround sound) then it stops jerking.. but i loose surround sound. How can i fix this?
- Mike

 

[Geffy]

can you not alter the Transfer (DMA or PIO) settings in the Motherboard BIOS?

 

[ThePunkerGuy]

I can, i set the dma speed for them as high as it will let me.. then it also has the pio mode option.. it wont let me dissable it, but i put it as low as it will go. And i have "DMA if avalible" in windows xp.
- Mike

 

[Taurus]

Originally posted by ThePunkerGuy
If I dissable the Spidf stuff (the surround sound) then it stops jerking.. but i loose surround sound. How can i fix this?
- Mike

try newer sound drivers, maybe..?

 

[Zedric]

I've had some problems with jerking in PowerDVD as well. Other DVD-players work (I use Abit SiluroDVD).