Sound goes out on DVD

[wingman411]

When I play a dvd with power dvd the sound goes out (no sound) avter about two minutes in. If I try to play the dvd with windvd, i get an error "Create Overlay Failed"

I have a Compaq Evo 800v notebook computer with Windows 2k, newest bios, direct x, video and audio drivers.

Please help.

 

[Gus K]

Did this just start? Where both these apps working properly at some time?

 

[sboulema]

if you use a demo veriso of powerdvd the soun will fall out after a time as a limitation...

 

[wingman411]

This is a work laptop and I am the local "computer guru." I volunteered to get it to play DVDs. It is the only computer we have that has a DVD drive in it. I thought it would be something simple to fix. It still doesn't play dvds using windvd.

It gives this error: Create Overlay Failed

Is there a free dvd player that I can use. Anything that works is fine I don't need all the bells and whistles.

Thanks

 

[sboulema]

have a look here:
http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xe9da91ccb36bd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

short summary:
open netmeeting and then close netmeeting and then run windvd