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Answer» What system requirements does a computer have to have to play a DVD effectively? I have XP on several computers and can play DVD's fine on 2 of them. The other 2 I have are only 300MHZ. I'm thinking this is the issue I have with herky jerky playback. Thanksis it when the image pans from one side to the other, it looks a bit jerky, LIKE a couple of frames are missing here and there?Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 30, 2010, 01:53:12 PM is it when the image pans from one side to the other, it looks a bit jerky, like a couple of frames are missing here and there? No...kind of like plip, plip,plip, plip for sound. When you hear sound it's not smooth. Kind of like when a person speaks thru a microphone and there is a BREAK in the sound and you hear sound than silence and then sound and silence but it's really fast not smooth.300 MHz is the absolute minimum speed for playing a DVD. Faster is HIGHLY recommended. I'd also guess those machines don't have much RAM or a very strong video card. Adding some more RAM might help a little, but I'd just stick to playing DVDs on the faster machines.Quote from: rthompson80819 on April 30, 2010, 04:25:27 PM 300 MHz is the absolute minimum speed for playing a DVD. Faster is highly recommended. I'd also guess those machines don't have much RAM or a very strong video card. Adding some more RAM might help a little, but I'd just stick to playing DVDs on the faster machines. Thanks. That explains it.plip, plip,plip is definitely from lack of resources... Actually the video portion of the DVD plays fine. It seems the sound is what the problem is. I used speakers from a known good system and the speakers sound is decent, however when I use the speakers in the computer that I am working on the sound is very crappy, like they are ready to blow up as soon as I try to turn the volumn up. Any ideas? There is a **Creative Advanced Wave Effects Synthesis for AWE32 Plug and Play (WDM) and a Creative Sound Blaster 16 Plug and Play (WDM) according to the Belarc Advisor profile on the computer with the horrible sound. This is a Pentium II 300MHZ with 416 usable installed memory and on the computer with the great sound and same speakers there is a Creative Audio PCI (ES1371, ES 1373) (WDM) and Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device. This has a Pentium III 1000MHZ with 416 usable installed memory. I just installed the trial version of Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 on both computers and according to the read me file I may have to update drivers. What do you think? you can try updating the drivers, if there are any for it to SEE if there's any improvement. I'd make a system restore point first before installing the drivers, in case something goes wrong and you need to get back to point zero again. I'm wondering if you could swap the sound card from the good pc to the one you're having sound problems with? Wondering if it may be that the card is giving problems?Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 30, 2010, 11:12:46 PM you can try updating the drivers, if there are any for it to see if there's any improvement. I'd make a system restore point first before installing the drivers, in case something goes wrong and you need to get back to point zero again. I'm wondering if you could swap the sound card from the good pc to the one you're having sound problems with? Wondering if it may be that the card is giving problems? I'll give both ideas a try. It's worth a try anyway. If it is a sound card issue can you suggest a decent sound card?

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What system requirements does a computer have to have to play a DVD effectively? I have XP on several computers and can play DVD's fine on 2 of them. The other 2 I have are only 300MHZ. I'm thinking this is the issue I have with herky jerky playback.

Thanksis it when the image pans from one side to the other, it looks a bit jerky, LIKE a couple of frames are missing here and there?Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 30, 2010, 01:53:12 PM

is it when the image pans from one side to the other, it looks a bit jerky, like a couple of frames are missing here and there?

No...kind of like plip, plip,plip, plip for sound. When you hear sound it's not smooth. Kind of like when a person speaks thru a microphone and there is a BREAK in the sound and you hear sound than silence and then sound and silence but it's really fast not smooth.300 MHz is the absolute minimum speed for playing a DVD. Faster is HIGHLY recommended. I'd also guess those machines don't have much RAM or a very strong video card. Adding some more RAM might help a little, but I'd just stick to playing DVDs on the faster machines.Quote from: rthompson80819 on April 30, 2010, 04:25:27 PM

300 MHz is the absolute minimum speed for playing a DVD. Faster is highly recommended. I'd also guess those machines don't have much RAM or a very strong video card. Adding some more RAM might help a little, but I'd just stick to playing DVDs on the faster machines.

Thanks. That explains it.plip, plip,plip is definitely from lack of resources...
Actually the video portion of the DVD plays fine. It seems the sound is what the problem is. I used speakers from a known good system and the speakers sound is decent, however when I use the speakers in the computer that I am working on the sound is very crappy, like they are ready to blow up as soon as I try to turn the volumn up. Any ideas?

There is a **Creative Advanced Wave Effects Synthesis for AWE32 Plug and Play (WDM) and a Creative Sound Blaster 16 Plug and Play (WDM) according to the Belarc Advisor profile on the computer with the horrible sound. This is a Pentium II 300MHZ with 416 usable installed memory

and on the computer with the great sound and same speakers there is a Creative Audio PCI (ES1371, ES 1373) (WDM) and Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device. This has a Pentium III 1000MHZ with 416 usable installed memory.

I just installed the trial version of Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 on both computers and according to the read me file I may have to update drivers.

What do you think? you can try updating the drivers, if there are any for it to SEE if there's any improvement. I'd make a system restore point first before installing the drivers, in case something goes wrong and you need to get back to point zero again.

I'm wondering if you could swap the sound card from the good pc to the one you're having sound problems with? Wondering if it may be that the card is giving problems?Quote from: 2x3i5x on April 30, 2010, 11:12:46 PM

you can try updating the drivers, if there are any for it to see if there's any improvement. I'd make a system restore point first before installing the drivers, in case something goes wrong and you need to get back to point zero again.

I'm wondering if you could swap the sound card from the good pc to the one you're having sound problems with? Wondering if it may be that the card is giving problems?

I'll give both ideas a try. It's worth a try anyway. If it is a sound card issue can you suggest a decent sound card?

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