Re: Dropped frames while playing DVD.

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Anyone?????

"DG" <dgrsnp@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e60l8g$gr3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have recently assembled a MCE2005 HTPC with the following configuration:

SHUTTLE XPC 83G5M
P4 3.2 GHz (640)
1 GB Ram
Hauppauge 150MCE Tv card
NEC 3551 DVD-Recorder
WDC 3200 JS Sata HDD
Saphire Radeon X300SE VGA Card with 128MB on board
Intervideo WinDVD 7 video decoder
WinXP MCE 2005 Update Rollup 2
TV is Connected through S-Video

The system works fine, but when playing DVD it sometimes drops frames and
in very rare cases I can hear audio "clicking" or even audio jumping. The
symptom is easy to see when there is continious camera movement to one
direction e.g when the camera follows a walking person on the street or
when i goes from the top of a building to the bottom. It is also present
when playing the DVD through Media Player.

I haven't noticed anything similar with Live or Recorded TV and the
problematic DVDs playback normarly through WinDVD 7 on this PC and on my
other PC (with Power DVD) and on my SONY Desktop DVD player.

To troubleshoot the issue I tried to:
* Copy the DVD to the HDD and play back from there
* Turned off Hyperthreading from the BIOS
* Played with each and every Media player setting for Acceleration, Video
Overlay, VMR etc

but havent noticed any improvement. Can someone help?



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