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  1. June 24th, 2009, 04:52 AM #1
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    DVDs won't play

    Hi

    Please help any1 i have an Acer TravelMate 4200 laptop MS XP Professional (SP3) 1.66GHz, 0.99Gb of RAM, Intel Centrino Duo 1.66GHz, 120Gb Hard drive.
    Whenever i play DVDs the sound is always choppy and i can't thus really watch the DVD! I have closed any programs that could interfere with the playback but no luck. I have also changed the colour quality and resolution etc but no help.
    Help of any kind would be most welcome.

    cheers..
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  2. June 24th, 2009, 05:58 AM #2
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    What program are you using to watch the DVDs?

    Try VLC.
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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  3. June 24th, 2009, 08:05 AM #3
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    I have tried VLC, WMP and Nero all give same problem. The visuals seem to be showing fine but the sound is choppy as though its on slow motion.
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  4. June 24th, 2009, 01:43 PM #4
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    Did you update the audio drivers?

    http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...&LC=en&SC=PA_7
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  5. June 25th, 2009, 08:21 AM #5
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    Updated audio driver no change. also updated Media Accelerator no luck. Don't know if this makes a difference but i notice DVDs copied play ok (just slight chopping of sound but bearable) while rental/new DVDs don't play ok. I wouldn't think region has anything to do with it cause i can see the pictures.
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  6. June 25th, 2009, 09:48 AM #6
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    Sounds like a buffering problem. Have you tried raising your virtual memory space? Doesn't always work, but worth a try.
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  7. June 25th, 2009, 10:58 AM #7
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    Tried that too... again no luck.
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  8. June 25th, 2009, 02:04 PM #8
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    Did you make sure that the DVD drive is set to UDMA in device manager and NOT PIO?

    Check the IDE/ATA controller settings.
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  9. June 25th, 2009, 04:21 PM #9
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    This sounds very familiar to a problem I had with an Acer Aspire and I tried all the above. The optical drive fitted was Matsu****a (cheaper Panasonic). The drive was about a year old and developed similar problems as you are having.

    I could not resolve this issue and replaced it with a tray loading Lg with same spec for about 28 Pounds Sterling around $45. Works Fantastic.

    Check to see if your drive is a Matsu****a, seems Acer fit these to most of there Laptops.

    Not the best option but worked for me.
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  10. June 25th, 2009, 06:29 PM #10
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    Matsu****a definitely deserves it's name (****)
    It must be the worst optical drive maker ever.
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  11. June 26th, 2009, 08:00 AM #11
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    I have a Pioneer and also checked the IDE/ATA control settings, all's well in that area.
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