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| Thread ID: 84940 | 2007-11-24 00:51:00 | No sound from DVD disc | gradebdan (2186) | Press F1 |
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| 614497 | 2007-11-25 01:53:00 | Have just tried another dvd in the computer. It also came up with distorted sound and jumpy video. | gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 614498 | 2007-11-25 02:06:00 | GBDan: Use this utility (dhc014.rpc1.org) to reset the region counter |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 614499 | 2007-11-25 02:13:00 | Slysoft AnyDVD or DVD43 will remove region code protection for you... Or you could use a patched firmware from rpc1.org and make your drive region-free The whole dvd zoning thing was a stupid idea and multizone is just sensible. If you bought the DVD and just want to play it, what's the problem anyway? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 614500 | 2007-11-25 02:36:00 | Agent and Bob doe:- My main problem is the sound and video quality, not so much the region code. Thanks anyway. | gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 614501 | 2007-11-25 02:37:00 | Have just tried another dvd in the computer. It also came up with distorted sound and jumpy video. It sounds (No Pun Inteneded) That the fault may lay with the DVD Drive. Have just played an MPEG file and a WMV file from my computer. They both came up on the VLC player and had perfect sound and video. This would tell me the video codecs and audio are fine other wise they would do exactly the same thing a playing a DVD. You may have dust on the laser lens of the DVD Drive or the drive may be faulty. To clean the Lens I would advice using something like a Lens cleaning CD from some place like Dick Smiths Example Here (www.dse.co.nz) other places have them , even the local warehose these days. If after cleaning the Lens it still does it the next step I would try is attaching another DVD drive and see if it cures it. I wouldn't go worrying about region changing / tampering at the moment the DVD's need to play correctly first. Edited: just thought of something else - try disabling the hardware acceleration This site here (www.deskshare.com) shows you how. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 614502 | 2007-11-25 02:48:00 | I d/l codeclite standard version and installed it. Then when I tried to play the disc the computer shut down/restarted "serious error occured" ,something about "SiS graphics drivers faulty"now the video sound is very distorted but my music is fine in winamp.Don't think I will mess with the zone changes. Blue screen of death? I had that once when playing DVD, just needed to update my video card drivers Region change should not affect playback in any way, only what you can and can't play. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 614503 | 2007-11-25 02:58:00 | Also check the DMA is Enabled in the IDE controller for the Drive. To do this Right click on "My Computer>Properties>Hardware Tab>Device Manager> expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI listings> Right click Secondary IDE Channel> Properties> Advanced Settings and make sure its Enabled. Example Here (www.imagef1.net.nz) This is all assuming the DVD is on the secondary controller. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 614504 | 2007-11-25 03:33:00 | Wainuitech;The drive is only 11months old and has not done much work. But will try the lens cleaner tomorrow from DSE. The hardware acc. was on full. I reset it down to the least but one. Tried the DVD, no change. Put it back to FULL. The next thing I checked the "DMA IF AVAILABLE" It was on:- device 0 "PlO ONLY" I changed it to "DMA if available" then tried the DVD, no change! Have no idea what this PlO thing is. Should I reset it back to PlO? |
gradebdan (2186) | ||
| 614505 | 2007-11-25 03:48:00 | What else is on the same IDE connection as this DVD?? Anything else? After you changed it from PIO to DMA reboot, see if its any better. And see if its still on DMA. If it stays on PIO, there maybe a prob somewhere. No PIO can make things slower/worse. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614506 | 2007-11-25 03:57:00 | The drive is only 11months old and has not done much work Doesn't make a lot of difference - I have seen drives only a day or so old give silly problems - An example is if a dirty DVD - meaning dusty/dirt - not the "other Dirty";) was installed it could have dropped dust on the Lens - bit like the Old VCR tapes - install a dirty tape and the heads could get build up on them instantly. As much as I hate to say it - But from experiance I have seen some Lite-ons not last even a year. I used to use them in my own PC builds for customers, untill they started giving to many "silly faults". Now as you can see by one of the screen shots I use Asus - so far so good :D I could be wrong - but so far with whats been written / tried every thing I can see points to the drive - other wise if it was the audio / video software it would play up while playing from the hard Drive also. - Hence if you have access to another drive attach it and see if it still plays up. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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