The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Choppy DVD video on E1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by ksraval, May 17, 2006.

  1. ksraval

    ksraval Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,

    I have an Inspiron E1505 with 1.66GHz core Duo, 1 GB RAM and Intel 950GMA graphics card.
    When I play a DVD inside Windows using media center or Cyberlink PowerDVD, the
    video playback is choppy. There are many jerks. Overall its not viewable.
    If I play the DVD after booting in Dell Media-direct, then its bit better, but still there
    are jerks.

    I tried one other suggestion on this forum about making the secondary IDE channel's
    data transfer mode to DMA. Actually, on my machine its already set to use DMA.

    Help me to solve this problem..

    Thanks.
     
    ksraval, May 17, 2006
    #1
  2. USAFdude02

    USAFdude02 NBR Reviewer & Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    762
    Messages:
    2,025
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    If you haven't I would suggest downloading the latest drivers for your computer.

    Also, try downloading a codec pack to see if that might be the problem. You might also want to check for updates from PowerDVD. That way you have the latest software/etc and try it again.

    Hope this helps.
     
    USAFdude02, May 17, 2006
    #2