5.1 DVDs

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Does anyone know a possible reason for why I can't play 5.1 DVD albums any more? I used to be able to but now they splutter and jump and won't play properly, using either WMP or Winamp. 
Could it be the codec or something?

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chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19944	Topic: 5.1 DVDs Posted: June 08 2008 at 12:37
	Does anyone know a possible reason for why I can't play 5.1 DVD albums any more? I used to be able to but now they splutter and jump and won't play properly, using either WMP or Winamp. Could it be the codec or something?

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625	Posted: June 08 2008 at 13:28
	I've been having trouble playing them if they are DTS on my player that's the only one in the house that can play DTS. Same symptom. In my case the original hasn't ever worked right from the beginning. The problem has gotten more severe over time... Edited by Slartibartfast - June 08 2008 at 13:29
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MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 20527	Posted: June 08 2008 at 14:01
	I hope you didn't upgrade to a Creative X-Fi? I had a similar problem, and it was caused by the copy protection on the DVDs in conjunction with the NVidia Decoder. I solved it by installing AnyDVD ... not to copy the DVDs, but to simply make them playable in my computer. Or are you talking about a standalone player?
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chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19944	Posted: June 08 2008 at 14:39
	Thanks for the suggestion Mike but I've tried AnyDVD and it makes no difference.

MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 20527	Posted: June 08 2008 at 14:41
	Did you install anything which could affect the codec? DVD-Player, Graphics card (driver) etc. ... Maybe it's also related to the sound card.
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chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19944	Posted: June 08 2008 at 16:16
	Hmm, nothing that I'm aware of.

chopper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 19944	Posted: June 10 2008 at 14:31
	Could be a memory issue, as everything else seems to grind to a halt when I play DVDs. Strange thing is, CPU isn't maxing out and nothing else is using much memory.

Tony R Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979	Posted: June 10 2008 at 18:25
	Sounds like some kind of program conflict. Used to have terrible problems with Nero and Pinnacle being in conflict then lately Nero and Napster.