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DVD Playback problems

  • 02-02-2005 1:09am
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    I recently changed the motherboard in my families pc. I bought a new one as I had problems with the ide ports on my last one. However after piecing all the old components onto the new motherbaord and loading a fresh copy of windows xp on to it i've had trouble with playing dvd's and avi files. The playback is jumpy and unwatchable. The processes responsible for playback ie. Windows Media Player and Power DVD 5 use up almost 100% of the cpu during playback. I had no problems with this before the change. I've tested the cpu speed with software and it clocks in at round 496mhz which is bout right considering there was other software running during hte test. Even mozilla firefox jumps to bout 99% cpu usage when loading pages and using flash animation. My graphics card drivers are loaded properly. Ie, I have a Nvidia Riva TNT2 with teh lates drivers installed. Below is a list of my hardware components obtained from using Nero infoTool. Bear in mind i've chequed the processes and services running in the background and there is no spyware and viruses. My system runs stabily.Anyone know whats up?



    Nero InfoTool 2.27

    Drive Information
    Drive : PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-106
    Type : DVD-ROM Drive
    Firmware Version : 1.22
    Buffer Size : 256 KB
    Date : 2001-08-01
    Serial Number
    Vendor Specific : 2001/08/01PIONEER
    Drive Letter : E:\
    Location : 1:0
    Mechanism : Tray
    Read Speed : 12.0 X
    Write Speed : n/a

    Read CD Text : Yes
    Return C2 Pointers : Yes
    Read CD-R : Yes
    Read CD-RW : Yes
    Read DVD-ROM : Yes
    Read DVD-RAM : No
    Read DVD-R : Yes
    Read DVD-RW : Yes
    Read DVD+R : No
    Read DVD+RW : No
    Read DVD+R DL : No
    Read Digital Audio : Yes
    Read CD+G : No
    Read VideoCD : Yes

    Write CD-R : No
    Write CD-RW : No
    Write DVD-R : No
    Write DVD-RW : No
    Write DVD+R : No
    Write DVD+RW : No
    Write DVD+R DL : No
    Write DVD-RAM : No
    Buffer Underrun Protection : No
    Mount Rainier : No
    Modes : n/a

    Region Protection Control : RPC II
    Region : 2
    Changes User : 4
    Changes Vendor : 4

    Disc Information (E:\)
    Type : DVD Video
    Capacity : 6.61 GB
    Layers : 2
    Version : 1
    Disc Size : 12 cm
    Video Format : PAL 16:9 (Mpeg 2, 720x576)
    Region(s) : 2
    Play Time : 171 minutes (02:51:03)

    File System : ISO9660, UDF
    Title : LOTR_THE_FELLOWSHIP_OF_THE_RING
    Date : 15 May 2002
    Publisher : n/a
    Application : n/a


    Interface Information
    Adapter 1
    Description : Primary IDE Channel

    Driver
    Description : system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
    Company : Microsoft Corporation
    Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

    Attached Devices
    Description : Master: ST310014A
    Type : Disk Drive
    DMA : On

    Adapter 2
    Description : Secondary IDE Channel

    Driver
    Description : system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
    Company : Microsoft Corporation
    Version : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

    Attached Devices
    Description : Master: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-106
    Type : CD-Rom Drive
    DMA : On
    Autorun : On



    Hardware Information
    CPU : Pentium III 500 MHz
    Bus Speed : 100 MHz
    Motherboard : 693-686
    System : VIA VT82C692BX
    BIOS : Award 4.51 PG
    Memory : 256 MB (70ns)
    Sound : SB Live! Wave Device
    Video : NVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro

    Lower Filters
    Driver : PxHelp20
    Description : Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
    Version : 2.02.62a
    Company : Sonic Solutions

    Upper Filters
    Video Codecs
    Cinepak Codec by Radius : 1.10.0.11
    Intel 4|2|0 Video V2.50 : 5.1.2600.2180
    Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
    Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
    Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 : 4.51.16.03
    Intel IYUV codec : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Microsoft RLE : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Microsoft Video 1 : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
    Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Toshiba YUV Codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
    Microsoft YUV : 5.3.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Microsoft H.263 Video Codec : 5.1.2600.2180
    Microsoft H.261 Video Codec : 5.1.2600.2180
    Indeo® video 5.10 : R.5.10.15.2.55

    Audio Codecs
    Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
    Microsoft ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
    Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC : 4.00.0.0
    Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC : 4.00.0.0
    DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC : 1.00.0.0
    Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC : 1.02.0.1
    Windows Media Audio : 4.02.0.0
    Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec : 3.02.0.0
    Indeo® audio software : 2.05.0.53
    Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced) : 1.09.1.49
    Microsoft PCM Converter : 5.00.0.0


    ASPI Information
    System ASPI : ASPI is not installed

    Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

    WNASPI32.DLL : 2.0.1.68 160016 bytes July 28, 2004

    Installed OS Patches
    (Q810090) USB Update : No
    (Q329112) Multi-Border DVD with More Than 4 GB of Data Not Readable Past First Border : Yes
    (Q812415) Problems with Multiple ATA devices : Yes
    (Q322359) Intelide.sys Is Not Used on Computers with ICH4 or ICH5 : No
    (Q320174) IMAPI Update - CDs recorded have missing files or errors : Yes
    (Q311542) Devices May not power up properly when resuming from standby : Yes
    (Q327086) Data Added to Removable Media During Hibernation May Be Lost When You Resume Windows XP : Yes
    (Q308374) Ricoh 1394 Controller May Not Work with Windows XP : No
    (Q314634) Windows XP Does Not Detect Your New USB Device : Yes
    (Q822603) USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 update : No
    (Q323507) Your IEEE 1394 or USB CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive May Not Be Recognized in Windows XP : No
    (Q815834) 'Code 28' Error Message and a Yellow Exclamation Mark Next to a USB Device in Device Manager After Your Computer Resumes from Hibernation : No
    (Q316575) Problems When You Swap a CD-ROM During Hibernation in Windows XP : No
    (Q811789) Surprise Removal of 1394 Device Can Cause Bluescreen Error : No
    (Q323322) Cannot Use Sony VAIO PCG-C1MRX Internal Camera with Windows Messenger After You Apply Q316397 : No
    (Q811789) Surprise Removal of 1394 Device Can Cause Bluescreen Error : No


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