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    Choppy DVD Playback

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by teerexx52, Oct 21, 2004.

  1. teerexx52

    teerexx52 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an S150 with 1GB of memory. When playing back DVDs I seem to get a "choppy" effect. I have tried several different movies with the same result. Has anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts? Thanks.
     
    teerexx52, Oct 21, 2004
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    dadkins Notebook Enthusiast

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    What DVD software/player are you using? Does this happen with all player software or just a particular one?
     
    dadkins, Oct 22, 2004
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    Big Calhoun Notebook Evangelist

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    I recently experienced this on an older Vaio. The discs I was reading were dual and triple layer DVDs. I wouldn't call it choppiness...it was more like start...stop...start...stop. I put the DVDs in a newer laptop (Fujitsu P7010D) and they played just fine. I then put in a regular DVD into the Vaio and it played fine. So it might be your discs.
     
    Big Calhoun, Oct 22, 2004
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    teerexx52 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I called Sony tech and we finally figured out that it was a "system resource" problem basically attributable to Mcafee virus scan.
     
    teerexx52, Oct 26, 2004
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