power dvd and vista, AVIs and vista

As some of you might know, ripped dvds can't be played as is on vista. If u got v premium, then u can twick the mediacenter to play them, but if u don't have mediacenter, like if u got vista biz only, then u need to get a 3rdparty prog.

After some googling, people recced powerdvd, so I got that, and it played ripped dvds-- except...

90% of time, though, dvds play really slow, more like a slideshow than a movie. So, is this a vista problem? I don't know, but I don't think so.

I also have gom, and dvds play fine on gom. It's just that gom's so barebone compared to powerdvd.

What can I do to make dvds play more consistently on my Sony FZ (2gb ram, 1.06 mhz U7500, 4200 rpm HD, Intel 950 graphics)?

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Also, there's this really annoying thing playing back AVIs. I have gom and vlc, which let me play pretty much every format. And so they do, except this one thing. Every time I try to play AVIs, these stupid error signs come up, saying "core xvid.dll not found". This pops up like rabbits breeding, and sometimes crashes my explorer, prompting a restart.

The thing is, the actual AVIs play fine. There's no problem at all in watching them, except these annoying warnings keep popping up. What do you think is the problem?

 

You did not mention which version of Powerdvd you have.
There is an patch for Vista at their website.

http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/patches_1_ENU.html

I do not have Vista.
I have not installed this patch on my system yet.

 

Maybe missing a codec?

 

@bear,

I've got pdvd7, but when I get home, I'll check if it's the latest build.

@blondie,

I take it you're talking about my annoying avi popup, right? I thought vlc took care of codecs, else how is it possible that vlc (and gom) can play my AVIs?

 

bump.

I have the latest powerdvd. Any reason why it's so slow?

Also, what's up with my AVI playback?