deano_b

Hi all - thanks for the replies - my pc is quite decent - Winxp pro, SP2, Pentium 4 3gz, 1g RAM, so it should be more than capable of multitasking! In any case, playback is still choppy when playing a dvd when nothing else is running ( on more than one piece of software too - WMP, VLC, BS Player ). So I know its non a software issue. I may try cleaning the lens as to be fair theres a lot of dust in the area of my PC! if this fails, any other suggestions!? Thanks in advance!

Hi all I have a Packard Bell pc with a Philips DVDR1628P1 internal cdr/dvdr. All was fine until recently; when I play a dvd the playback is very choppy, or when am burning a cd/dvd, all other programs become slow ( eg - playing an MP3 playing from HDD whilst burning renders the MP3 choppy too ). Also burning nowadays is very hit and miss and sometimes locks up, wasting a disc! Have updated all video/audio codecs, but nothing seems to work! Any ideas!? Many thanks!