[P1] Problem with DVD Playback

[Brian Olesky]

This is probably obvious, but the first time I had trouble with DVD
playback, it turned out I had too many other programs sharing the power. I
quit Microsoft Word and a few other things I had open, and problem solved.

Brian

On 2/24/04 8:25 AM, "John Swartz" <jswartz at mitre.org> wrote:

> I'm currently having a problem viewing one of the "Appendices" DVDs in
> my Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring Special Edition Box Set - I
> have an iBook G3 900 (640 MB RAM) running Jaguar 10.2.8 (up to date with
> all security patches and other Apple s/w updates).  While trying to
> watch one of the sections of movie storyboards (basically a sequence of
> images playing with an audio track) on the DVD, the playback kept
> pausing for several seconds (from about 5 to 30), play for another
> second or two, and then repeat.  This would seem to "hang" the DVD
> Player application (spinning beachballs), and then I'd have to
> force-quit.  After a few attempts of this, I gave up and just went back
> to watching the video segments.  Then, the video segment I was watching
> started exhibiting several pauses and slight video distortions.  I
> suspected that perhaps the DVD was scratched or dirty - wiping it with a
> soft cloth has not helped.  This morning I brought it to work and tried
> it in my Dell PC and it appeared to play back fine - argh!  Is it
> possible I have a malfunctioning combo drive?  Is there something I
> should try with the software first?  Help!!
> 
> John
> 
> 
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