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unicorn23` · 25-06-2003

Thanks Dee-Ehn for at least replying as I thought my problem wouyld not have any suggestion towards a solution. But there is a flaw in your solution as I have noticed my Dvd-Hardware player freezing on the same frames in certain Vcd's(Both NTSC and PAL) as my software player on the PC. While I agree that yours could obviously be a most possible and plausible solution, how would one explain the appearance of the same artifacts and freezing on these other problem VCD'S(though these are very few in number). And also please note that this is a recent problem which has cropped up and not an old one. And also in anticipation of the obvious solution towards this being a new problem, I did have my drive lens' cleaned just a month back while this problem is older than that and not related to the lens. Also how would one explain the smooth playback of other VCD's, both PAL and NTSC.

Sorry for the long reply. TIA. Everybody please continue to try for a solution to this problem of choppy playback as quite a few people have encountered it and no one seems to know how to deal with it.

Just pondering, but could it be that the Hardware standalones have a higher error threshold than the PC-drives. Please someone who knows about standalones and how their optical pickup is structured get back to me on this vis-a-vis those of PC-drives(CD and DVD). TIA.

Any help on this would be appreciated.

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unicorn23` CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: India Posts: 226	Thanks Dee-Ehn for at least replying as I thought my problem wouyld not have any suggestion towards a solution. But there is a flaw in your solution as I have noticed my Dvd-Hardware player freezing on the same frames in certain Vcd's(Both NTSC and PAL) as my software player on the PC. While I agree that yours could obviously be a most possible and plausible solution, how would one explain the appearance of the same artifacts and freezing on these other problem VCD'S(though these are very few in number). And also please note that this is a recent problem which has cropped up and not an old one. And also in anticipation of the obvious solution towards this being a new problem, I did have my drive lens' cleaned just a month back while this problem is older than that and not related to the lens. Also how would one explain the smooth playback of other VCD's, both PAL and NTSC. Sorry for the long reply. TIA. Everybody please continue to try for a solution to this problem of choppy playback as quite a few people have encountered it and no one seems to know how to deal with it. Just pondering, but could it be that the Hardware standalones have a higher error threshold than the PC-drives. Please someone who knows about standalones and how their optical pickup is structured get back to me on this vis-a-vis those of PC-drives(CD and DVD). TIA. Any help on this would be appreciated.