SpYzEr Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 OK, I wanted a DVD drive in my computer so I took a DVD drive from my moms computer and got InterActual Player (Required) and whenever I play the Ep 2 DVD it sometimes freezes the screen at any time it wants but the sounds keep going and I cant fix it. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Talliusc Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 i had similar problems. i was running interactual and i discovered that interactual is just a player not a decoder. if your decoder doesnt work well with it then you're in trouble. for some reason i had trial versions of DvD decoders and after a specified time limit it would cut off my audio and after another time limit it would cut my video. not sure if this is at all relevant for you but try getting a better player or better decoder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpYzEr Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 Hmm... I download the trial version of WinDVD and it only gave me 5 minutes of viewing time.. what a waste of time . What free FULL version decoders would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 I have it and I do not have the Decoders for it. I had to download some other software and decoders for it. Now I use Interactual to watch movies and it works for me. Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpYzEr Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 My computer is a Dell Inspiron Laptop 2600 and I took the drive out of my moms Inspiron 2650... would that have anything to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X R Kun Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Ive got a Creative 8x DVD drive . I formatted my hard drive but couldnt find the decoder for my drive. Is there anywhere i can download it? The creative websites only offer software upgrades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted November 27, 2002 Share Posted November 27, 2002 Let's clear this up - with DVD-ROM drives in a PC, there is NO hardware that decodes the DVD-Video for you, it just is able to read the DVD-Video and DVD-Data Formats...... Unless you have a MPEG decoder card, then you will need to basically use a software decoder - even though later gen GFX cards do more of the hard work than the older ones. A free player like Zoom Player will play the DVD for you, and is a very good one as well. Interactual Player ISN'T required to watch the DVD on your PC, it just happens to already be on the DVD already..... Try This Link for Zoom Player - Currently Version 2.90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpYzEr Posted November 27, 2002 Author Share Posted November 27, 2002 Thx for clearin that up. I got the program, but i cant get it to play the DVD Any help would be appreciated of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 It may not come up in DVD mode automatically, you will need to press f10 to get it into DVD mode....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpYzEr Posted November 28, 2002 Author Share Posted November 28, 2002 OK, thx. I found what the problem was with InterActual Player tho: It worked on my moms computer because it was a 2650 and mine was a 2600 and my moms had more 'things' on it. We just switched computers so now it works fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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