DVD playing problem (cracked & vibrating voices)

[drgrudge]

Now I got another new problem, the DVD plays with voice being cracked and gives a "vibrating" effect
This happens in all the DVD


Do you guys think this may be due to the fact that I did something to the registry thing ( I installed MPC and wanted to add the option "play with MPC to my DVD drive) and do that wrong ?


I uninstalled the Quicktime alternate (and hence MPC as well). Now I am not able to watch DVD's properly (or rather, I cant watch itself )


Guys plz help me. Thanks for the support.

[Delpiero]

Try using different DVD players like Win DVD or Power DVD. Clean your DVD drive with a lens cleaner.

[Biplav]

naah nothing to do with ur physical dvd drive.
its some thing u did with the software or windows.
if u got 2 os then try playing the dvds in the other os and c whether u get the same results.
if u dont have 2 os(which i assume) try to undo the regedit u did. and
finally y basically where u playing with ur registry???
and by any chance have u installed any codecs of late?

[drgrudge]

@Biplav,
I installed codec (klite mega codec pack) after that my windows media player and powerDVD dint play DVD's at all. Still I am lazy to reinstall agian.

Now , even after that I have installed the codecs, VLC played the DVD's without any issue, untill this sunday

Data DVD play well. Does PAL DVD cause this problem (I have tried NTSC DVD now, but even that dont play well).

Originally Posted by Delpiero

Try using different DVD players like Win DVD or Power DVD. Clean your DVD drive with a lens cleaner.

Hmm... it got nothing to DVD rom drive. I use VLC player only, as it's free, my powerDVD got issue, but thanks I will try that also

[FilledVoid]

Nah I dont think that the registry edit would have caused it , but its always ncie to confirm it.
First of all try another DVD or try the same DVD in a different system.
See if you can manually play it by installing something new like powerdvd or anything else.
Ive tried the above trick on different file types but I have yet to find a similair problem . Although mines involved audio files. Also if youh ave a dual boot system then you could always check if it works in the other OS. I havent tried cleanign the lens of the dvd player or cd drive so I wouldnt know about that. Other than that I would give you the last option I hate to tell anyone

Nuke the install and reinstall everything after you have backed up everything of course and see f it helps.

I installed codec (klite mega codec pack) after that my windows media player and powerDVD dint play DVD's at all. Still I am lazy to reinstall agian.

I just searched google and found numerous issues with klite and powerdvd on various boards however I couldnt find an exact solution. If I find something Ill post it .

[Biplav]

yes that was it.
klite mega codec.
come join the party.
i got the problem a month back.mine was no cracked voice but too heavy vibrations.
its the codec error then.
uninstall it.they play in power or win dvd
if it doesnt work then try ace codec pack then .

[drgrudge]

@Biplav, it used to play well even after that I installed it. But only VLC played and not powerDVD or winDVD.
The thing is that VLC dont use this codecs, then why klite codec problem?
But I will uninstall and post the details here.


@exx_2000, regarding your post, I replies at you know where

[drgrudge]

Uninstalled the codec pack also, still the problem persists

[Biplav]

try undoing the registry edit that u did.

[drgrudge]

Yes did that too, still getting this thing. Data DVD play well.

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

ur problem is because of the ac3filter that is installed with the klite codec pack.& here's the solution---->Open WMP,go to Tools-->Options-->DVD-->Advanced.That'll bring up the AC3filter config menu,fiddle around a bit with the settings (speaker type,sample format etc...) until the sound bcomz ok.

btw,the reason y ur prob persisted evn after u uninstalled the codec pack waz bcuz even after removing the pack,ac3filter still remains installed & registered on the system.

[drgrudge]

I did as you said,but I can't find any ac3filter options in the things, but yes audio type and all that was there. OK I will try out and tell this morning.

[Keith Sebastian]

Run DXDIAG. Go to sound tab and turn down hardware sound acceleration to "Basic". See if that helps.

Keith

[drgrudge]

Keith, I did as you said (put that it to basic) , but there is no effect, the sound is not proper and it's cracked as before Do we need to restart? and I dint restart.

Do you think it's hardware problem? ; as all the other disks play well (Data DVD, VCD, Data CD, etc..) it's only the movie DVD that dont play well.

Any other ideas?



@dIgItaL_BrAt,
No, it's same as before , dint work

[Keith Sebastian]

You could try restarting. Better still uninstall and reinstall your sound drivers. Also, STAY AWAY FROM CODEC PACKS. They might appear as a neat all-in-one solution but hard to troubleshoot when things go wrong. FFDSHOW is a good alternative.

[Biplav]

yes u might try reinstalling ur sound card drivers.
better if u got 2 os or plan to make 2 os then try it in the ther operating system.

[drgrudge]

Originally Posted by Keith Sebastian

You could try restarting. Better still uninstall and reinstall your sound drivers. Also, STAY AWAY FROM CODEC PACKS. They might appear as a neat all-in-one solution but hard to troubleshoot when things go wrong. FFDSHOW is a good alternative.

I also restarted, but still the problem persists


Now reagarding reinstalling the sound drivers, I have a 6 yr old Mercury motherboard and my mobo CD dont have the drivers for Windows XP, so last time around I had to ask my friend who also has a Mercury mobo, it's bit difficult to ask him agian as he lives a bit far away from where I live. I have c- media sound card, can I get the same from any site? Plz tell me how to reinstall also (assuming that I get my drivers). I forgot (or rather never tried before) how to reinstall the drivers.


I have *ALL CODECS UNINSTALLED*, now I play in VLC players or BSPlayer (still some issues with certain formats, but it's OK).


Also I have only Windows XP, so I cant try in other OS also



Thanks for the support, in advance.

[Biplav]

ok grudge
i uploaded my mercury c media sound drivers for u.
http://rapidshare.de/files/4361538/WDM.rar.html
i have zipped it it shud unzip to around 5-6 mb. if it doesnt then its corrupt.
anyways u got to install it from device mgr.
so first u need to uninstall ur sound drivers.
then select the location of the unzipped file"wdm"

i got mercury mbd too and my audio codec is " cmedia ac97 audio device"
so basically this shud work for u

[drgrudge]

Oh... Biplav! Thanks yaar
It's very late now.. , I shall try out this morning after 10am and tell you as to how this goes abt. Thanks for drivers

[drgrudge]

Just now unzipped, it comes to around 6.4 mb.

Biplav, by the it don't look like it used to be (or that's what I feel). Is this the drivers for XP? Is there any other stuffs for audio? Can you plz post a screenshot of the audio drivers folder of your mobo cd?

[Biplav]

yes its for xp only.
and my motherboard is 845 glv mercury. but the sound drivers are same for all mercury motherboards(810,810e,845 and 865)


this is the cd main page



this is the "sound "folder


this is the "c-media" folder


this is the "driver" in the "c-media folder"



as u can c there are these folders:
advance
ini
wdm
win_95
win_98
win_nt40
of these when i installed my sound drivers i chosed wdm folder(i installed sound driver from device mgr as the auto install program has been removed frm mercury cd for c-media sound drivers. yah it used to come earlier. but now u got to install from device mgr only.)

and this is the wdm folder

[drgrudge]

One more thing.... can you tell me what is the number of your mobo CD (ie, the version number). Mine is some 1 D or E (as you can see it's old, 6 years )

Ok. Plz tell me how much space the C-media in total takes? 22.5mb?

By the way, what is WDM? Why Win XP not there (or is WDM related to XP?)

In the c-media folder, can you see the setup file? Thats the thing I remember when I used for me. OK plz tell the version and space in total.


A big thanks for the pains

[Biplav]

well i think my cd version is 8.32A(this is wat is written on the cd )
and the c-media folder is 33.1Mb
the "drivers"folder in c media folder is 22.3MB

yup there is a setup.exe in the c media folder.
i missed it.
but the point is the setup installs additional software (other than drivers)
so for that reason i install from device manager.
that way only the necessary drivers are installed.
i can upload the full folder if u want.
but i am sure that only the wdm folder is required as i installed from that folder only(after copying it to my hdd)

[drgrudge]

Ok... plz tell me how to go abt in uninstalling the thing.
Here is the screenshot of my device manager:



So, WDM is sufficient to re-install agian?

[Biplav]

yes it is sufficient
but dont worry i am uploading the entire c media folder(in rar format ofcourse)
will take time sud complete by 11 o clock.
and u need to uninstall the
audio codecs and cmi8738.... audio device

[Biplav]

in the meanwhile
try doing it with wdm folder(i am 100% sure it shud work)

[Keith Sebastian]

Originally Posted by drgrudge

Ok... plz tell me how to go abt in uninstalling the thing.
Here is the screenshot of my device manager:

Double click second option, update driver, install from a specific loc, don't search i will chose.

-k

[Biplav]

ok uploaded the full cmedia folder with the setup.exe app.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=267AD505
its a rar file
18.47 mb

[drgrudge]

This is what I get when I did as you said Keith Sebastian:


And when I did as this:

It showed me some 4 drivers and I clicked yes and the driver updated (or thats what it said). I am yet to restart (for the effect to take place), lets see what happens.


Or if that dont work (after I uninstall) , shall I do this:
Should I click on the red part highlighted in the image below:

And install from where Biplav gave me?



By the way, thanks for the support Keith Sebastian and Biplav for the drivers.

[Biplav]

ur welcome grudge.
well i think it shud work the way u did it. else wait till 2 o clock and download the full cmedia folder and there is a setup file. u dont need to go to device mgr then.