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Old 14th Nov 2007, 02:54
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Hiya,
I'm having an issue playing DVDs on my PC (which has XP). Recently, my DVDs are playing slower than normal and then skip a lot, as though they are trying to catch up with themselves. This only happens with DVDs, downloaded movies are fine. My friends says it could be a codec issue, but I don't know what that means or how to fix it.
I recently downloaded a game which took up a lot of hard drive space, could this have something to do with it? If so, it was a game I downloaded from the internet, I don't know how to get it off my hard drive eg onto a disk...would any disks fit it?
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Old 14th Nov 2007, 03:22
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If it is a codec problem then there is a package called k-lite codec pack that is worth downloading. It is free. Codec means encode-decode, get it?

I would recommend uninstalling that game if you think it is the cause.
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Old 14th Nov 2007, 03:54
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Yeah I thought someone would say that. Trouble is, I love the game and paid quite a bit for it. Do blank DVDs store games? Would getting it off my hard drive and onto a DVD work?
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Old 14th Nov 2007, 05:52
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Playing a game from a DVD would just slow it down, even if it agreed to run. You should store your downloaded files on a blank DVD though. as a backup.

Try the codec thing and let us know how you get on.
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Old 14th Nov 2007, 13:29
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OK I downloaded it, and it's still the same. Could it be the settings on the codec? Because I just used the default stuff...
I have no idea!
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Old 26th Nov 2007, 05:15
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any other ideas? it's really starting to bug me! cheers x
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