DVD skips on playback since installing SP2

Hi all - I just downloaded and installed service pack 2 for Windows XP
Home. When using Windows Media Player 9 or Real Player 10 to play DVDs, I
encounter a one- or two-second "skip" every so often. The DVDs are for a
class I'm taking through a distance-learning program, and when the "skip"
occurs, I lose about one or two seconds of the lecture.

This started happening right after I installed SP2, so I used System Restore
and undid the install. Sure enough, the skipping went away. I reinstalled
SP2, and the skipping returned.

Has anybody else encountered this problem? Anybody have a solution?

Thanks much,
Kevin

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:33:45 GMT, Kevin DeAngelis wrote:

> Hi all - I just downloaded and installed service pack 2 for Windows XP
> Home. When using Windows Media Player 9 or Real Player 10 to play DVDs, I
> encounter a one- or two-second "skip" every so often. The DVDs are for a
> class I'm taking through a distance-learning program, and when the "skip"
> occurs, I lose about one or two seconds of the lecture.
>
> This started happening right after I installed SP2, so I used System Restore
> and undid the install. Sure enough, the skipping went away. I reinstalled
> SP2, and the skipping returned.
>
> Has anybody else encountered this problem? Anybody have a solution?
>
> Thanks much,
> Kevin

This is called hunting. The pickup doesn't stream thefile
properly. I use a separate pagefile for each physical drive
and this works reasonably well. Also, when playing a local
file, disable the AntiVirus as it will try scanning the
file, causing hunting & skipping.
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found there? If So, don't despair - Christ came to save His
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