dvd stop while changing layer...

[-freddan-]

My dvdplayer stops, and sometimes even the computer locks up when the dvd will change layer on the disc...
Anyone else having problem with layerchange....?
Probobly should get a new dvd-player...
I use powerDVD.....

thanx
-freddan-

[PeeJayNL]

this is a common known fact with layer change. Even stand alone dvd players seem to be having problems with layer change and sometimes need to be skipped a little forward in order to continue playing. Assuming the dvd-drives in a pc don't really differ from the ones in standalone players I can imagine this occurs to on a pc

[sarahjh69]

your dvd player has had it!

buy a new one.

[-freddan-]

Yeah, it sounds like it...
Only have had the player for 3 months....

[PeeJayNL]

Hi,

again, your dvd drive isn't broken. read this link for more info on layer change. The freeze is made by the dvd-disc, not the player
http://www.totaldvd.com.au/biz/faq5.html

[-freddan-]

Hi there!

I know what you mean, and i know that some Dvd-players, even standalone ones, could have problem with layer change....
The picture could freeze for a while, or be needed to skipped forward as you said....
My point is that my dvd can´t change layer at all.
My computer stops, and needs to be rebooted...
When I bought this computer the said I could watch movies on dvd on it, if I need to reboot it after the half of the movie I must say that they haven´t kept what the promised....
If I can´t watch a hole movie without rebooting the computer there must be something wrong with the dvd or, it´s a player thats really not very good...

[sarahjh69]

Windows has never been very good with
removable media. Your DVD player is broken!
Windows can't understand why it can't read
the second layer and crashes!
I have had 2 old DVD drives with this fault
and it pretty much did the same thing..........
If only Microsoft could fix their basic handling
of removable media, rather than rushing out a
new version of windows each year with the same old faults.