Posted by Steve Roberts on 02/03/07 12:23

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:48:08 GMT, "Wallace" <spam@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have a fairly old XP laptop computer running at about 1.5 GHz. Some DVDs
>play fine but some recent ones have been very juddery as if the processor
>hasn't sufficient power to decode the video so breaks up the picture. The
>sound quality is fine.
>
>Can I buy a PCMCIA card to speed things along? I can't find any display
>adaptor in System - Hardware under Sound, video and games controllers
>other than "Legacy Video Capture Devices", "Media Control Devices" and
>"Video Codecs".

It might depend on what player software you are using. Try something
like PowerDVD, which has quite a quick and dirty decoder - it might be
smoother.

Also, in th eplayer software, experiment with any settings you might
have to allow hardware acceleration - this will take some load off the
processor and onto your graphics chip.

Steve

The Doctor Who Restoration Team Website
http://www.restoration-team.co.uk

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