DVD playback (not really an ImgBurn problem)

[rscottdrysdale]

I've got two machines with DVD burners. One at my desk with a TSST SH-S223F, one in my stereo rack with a Lite-On DH-20A3H. Both machines are P4 with 1G RAM and WinXP (desk machine XP pro, stereo machine XP home). Both have VLC 1.0.1 installed. I updated both drives' firmware a few months ago.

 

I've never had trouble playing DVDs in either machine until now. I happened to try Mars Attacks. It works fine in VLC on the machine with the TSST drive, but on the machine with the Lite-On drive, I get music but just a grey screen where the menu should be.

 

I quickly popped 10 or so other DVDs into the machine exhibiting the problem, and all brought their menus up properly.

 

I even tried a (gasp) copy of the Mars Attacks DVD, with the same results - plays fine in the machine with the TSST drive, grey screen with music on the machine with the Lite-On drive.

 

Just tried it on my Ubuntu machine with 0.9.9 (or so) VLC, and Mars Attacks works there. I have no clue how to ask Ubuntu what model drive (DVD-ROM, not a burner) is on that machine.

 

any ideas? and yes, i also posted this on the VLC forum

[mmalves]

Try using Media Player Classic Homecinema (it has internal filters for DVD decoding).

[rscottdrysdale]

Try using Media Player Classic Homecinema (it has internal filters for DVD decoding).

i found the problem, and it's NOT the drive.

 

the machine i'm having trouble with has two displays (built-in intel chipset (main) and ATI radeon (tv output)). if i start playback on the main screen and drag the window to the tv screen, i get grey menus. if i start playback on the tv screen, it's ok. so apparently VLC has trouble rethinking things when you move the playback window.