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This must be something with the drive.  I'm running a similar configuration
and am having the same trouble with software decoding.  It seems that
nothing I try fixes it.

Rayjo


"Tony Lewis" <DALewis@MindSpring.com> wrote in message
news:9hact4$m7p$1@slb2.atl.mindspring.net...
>     Hello. I have recently purchased a Creative Labs Ovation 12X PC-DVD
> drive and am having problems with it. Hopefully someone will know what to
do
> or at least let me know if I should return it. I am actually replacing a
> Creative PC-DVD 2X drive that came with my Encore 2X kit that I bought a
> long time ago. That drive finally wore out and so I figured I would buy
> another Creative drive to go with my DXr 2 card.
>
> Here's the problem. DVD video "hiccups" every so often. While watching a
> movie, the video will pause for a half-second or so every so often. It is
> not regular nor predictable. I never had this problem with the 2X drive,
so
> I can't understand why I would have it on a faster one. It *looks* like
the
> drive is getting "behind" on the reading, and then reads in a long burst
> when this happens. This occurs with hardware assisted DVD playback, as
well
> as software solutions such as windvd or powerdvd. I have a 433Mhz
processor
> and 128MB of RAM. The read-ahead is set to max under windows' options. The
> drive is set to master on my secondary IDE channel, and my Hp CD-rw is the
> slave. All of this was also the same on my 2X drive.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions? Should I return this drive? Anyone reccomend
a
> replacement?
>
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> Tony Lewis
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