Comments on: OS X – Can't even play a Full Screen DVD? http://www.goland.org/osxdvd/ Technology, Politics, Food, Finance, etc. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:37:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Administrator http://www.goland.org/osxdvd/comment-page-1/#comment-4864 Administrator Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:38:56 +0000 #comment-4864 Yeah, I found out later about the 7 second issue. As for hardware defect, it seems a bit odd that some DVDs would have the problem and others would not. Also, I vaguely remember reading that one of the OS X updates actually identified DVD issues as a problem. In any case I haven't had any issues since but, then again, I haven't been playing movies either. Yeah, I found out later about the 7 second issue. As for hardware defect, it seems a bit odd that some DVDs would have the problem and others would not. Also, I vaguely remember reading that one of the OS X updates actually identified DVD issues as a problem. In any case I haven’t had any issues since but, then again, I haven’t been playing movies either.

]]> By: Petri Sirkkala http://www.goland.org/osxdvd/comment-page-1/#comment-4845 Petri Sirkkala Tue, 13 Sep 2005 19:53:55 +0000 #comment-4845 It might also be that the hardware is defective. That happens with computers sometimes, you know. If for example the display adapter might be slightly degraded, it might hang while it is busy painting movie frames at the rate of 30 frames per second. The fact that the freeze happens twice at the same spot, might still be a coincidence. Or it might be some other piece of digital marwel not quite feeling all right. Obviously the software did render a few thousand frames correctly before that freeze :) And you might try to hold the power button down for 7 seconds or so instead of pulling the plug. -Pete It might also be that the hardware is defective. That happens with computers sometimes, you know.

If for example the display adapter might be slightly degraded, it might hang while it is busy painting movie frames at the rate of 30 frames per second.

The fact that the freeze happens twice at the same spot, might still be a coincidence. Or it might be some other piece of digital marwel not quite feeling all right.

Obviously the software did render a few thousand frames correctly before that freeze :)

And you might try to hold the power button down for 7 seconds or so instead of pulling the plug.

-Pete

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