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Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
doing something wrong?

Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
> doing something wrong?

If you can't be bothered to type out a description of what you are
actually doing and what happened as a result, don't be surprised when
nobody bothers to answer you.

On 30 Jan 2004 00:26:30 -0800, (Dogger the
Filmgoblin) wrote:

>Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
>> Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
>> doing something wrong?
>
>If you can't be bothered to type out a description of what you are
>actually doing and what happened as a result, don't be surprised when
>nobody bothers to answer you.

OK,here goes. I am selecting the directors commentary from the special
features menu. I get text on the screen describing who's talking, but
the soundtrack is normal, i.e., no audible commentary. All my other
discs, including the Fellowship special edition, work OK. I've swapped
the discs at the dealers, but still have the same problem

Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 30 Jan 2004 00:26:30 -0800, (Dogger the
> Filmgoblin) wrote:
>
> >Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> >> Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
> >> doing something wrong?
> >
> >If you can't be bothered to type out a description of what you are
> >actually doing and what happened as a result, don't be surprised when
> >nobody bothers to answer you.
>
> OK,here goes. I am selecting the directors commentary from the special
> features menu. I get text on the screen describing who's talking, but
> the soundtrack is normal, i.e., no audible commentary. All my other
> discs, including the Fellowship special edition, work OK. I've swapped
> the discs at the dealers, but still have the same problem

You're doing it right. Clearly the commentary has been selected if the
names come up. Can't explain why it isn't audible. Mine works fine on
a very cheap player. Does this happen only for the directors
commentary or for every commentary? Do any other tracks work
incorrectly (like the foreign language tracks)? Do any alternate
tracks on any of your other DVDs not work properly?

Doubt it will make a difference, but you could try just playing the
movie normally, and then accessing the commentary by the 'backdoor',
as in press the 'audio' or 'language' button on your DVD remote to
cycle through the available soundtracks. On my player, this cycling
via the remote is only enabled if I go directly to 'Play' after
popping in the disc, without selecting any sound options via the menus
first.

HTH.

DB.

On 31 Jan 2004 03:12:52 -0800, (Dogger the
Filmgoblin) wrote:

>Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
>> On 30 Jan 2004 00:26:30 -0800, (Dogger the
>> Filmgoblin) wrote:
>>
>> >Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
>> >> Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
>> >> doing something wrong?
>> >
>> >If you can't be bothered to type out a description of what you are
>> >actually doing and what happened as a result, don't be surprised when
>> >nobody bothers to answer you.
>>
>> OK,here goes. I am selecting the directors commentary from the special
>> features menu. I get text on the screen describing who's talking, but
>> the soundtrack is normal, i.e., no audible commentary. All my other
>> discs, including the Fellowship special edition, work OK. I've swapped
>> the discs at the dealers, but still have the same problem
>
>You're doing it right. Clearly the commentary has been selected if the
>names come up. Can't explain why it isn't audible. Mine works fine on
>a very cheap player. Does this happen only for the directors
>commentary or for every commentary? Do any other tracks work
>incorrectly (like the foreign language tracks)? Do any alternate
>tracks on any of your other DVDs not work properly?
>
>Doubt it will make a difference, but you could try just playing the
>movie normally, and then accessing the commentary by the 'backdoor',
>as in press the 'audio' or 'language' button on your DVD remote to
>cycle through the available soundtracks. On my player, this cycling
>via the remote is only enabled if I go directly to 'Play' after
>popping in the disc, without selecting any sound options via the menus
>first.
>
>HTH.
>
>DB.

Thanks for the reply, the funny thing is, the commentary works fine if
I play it on my PC. In answer to your question, none of the
commentaries work, and I have tried all the things you have suggested.
By the way, I have a Samsung dvd player.

Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> On 31 Jan 2004 03:12:52 -0800, (Dogger the
> Filmgoblin) wrote:
>
> >Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> >> On 30 Jan 2004 00:26:30 -0800, (Dogger the
> >> Filmgoblin) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Stephen Rogerson <> wrote in message news:<>. ..
> >> >> Is anyone having problems getting the commentaries to work - am I
> >> >> doing something wrong?
> >> >
> >> >If you can't be bothered to type out a description of what you are
> >> >actually doing and what happened as a result, don't be surprised when
> >> >nobody bothers to answer you.
> >>
> >> OK,here goes. I am selecting the directors commentary from the special
> >> features menu. I get text on the screen describing who's talking, but
> >> the soundtrack is normal, i.e., no audible commentary. All my other
> >> discs, including the Fellowship special edition, work OK. I've swapped
> >> the discs at the dealers, but still have the same problem
> >
> >You're doing it right. Clearly the commentary has been selected if the
> >names come up. Can't explain why it isn't audible. Mine works fine on
> >a very cheap player. Does this happen only for the directors
> >commentary or for every commentary? Do any other tracks work
> >incorrectly (like the foreign language tracks)? Do any alternate
> >tracks on any of your other DVDs not work properly?
> >
> >Doubt it will make a difference, but you could try just playing the
> >movie normally, and then accessing the commentary by the 'backdoor',
> >as in press the 'audio' or 'language' button on your DVD remote to
> >cycle through the available soundtracks. On my player, this cycling
> >via the remote is only enabled if I go directly to 'Play' after
> >popping in the disc, without selecting any sound options via the menus
> >first.
> >
> >HTH.
> >
> >DB.
>
> Thanks for the reply, the funny thing is, the commentary works fine if
> I play it on my PC. In answer to your question, none of the
> commentaries work, and I have tried all the things you have suggested.
> By the way, I have a Samsung dvd player.

The fact that you have swapped your discs once already AND they work
on your PC, pretty much clinches that what you have is an
incompatibility problem between your Samsung and the soundtrack on
your Two Towers (which may well have been manufactured or encoded
differently than the Fellowship). I guess one could say you're lucky
it only affects the commentaries, but probably one day it will affect
something else ... like an alternate Dolby Surround 2.0 track on some
other DVD. Since most DVDs have their primary track as a 5.1 Dolby
Digital, like TTT, you may not ever have a problem actually watching a
movie. If you have 'non-scratched DVDs inexplicably skipping' problems
as well I wouldn't be surprised.

DB.

In article <>,
says...
>
> Thanks for the reply, the funny thing is, the commentary works fine if
> I play it on my PC. In answer to your question, none of the
> commentaries work, and I have tried all the things you have suggested.
> By the way, I have a Samsung dvd player.
>

You might want to check your audio setup. Its possible that the
commentaries were put on the center channel and your DVD/audio is
setup for 5:1, but your system only has 2 channels. Good Luck.

Thorndike

thorndike <> wrote in message news:< ganews.com>...
> In article <>,
> says...
> >
> > Thanks for the reply, the funny thing is, the commentary works fine if
> > I play it on my PC. In answer to your question, none of the
> > commentaries work, and I have tried all the things you have suggested.
> > By the way, I have a Samsung dvd player.
> >
>
> You might want to check your audio setup. Its possible that the
> commentaries were put on the center channel and your DVD/audio is
> setup for 5:1, but your system only has 2 channels. Good Luck.
>
> Thorndike

An interesting theory. But I believe that all the commentaries are 2-channel.

DB.