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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".

On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:48:08 GMT, "Wallace" <> 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