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codecs for a hp 505b Micro Tower

Ws Media Player and VLC Media Player for Windows, Windows 7 Pro 32bit, cannot view or hear correctly, everything is really fast and blank boxes all over video. How do I get the codecs to make it work? I updated the nVidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 video card. Optical drive is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NS90 SCSI CdRom Device - MoDisc LG Super Multi.

viki2000

Do you have this problem with any video file?
Or only with those from DVD/CD discs?
Can you play/see video files from hard drive?
What kind of file video format did you try?

TTTTia

ASKER

The DVD video I am trying to play is .vob and .ifo

viki2000

What about a simple .avi or .mp4 from hard disk?
Did you try to copy the .vob from DVD to HDD and then to try to play it from HDD?

TTTTia

ASKER

I even tried PowerDVD 14 and that isn't working either. Choppy and sound is jerky.

viki2000

.vob is a MPEG2 codec.
Try next codecs:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ffdshow
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Dscaler-5

Here are 2 more free players:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/KMPlayer

One more help:
http://www.vsevensoft.com/dvd-decoder.html

TTTTia

ASKER

I did try to copy the .vob from DVD to HDD and then to try to play it from HDD? Same choppy and and sound messed up.

TTTTia

ASKER

Tried a different video card, VLC Player, settings, Ws Media Player. I think I will try to load OS on another hard drive and see if it works that way. Nothing I or my co-worker has tried will work.

TTTTia

ASKER

I tried to do a new install and it asks for a driver for cd/dvd rom.

viki2000

There is a standard driver for DVD/CD Rom in Windows and should work with that.
Did you try another DVD ROM unit? Maybe is faulty, check the cables.
Online, by HP, you can upgrade the firmware of the DVD ROM.
I do not know if the link below will lead you correctly:
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=4025819&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4053

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viki2000

I did.
"Did you try another DVD ROM unit? Maybe is faulty, check the cables."

TTTTia

ASKER

I had tried anything I could and almost gave up, and the sata cable was the only thing I hadn't tried.