DVD playback is causing crashes

heffa · **28th August 2008, 08:48 PM**

Hi all

Ok, my HTPC has been running fine for a while now, but in the last few days has started crashing whenever I play DVDs. Its happening with all DVDs, anywhere from 30 sec to 5 mins into the main feature. Screen freezes and only a system reset will work.

I'm guessing that maybe the DVD decoder in screwy, but has anyone else got any suggestions?

heffa · **1st September 2008, 07:04 PM**

Bump

Any suggestions? Pleeeeeeaaaase, I'm getting kinda desperate.

KingHilary · **1st September 2008, 10:16 PM**

This is not really the reply that you are looking for, but did you image your operating system drive when the Media Centre was working well? I try to keep a couple of images back using Acronis and on the rare occasion something seems to have been lost or corrupted, I can go back to when it was working.

It also helps to jot a note down, ( I use a seperate small excercise book and try to use it whenever I make changes) whenever you are changing something, such as adding updates.

Having said that, can you update or roll back your DVD driver in device manager?

K.H.