Re: [Mjpeg-users] jerky leaps on hardwareplayer

[Ray C. <ray...@ea...>]

I realize this is a strange question...but if you eject the disk when it starts skipping, and let it cool for maybe 5 minutes, then insert the disk again and fast-forward to that part of the movie does it continue to skip at the exact same place, or does it play fine for a while again and then start skipping?  The reason I ask is I have seen DVD media 'warp' a little after it has been in the player, specifically after I've applied a paper label to the disk.  Evidentally paper labels make it such that the DVD can't dissipate heat quite as efficiently and can cause the disk to warp.  I have a number of DVD disks that have a paper label on them and in one of my DVD players the heat build up causes it to warp just a bit.  In fact, if I put the hot DVD upside down on a flat surface I can see that it has cupped...and can push down on the center.  That is why now days I use the mini-CD labels to label my DVD's.  They cover only about half the radius of the full DVD-sized labels so i
t allows heat to dissipate quickly.  And they're cheap...5 to a standard page :-)

It probably isn't your problem, but I thought I'd mention it just in case...

-- Ray