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nycdunz · Dec 8, 2003, 02:16 AM

im having problems when watching dvd movies on my albook 17 inch, im using panther 10.3.1, and when i play movies, i notice it has lots of weird vertical lines and dots, anyone else experience this problem? im not sure if its my superdrive, a codec problem, or panther, someone please help me... sigh, i didnt remember having these problems before in jaguar...

NYCFarmboy · Dec 8, 2003, 07:42 AM

Did your 17" come with Panther, or with Jaguar? (and it presumeably worked fine (the DVD player) in Jaguar?

nycdunz · Dec 8, 2003, 11:38 AM

mine came with jaguar, but i installed panther, sigh, anyone know whats wrong?

RayX · Dec 9, 2003, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by nycdunz:
mine came with jaguar, but i installed panther, sigh, anyone know whats wrong?

Can you post some screenshots?

nycdunz · Dec 9, 2003, 07:26 PM

here' i took this screenshot with my digicam, cuz i cant do snapshots of the dvd player under os x while a movie is playing..

http://www.spymac.com/gallery/showph...amp;thecat=500

i really dont know why its doing this, nothing is wrong with my superdive, i can burn, and do everything fine, i tried watching the dvd under VLC and it came out fine, but only this happens when using the default dvd player in panther... please help

RayX · Dec 11, 2003, 12:19 AM

Was your Panther install an upgrade or clean install?

Have you tried trashing the DVD Player preference file?

Does the same problem occur when you logon as a different user?

nycdunz · Dec 14, 2003, 06:28 PM

rayx, clean panther install, yes i tried trashing the dvd prefs and makin a new user and the problem still exists, but when i watch my dvd movies using VLC its nice n clear, what gives? sigh, i dont remember this ever happning in jaguar... it cant be something wrong with my superdrive, cause VLC plays em fine... sigh, i dont know why i get those strange lines and dots using the apple dvd player

NYCFarmboy · Dec 14, 2003, 07:51 PM

My DVD player seems to be working fine...but..

I have a small problem, the laptop thinks its out of power and announces I need to shut it down when in fact the battery is full. However, I just keep doing what I'm doing and it never shuts down.

I just got a 17" Powerbook last week..1.33 ghz...came with 10.2.7 Jaguar..I ordered the Panther upgrade from Apple..

installed Panther..not as a clean install..just as an upgrade..

and my dvd player does play DVD's just fine (Just watched ALIEN on a flight today...the 17" is ok in a exit row seat but would be unusable elsewhere in my opinion..for flying in coach anyhow).

DVD Plaza · Dec 14, 2003, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by nycdunz:
here' i took this screenshot with my digicam, cuz i cant do snapshots of the dvd player under os x while a movie is playing..

The screencapture command at the cli works fine whilst a DVD is playing

Originally posted by nycdunz:
i really dont know why its doing this

That effect looks like the Matrix breaking through...

urrl78 · Dec 14, 2003, 09:11 PM

I would go back to Jag just to make sure it is a software problem. Then I would do a clean reinstall of Panther and no other software untill checking the DVD PLAYER. I would use every possible way before sending it in for repair. Strange things happen to some Powerbooks when sent in for repair. Not every repair story is a good one. BE WARNED.

dgbatchelor · Dec 14, 2003, 09:52 PM

Another thing to check before sending off to Apple Repair is whether or not the problem occurs with all screen sizes... Has the problem occurred with some of the other screen sizes? What are your player options set up to use?