[MPlayer-users] Choppy video, abrupt stop

[jmmckee]

I haven't view many DVDs on my computer, an Asus eeepc with external USB DVD drive.  But, when I did, the results were great.  Now, however, on two professionally manufactured DVDs, the video is choppy and barely watchable.  Audio appears fine.  The playback abruptly ended.  The first DVD played very well on a DVD player feeding a television set, which has me wondering if the external DVD drive is the problem.

Below is the last part of what was displayed on the console during playback:


[ac3 @ 0x8992300]frame sync error-62.173 26985/26975 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]sequence header damaged26981 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]mb incr damaged2 26992/26982 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 32 4
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 42 7
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 18 11
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 2 15
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 35 18
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 20 24
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]concealing 900 DC, 900 AC, 900 MV errors
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 17 0/26983 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 31 5
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 32 9
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]invalid mb type in P Frame at 27 12
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 7 16
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 9 20
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]ac-tex damaged at 44 25
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]concealing 990 DC, 990 AC, 990 MV errors
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]mb incr damaged1 26994/26984 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 
[mpeg1video @ 0x8992300]concealing 135 DC, 135 AC, 135 MV errors
A:1460.2 V:1460.5 A-V: -0.234 ct:-62.240 27000/26990 33%  0%  3.5% 10 0 

Exiting... (End of file)


Neither DVD would play at all using totem.

S, is this symtomatic of a failing DVD drive?


Thanks.

John McKee