Dvd Stutter

[makaveli]

hello all

sometimes when i play a DVD it "stutters" and plays sort of half speed?

i have troubleshooted it and i am doing a system restore (incase i installed something the pc does not like)

is this likely to be hardware related as in the "inside workings"

sofware (drivers)

or physical, i.e Dirty laser/lens

 

it also took 20 mins or so to burn a (not full capacity) Audio CD

 

pc has been fine until this episode that has came about in the last 48 hrs

[TCH-Andy]

It could be either. I would boot in safe mode ( assuming you are running windows ) and see if it will run at the proper speed then, with nothing else running. If it won't then it's most likely hardware related. If it will, then it's software.