I still have hundreds of DVD's and so have the apple USB external drive that I plug into my MacBook to play movies when I'd rather play them on MacBook over my Blu-ray player next to my TV and AppleTV. Today I was watching Troy and unfortunately during a good part the computer paused for a few seconds and I missed the scene where Hector strikes Achilles in his armor. I was playing the DVD on battery power. Was this an issue with the M2, the DVD itself (they do get scratches) or running on battery power? The M2 is an EXCELLENT chip and much faster than the Intel i5 of my previous MacBook. Thanks..
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Speed issue with M2 chip?
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Sounds like the dvd drive encountered some bad sectors on the disk and that caused the player to skip to the next playable sector. There is no speed issue with your new M2 chip.
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I've had issues with M-series laptops not delivering sufficient power for an optical drive to operate correctly (this was an Asus DVD drive, not an Apple one). The drive worked fine plugged into a powered Thunderbolt dock but not directly into the laptop. Did the issue happen just that one time? That could be indicative of a scratch, smudge, or other defect on the disc. Were you multitasking that could have caused thermal throttling?
May have been a scratch. I was not multitasking. I am not gonna break the law and burn my DVDS to a drive.if I really want a movie I will buy it on iTunes.
Did you attempt to rewind or replay that section back? If it still skips, then it’s likely due to a scratch. If it plays fine, then something else probably happened.
Also, some DVD players may pause for a brief second around halfway into long movies when it switches layers for dual-layer DVDs. Producers often try to hide them where it won’t be noticeable, such as during a transition or cut scene. I don’t think that’s what happened here though…bad placement for the layer transition and layer transitions shouldn’t skip content.
Also, some DVD players may pause for a brief second around halfway into long movies when it switches layers for dual-layer DVDs. Producers often try to hide them where it won’t be noticeable, such as during a transition or cut scene. I don’t think that’s what happened here though…bad placement for the layer transition and layer transitions shouldn’t skip content.