Microsoft DVD Player

When I try to play a DVD on my computer it will come up and start to play but
it plays slower than what is on the screen. In other words I can see it
playing but when people start to talk there is a delay so their lips are
moving slower than the DVD is playing. I have tried cleaning the DVD player
and that didn't work either.

"Chaunda" <> wrote in message
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> When I try to play a DVD on my computer it will come up and start to play
> but
> it plays slower than what is on the screen. In other words I can see it
> playing but when people start to talk there is a delay so their lips are
> moving slower than the DVD is playing. I have tried cleaning the DVD
> player
> and that didn't work either.
>
The terms are audio and video sync, lip sync, audio lag etc.
The causes can be many and varied.
Your description is contradictory, either the audio is "slower"
or the video is "slower", not both.
The most common is frame drop causing the video to be out
of sync with the audio, this causes audio lag. (With frame drop
the video jumps ahead of the audio track causing the audio to
gradually increase in lagging behind the video) The usual culprit
is the graphics adapter and a driver update is usually the cure.
You can do a process of elimination by trying another media
player. VLC is the obvious option for this test:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
If the DVD plays back in VLC without problems then it probably
isn't a hardware issue.
But the causes can be many, have you meddled with WMP's configuration,
Open WMP, > Tools>Options>Performance and ensure that
Video acceleration is set to *Full*.
Do you have the same problem with other video clips such as
online streaming, and/or downloaded media clips in other formats
such as .avi or .wmv?
You could have a read about codecs and decoders:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions
You could do a search on these terms:
audio video synchronization and playback
From the tens of thousands of results you may find an answer.

If you supply more details someone here maybe able to guide you:
Has this problem only began, were you able to play DVD's without
problems previously or has this problem always been obvious?
What operating system, if Vista, have you visited the OEM's support
site to see if there are known problems with that specific models
configuration and hardware.
Is it a desktop or laptop, is the drive internal or external.
Is your computer fully updated with all service packs.
If the problem persists with other video files, and/or media players
I suggest you update the graphics drivers.
We don't know anything about your computer so we cannot guide you.