hi gents well i went and bought a Pioneer 106D, installed and operated no problem. burnt the first disc using a Princo DVD-RW and on playback the silence was deafening. I used DVD Shrink 3.1 and burn't the disc using X-oom Movie Clone. (i'm waiting on Nero6 to arrive) Th crux of the matter is the problem still remains. I had a look in my device manager to find out what kind of sound card (controller) i have as it is in built to the motherboard. the device manager says it is a Intel(r)82801 BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller. delving in a bit it says that the device is working properly, which i concur with as it makes the correct sounds when used in all other modes (games, alerts, music playback (mp3, wma etc)) once again i call on your wealth on knowledge to try and resolve this issue.
further to my last post my system specification is Pentium IV 1.8GHz, 576 MB Ram, HDD (18.6GB x 2 and 111GB x 1), NVidia GeForce4 MX 440, Pioneer 106D DVD-r and Mitsumi CR4804 TE CDR, OS - XP Professional. The sound will play back if i go into the burnt disc via Windows explorer, selecting one VOB at a time
