ATI DVD player. Where can i get it?

[BoomAM]

Hi,
I was wondering where i could get hold of the ATI DVD player?.
Cos it didnt come with my 9700pro, so i was wondering if it was a download from somewhere.
How big is it exactely?

 

[VBboy]

I think you can download it from Nvidia's Web site.

 

[BoomAM]

I take it that your joking.
ATI software on the nVidia website. Whatever.
Does anyone know where i can get it then?

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
I take it that your joking.
ATI software on the nVidia website. Whatever.
Does anyone know where i can get it then?

Well, sh*t, man. Have you even tried the ATI Web site or Google?! I downloaded the ATI DVD player many times from their own site (what a shocker!)

But ok, here are the Google search results for the unable ones.

P.S. I guess now you want to whip my shiny ass in Quake

 

[BoomAM]

And the award for the cockyist person goes to.......
Ive checked the ATI website. And it come up with nothing.

I would whip you on quake, but im still waiting for my ADSL modem to arrive, so im stuck with a crappy 56k for the moment. lol

 

[calpha]

Bad News.

All the downloads in ATI's driver pack come w/o the DVD player. I don't know why they did that, but the only way to get the drivers for everything included (including their dvd player pack) is from the driver CD.

LMFAO at VBBOY.

 

[Doh!]

Why can't you download this? This looks like a dvd player from ATI. No?

Or you can download the ATI Multimedia Center for your video card. According to ATI:

ATI Multimedia Center version 8.1 includes the following features

* DVD Player
* TV Player with advanced PVR, TV-ON-DEMAND engine.
* File Player
* Video CD Player
* CD Audio Player
* Media Library
* Gemstar GUIDE Plus+ TV Listings (North America only)
* Teletext Decoder (Europe only)
* USB Remote Control
* 4 Skins (Classic, Modern, Tranquility, ZeroG)

 

[BoomAM]

According to the ATI website, i need a ATI CD with a previous version of the DVD thing on.
I have a Sapphire CD so im buggered.

 

[VBboy]

I used the ATI DVD player. It is not user-friendly at all, and I wouldn't recommend it. Instead, try WinDVD and PowerDVD.

ATI's stuff also takes over all your file associations without asking.

 

[BoomAM]

The reason that im interested in the ATI DVD Player, is because in PowerDVD XP4, i cant enable Hardware Acceleration.

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
The reason that im interested in the ATI DVD Player, is because in PowerDVD XP4, i cant enable Hardware Acceleration.

Perhaps that option is reserved for thos with a dedicated hardware decoder card, like Hollywood Magic..

 

[Workin']

Originally posted by: BoomAM
The reason that im interested in the ATI DVD Player, is because in PowerDVD XP4, i cant enable Hardware Acceleration.

Did you check for an update for PowerDVD?

They don't provide unrestricted downloads of the ATI DVD player because the player includes decryption software that is not free. ATI has to pay a royalty for every "new" copy of the decoder it distributes. By verifying that you have the ATI CD they can prove you already paid for the license and then they are not charged for it.

 

[BoomAM]

My 9700pro has built in hardware acceleration.
Without the PowerDVD patch, i could enable hardware acceleration, but i got a garbled screen in DVDs. And it detected my card as having hardware acceleration.
With the patch, i cant enable the hardware acceleration, and it wont detect my card as having hardware acceleration. But my DVDs play fine.

 

[CotswoldCS]

Let's clear something up...

1. ATI only post an UPDATE on their website. This update requires a previous version to work.

2. BoomAM doesn't have a previous version on CD. Neither do some other people seeking the ATI DVD Player.

3. There are alternatives but they either costly (PowerDVD, WinDVD) or not Suitable/ as good as the ATI DVD Player.

4. This leaves BoomAM and others (inc myself) frustrated.


I see one alternative solution....

Perhaps one kind spirited individual could upload their CD version so that BoomAM (and others) can download it and then DL & install the update


Let's play nice now. It seems to me that a lot of abuse was hurled at BoomAM for what was actually a straightforward & sensible question.

 

[VBboy]

Originally posted by: CotswoldCS
Let's clear something up...
I see one alternative solution....

Perhaps one kind spirited individual could upload their CD version so that BoomAM (and others) can download it and then DL & install the update

Perhaps that would be illegal

 

[powerMarkymark]

Originally posted by: VBboy

Originally posted by: CotswoldCS
Let's clear something up...
I see one alternative solution....

Perhaps one kind spirited individual could upload their CD version so that BoomAM (and others) can download it and then DL & install the update

Perhaps that would be illegal

"Let he without sin cast the first stone"

Give me a break people.

 

[CrowDog]

If I remember right you dont need to have a previous version of ati dvd player installed. It simply asks you for the # on your driver disc. Like someone said though, The ATI dvd software is terrible and I had trouble getting it to work. When it it did it didnt work right.....

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Originally posted by: BoomAM
The reason that im interested in the ATI DVD Player, is because in PowerDVD XP4, i cant enable Hardware Acceleration.
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Perhaps that option is reserved for thos with a dedicated hardware decoder card, like Hollywood Magic..

That sounds right to me too....

 

[Workin']

If I remember right you dont need to have a previous version of ati dvd player installed. It simply asks you for the # on your driver disc. Like someone said though, The ATI dvd software is terrible and I had trouble getting it to work. When it it did it didnt work right.....

You need the number on the CD AND the CD itself. You don't need a copy of the ATi player already installed, though.

The ATi player is fine, there's nothing wrong with it once you get past the funky look of the interface. I've never had a problem getting it to work on any of the dozens of systems I've built with ATi cards over the last 4 years.

But my DVDs play fine.

So what's the problem? A checkbox doesn't have an X in it? Whoop-dee-doo