ATi multimedia centre question

[Wigwam]

Hi,
i read in a post about the quality of dvd playback on the MMC8.5. on the ati website it says that owners of 9500 and above cards have a free upgrade to it so i duly went ahead.
During the install though it says "dvd player not detected" [something like that] and installs cd player, sound player etc but not a dvd player.
there is also a separate ati dvd player utility so i tried to install that, which asks for the original ati install cd. Howvever for whatever reason when i use the cd provided by sapphire it says it is not a valid install cd!

I have a Sapphire radeon 9500pro and my machine does have a drvdrom drive, so:
#1 why does it say i dont have a dvd player on MMC install?
#2 why wont the dvdplayer install when i use the sapphire-provded ati cd? the cd works fine when installing off it originally and subsequently and browsing it itdoes have an ATi cd thingy on it.
#3 what are any fixes/solutions to the above? i have emailed sapphire with no responce and dont really want to have to buy a $10 cd just to be able to install this utility!

 

[Wigwam]

bump

 

[rbV5]

#2 why wont the dvdplayer install when i use the sapphire-provded ati cd?

I thought Sapphire supplied Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 with their products, I believe the 8.5 free DVD upgrade is for BBA cards not partner cards. Does your CD have MMC 8.1 on it?

 

[Wigwam]

yes it does. that installed fine, and the mmc8.5 sort-of installed okay but for the dvd problem
yes i did get powerdvd which i find okay...but heard good things about the ati player and wanted to try it