Has the PowerDVD TV out problem been resolved by the latest NVIDIA drivers?

[AnMig]

situation:

reformatting my friends old Dell Dimension 4300, It has Ge force 2 mx 400.

I reinstalled XP pro with slipstreamed SP2. I did not install any video drivers just using the XP provided drivers. I assume it has been certified.

I cant play copyrighted DVD's . Powerdvd wants me to disable TV out. I cannot figure out how to disable this.


What drivers are you guys using (old or new) to avoid this problem?

I am using Powerdvd 4.0 (I think)

Thanks

P.S. I have googled this but it is such an old problem I cant find a clear answer.

 

[Maverick2002]

I'm having the same problem on my Inspiron 8200 notebook with GF4 440Go. I fixed it once before (don't remember how, I think it was using some Dell utility), but then I reformatted and now I can't figure out how to disable tv-out on that as well. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

 

[AnMig]

Originally posted by: Maverick2002
I'm having the same problem on my Inspiron 8200 notebook with GF4 440Go. I fixed it once before (don't remember how, I think it was using some Dell utility), but then I reformatted and now I can't figure out how to disable tv-out on that as well. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

I actually also have the same laptop with the same videocard. I also reformatted last week. and The same problem with the TV out Occured. I was able to solve it thru the NVIDIA properties somewhere. Will try to get back to you on where. when I get home.

Peace

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You can thank the MPAA for that one. Older nVidia cards weren't Macrovision-compliant on their TV outputs (gF2MX, many Go-series cards) and thus from driver versions greater than 30.xx, if TV output is enabled, Macrovision-protected titles like DVDs won't play properly.

Google Link

- M4H

 

[Maverick2002]

AnMig pleaes do get back to me. I've been staring at NVIDIA's drivers (the latest official release) but couldn't find anything related to disabling the TV out.

 

[AnMig]

AnMig pleaes do get back to me. I've been staring at NVIDIA's drivers (the latest official release) but couldn't find anything related to disabling the TV out.

Sure.



I guess we are stuck using the old drivers for these old NVIDIA cards.