XP Pro and DVD?

[Horsepower]

Just installed XP Pro on a Dell XPST550 with a stock Nvidia Riva TNT2 and a Cinemaster C 3.0 decoder. The hardware was natively recognized, but a DVD movie won't show video in Media Player. MP plays streaming content fine. I tried to install the software that came with the system, and it won't install. I downloaded a player from Ravisent and I get the movie to play, but no controls. I tried changing resolution and refresh. Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[Ausm]

I would suggest using WinDVD or Power DVD much better apps IMHO

Ausm

 

[Horsepower]

Would that mean to remove the decoder card and let the software do the decoding, or would one of those apps compliment the card? Thanx.

 

[imgod2u]

Mediaplayer, PowerDVD and the likes are all software mpeg2 decoders. I'm not aware that any of them are able to take advantage of a hardware mpeg 2 decoder card. If you do have the decoder card, I'd suggest using the decoder card's software. If that doesn't work, just remove the decoder card, sell it, and get yerself a faster processor and do software mpeg 2 decoding. You don't need anything more than a P2 300 MHz.

 

[inqztive]

try insstalling the proper driver for the decoder card for XP. you can download it from the manufacturer website. You can try wondows updae also.

 

[inqztive]

Or removing the decoder card altogether and using power/ win dvd is another solution.

 

[Wolfsraider]

<< but a DVD movie won't show video in Media Player. >>



did you enable dvd playback in the options for media player?

 

[Horsepower]

The only 2 options I found were use hardware or software decoding and I tried them both. The titles are there, and the counter advances, sound plays, but no video.

 

[John]

The TNT2 and a 550MHz PIII are plenty for quality DVD playback using a software decoder.