PC-DVD Decoder Card Problems

[S.D.Willie]

which decoder card is it?? the dxr2????
you might be able to use a different dvd player. you can try eugenes player. you can get it here.
http://members.tripod.de/totenmond666/DVD.htm

has alot of options. i have a dxr3 but im using hollywood plus drivers. what speed is your cpu?? if you have like a 233 this can hamper your dvd playback as well. id select DMA in device manager for your dvdrom.
you need to connect the audio "line in"(in most cases) from the decoder card to your soundcard to get sound also. hope this helps a bit...

SD

[Ritalin Kid]

OK guys here's my problem.. I recently got a Creative Encore DVD Decoder card that came from an older Creative DVD Encore Package.. I decided to use teh decoder card with my 12x AOpen DVD and GeForce MX setup.. well the first problem is my monitor seems kinda blurry now since I have the video looped back through the decoder card, second the software DVD player that is for the decoder card has very few options to adjust the video for the movie so the playback is terrible... last the wires are correct yet the sound for the movie is not working at all.. if anyone knows anything about these decoder card or maybe it's just to old for todays DVD players please let me know..

[darrell]

well if i were you i would just unhook the loop cable and not even run the decoder to the monitor. Since you have a GF card and if you have a decent CPU, you dont even need it. You can leave the card in there and use it to run the DVD to your TV, but that is all i would use it for. Like i said, unless you have a really old CPU then you shoudnt need it.

As for the Eugene DVD player mentioned, I dont think it will work with that decoder card. It was made to be used only with the Hollywood+ card.

And a good software DVD player is PowerDVD. It has a lot of options and is just a nice player. Hope this helps

EDIT- As for the sound, there should either be an connector on the inside of the card to run the audio to the sound card, or a stereo jack to run it from audio out on the decoder to the line-in on your sound card.

darrell


[This message has been edited by darrell (edited 05-14-2001).]