More DVD software problems
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Christian Graus wrote:
as does Windows Media Player
Media Player won't play DVDs until you have a decoder installed. I'm willing to bet that's the issue.
Jeremy Falcon
Perhaps, but it crashes in the exact same way, I thought media player reported inteligently that it needed a codec ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I believe it does, but the drivers that came with the card are useless, I'm using drivers from nVidia, perhaps that's why the decoding isn't working ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
perhaps that's why the decoding isn't working ?
It very well could be, what kinda video card are you using out of curiosity?
Jeremy Falcon
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I believe it does, but the drivers that came with the card are useless, I'm using drivers from nVidia, perhaps that's why the decoding isn't working ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
And, and if you do have to go software based, it's not the end of the world. On modern systems, you'll be just fine. It'll be a bit more sluggish but there have been worse problems in life. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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Make sure it's installed. My nVidia card has hardware MPEG support, but the downloadable player on their site doesn't install a driver for it. Just make sure it's there, or see if a software based player doesn't crash at least.
Jeremy Falcon
Yeah, I guess it's not installed, I sure can't see it anywhere in the start menu or add/remove programs. But I thought I downloaded another player that used software and it didn't work either.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Perhaps, but it crashes in the exact same way, I thought media player reported inteligently that it needed a codec ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I thought media player reported inteligently that it needed a codec ?
It should, but sometimes things don't always work out like that. :-D
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, I guess it's not installed, I sure can't see it anywhere in the start menu or add/remove programs. But I thought I downloaded another player that used software and it didn't work either.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
But I thought I downloaded another player that used software and it didn't work either.
Well, if you follow Jörgen's link for PowerDVD, I know that one is software based. Whether or not you buy it is up to you, but at least during the trial period you can see if it'll play your DVDs. If so, that has to be the issue. If not, then you're SOL. :-D
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, I guess it's not installed, I sure can't see it anywhere in the start menu or add/remove programs. But I thought I downloaded another player that used software and it didn't work either.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
BTW, what video card are you using, is it an nVidia? If so, they have special software to allow you to play DVDs in media player, with hardware MPEG support. It should install needed drivers as well for your card.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I recommend PowerDVD
It's software based and slow. If he can get the hardware decoding working, that's the better option.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
or VLC
Sorry, but that has one of the crappiest interfaces known to man. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
It's software based and slow. If he can get the hardware decoding working, that's the better option.
Slow? I haven't noticed anything like that. Sure, it might take a few cycles extra to decode the video stream, but hey, it's not 1998 anymore. Any modern computer handles DVD video streams with ease.
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Sorry, but that has one of the crappiest interfaces known to man.
So be it, but it works! :)
-- Not a substitute for human interaction
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
It's software based and slow. If he can get the hardware decoding working, that's the better option.
Slow? I haven't noticed anything like that. Sure, it might take a few cycles extra to decode the video stream, but hey, it's not 1998 anymore. Any modern computer handles DVD video streams with ease.
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Sorry, but that has one of the crappiest interfaces known to man.
So be it, but it works! :)
-- Not a substitute for human interaction
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
Sure, it might take a few cycles extra to decode the video stream, but hey, it's not 1998 anymore.
Yeah, people keep on telling me that. But, then again, I still program in C. :laugh::laugh:
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
So be it, but it works!
So, does a flame thrower, but I'm not gonna use it to light a cigar. ;P
Jeremy Falcon
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Christian Graus wrote:
I thought media player reported inteligently that it needed a codec ?
It should, but sometimes things don't always work out like that. :-D
Jeremy Falcon
The download Jorgen gave me worked, so I guess that program installs a software decoder and I need to make the hardware decoder work. Media Player no longer crashes, it gives me a message that it can't play DVDs and I should change my screen resolution.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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BTW, what video card are you using, is it an nVidia? If so, they have special software to allow you to play DVDs in media player, with hardware MPEG support. It should install needed drivers as well for your card.
Jeremy Falcon
It's an nVidia, I downloaded and installed drivers from their site. Maybe they have seperate DVD drivers ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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The download Jorgen gave me worked, so I guess that program installs a software decoder and I need to make the hardware decoder work. Media Player no longer crashes, it gives me a message that it can't play DVDs and I should change my screen resolution.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
so I guess that program installs a software decoder and I need to make the hardware decoder work.
Well, if it's using a software decoder, it's not interfacing with the hardware one on the video card at all. But, like he just said, on a modern system, you probably won't notice too much of a performance hit going software based.
Christian Graus wrote:
Media Player no longer crashes, it gives me a message that it can't play DVDs
Becuase you don't have drivers for a hardware decoder installed. MP isn't software based. Either way, glad you have something working at least.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
Sure, it might take a few cycles extra to decode the video stream, but hey, it's not 1998 anymore.
Yeah, people keep on telling me that. But, then again, I still program in C. :laugh::laugh:
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
So be it, but it works!
So, does a flame thrower, but I'm not gonna use it to light a cigar. ;P
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
So, does a flame thrower, but I'm not gonna use it to light a cigar.
Why not? It works really, really, really well :rolleyes:
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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It's an nVidia, I downloaded and installed drivers from their site. Maybe they have seperate DVD drivers ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
Maybe they have seperate DVD drivers ?
They do, and it annoys the hell out of me. :laugh: If you don't want to fork over $30, then you'll need to find their player/media player plug-in on the CD for your video card. It's completely seperate from the normal display drivers (at least that's the way it is with my card). Otherwise, you'll have to pay for it from their website. Once they are installed, everything works great. I think they should make it a bit easier to use the features of the video card though.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
So, does a flame thrower, but I'm not gonna use it to light a cigar.
Why not? It works really, really, really well :rolleyes:
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
Ryan Binns wrote:
Why not? It works really, really, really well
:rolleyes:
Jeremy Falcon
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Christian Graus wrote:
perhaps that's why the decoding isn't working ?
It very well could be, what kinda video card are you using out of curiosity?
Jeremy Falcon
I have two x ASUS 6600 cards and an ASUS 5200 PCI ( which needs to be replaced with something that will play with the two 6600s )
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Christian Graus wrote:
so I guess that program installs a software decoder and I need to make the hardware decoder work.
Well, if it's using a software decoder, it's not interfacing with the hardware one on the video card at all. But, like he just said, on a modern system, you probably won't notice too much of a performance hit going software based.
Christian Graus wrote:
Media Player no longer crashes, it gives me a message that it can't play DVDs
Becuase you don't have drivers for a hardware decoder installed. MP isn't software based. Either way, glad you have something working at least.
Jeremy Falcon
Yeah, I have a 250 gig HDD so I figured I'd fill all that empty space with music DVDs. I have three monitors, so I can play them on the one on the floor and listen to them while I work.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I have two x ASUS 6600 cards and an ASUS 5200 PCI ( which needs to be replaced with something that will play with the two 6600s )
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I have two x ASUS 6600 cards and an ASUS 5200 PCI
Ahh. I get it now (I hope). Well, the stuff I was talking about was on the CD the came with a straight-up nVidia card. I don't know about OEM CDs just using the nVidia chipsets. If you can't find anything on the CD, it's always worth trying to use that MP plug-in from nVidia (there's a free trial). If you're gonna pay to play, may as well at least if you can get hardware based decoding going first.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have two x ASUS 6600 cards and an ASUS 5200 PCI ( which needs to be replaced with something that will play with the two 6600s )
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Here's a link btw... http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html[^]
Jeremy Falcon
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Yeah, I have a 250 gig HDD so I figured I'd fill all that empty space with music DVDs. I have three monitors, so I can play them on the one on the floor and listen to them while I work.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I have three monitors, so I can play them on the one on the floor and listen to them while I work.
That and fresh veggies too. You're spoiled man. :-D
Jeremy Falcon