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New MessageDVD working (modified 0 times) spdracer5g
Last night I managed to get my pci slot working along with the ISA, and the card I just happened to be using to test with was a creative labs dxr2 dvd decoder card, well it was detetected, I wasnt even thinking about using it until it worked so for fun I shutdown and plugged in my creative dvd drive instead of the cd-rom I had been using and 10 minutes later was watching "three Kings". It is ugly, I guess you could route the ide, and power cables out the back of the box but that bare drive just doesnt cut it in the stereo cabinet.
05-03-2000 12:51:41

New MessageRE:DVD working (modified 0 times) MeatHook
How is the quality of the picture??
05-03-2000 13:21:04

New MessageRE:DVD working (modified 0 times) IZen
Yes, please let us know what the output looked like with DVD.

I was thinking of building a 1.5" high enclosure to sit directly under the WSP to house a DVD-ROM and 3.5" HD. this will get my HD out of that crouded case and let me remove the fan I added behind the PS. I'll populate the onboard IDE to free a slot for a decoder while retaining my NIC.

I don't have a DVD-ROM or decoder yet, or I'd just plug it together and check myself.

Thanx

05-03-2000 14:27:40

New MessageRE:DVD working (modified 0 times) spdracer5g
actually it looked good in a monitor, but for the tv I was using the composite (rca) out on the decoder card and it looked great, but for audio out I recomend using the WSP audio out the decoder card audio sounds really bad (too much hum).
05-03-2000 16:08:39

New MessageRE:DVD working (modified 0 times) digi
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spdracer5g:
what kind of ide controller were you using while watching the dvd. I have a dxr3 decoder I put in the websurfer along with a very old ide controller. The dvd played, but it was fairly choppy. I don't think its my RAM, because I have 80MB(and the card requires 16). I thought at first it may have been the cpu, so I overclocked it to 233(although creative says it only needs a p133). I didn't see any dvd performance difference though once I overclocked. Thats why I'm thinking perhaps its my ide controller.
05-12-2000 14:11:56

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