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Re: DVD video problems, PC-DVD 5x, CT7160, Voodoo 3 3000

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From: Susan Hartson (Creative Labs)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 00:00
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Install the decoder card into a different PCI slot and make certain it is
not sharing an IRQ with another device.  If you have an AGP video card, do
not install the decoder card into PCI slot 1.

In addition, change the memory range for the decoder card in the Device
Manager to D1000000-D10FFFFF

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Susan Hartson
Creative Labs Technical Support
Tech Support: 405-742-6655
http://www.creative.com/

Hausman <Haus@pitnet.net> wrote in message
news:UbNV3.1101$Oj5.359045@homer.alpha.net...
> Hello,
>
> Didn't know where to post this, sorry.  Anyway, I installed the software
off
> the CD, and tried to play the .VOB file on the CD with the "Creative
> PlayCenter".  It worked, but was very shaky and paused every few seconds.
> And I have a decent system (p2-400, 128mb, ...)
>
> So I downloaded the newest drivers off of creative's site, and now the
video
> is just junk.  I always get audio though.  Where do I go from here?
>
> Also, the one DVD game I have (Acess' Tex Murphy: Overseer) runs, but
> whenever it tries to play a video I get a message saying it can't activate
> the MPEG2 driver... no matter which one I select (and I have no idea what
> would be the proper driver).
>
> Thanks alot,
> Dan
>
>
>
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From: "Susan Hartson (Creative Labs)" <shartson@clok.creaf.com>
Subject: Re: DVD video problems, PC-DVD 5x, CT7160, Voodoo 3 3000
Date: 1999/11/23
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