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Post #2 by tomlee59
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateThu, 11 Sep 2008 - 03:16
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbook-333mhz-g3-dvd.14812/
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Are you trying to watch a DVD movie, or are you trying to mount a data disc?

If you can't mount a data DVD, then perhaps you simply have a driver problem. Make sure that the CD/DVD extension is present and enabled.

If you can mount a data DVD, but cannot watch a movie, then it might be that the version of DVD Player you have expects hardware support for the MPEG2 decode. It's possible/probable that your Lombard lacks this hardware, and that the error message is complaining about that lack. As a workaround, you can try playing DVD movies with a later version of DVD Player, which performs the MPEG decode in software.

EDIT: Alas, as subsequent posts have shared, a 333MHz Lombard is too slow for satisfactory DVD playback. A special DVD decoder card is needed.

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