Older DVD drives and software were finicky with certain DVDs - the Matrix was notorious for causing problems. Newer drives and software such as your Pismo fixed the problem.
Vers…
"Dammit",
I think what ATi means is that it can use 8 megabytes of system RAM for graphics. That happens a lot in the low-quality eMachines (gulp) computers. I would hope the Powe…
The player is aparently not using the Chip's mpeg2 decoding facility, as Apple advertise it as "Software DVD player". Maybe at a later date...
Maybe ATI should start to develop an…
It would certainly be VERY cool if someone could get the ATI Mobility 128's DVD decoding to work.
Hardware decoding enables you go watch a DVD in the background or in a little win…
Actually, from what I understand, Apple does use some of the chip's hardware. Just from looking at it on my Pismo, I would venture to say it does hardware scaling (because when you…
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Originally posted by tooki:
I agree that ATI should write a DVD player for the Mac, seeing as how Apple refuses to make the effort...
And herein lies the one…
from the ATI RAGE 128 FAQ:
Q13: Do the new RAGE 128 based Macintosh boards support DVD/Mpeg-2 acceleration?
A13: While the RAGE 128 chip can "power" software DVD playback, for it…
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Originally posted by pseudosnow:
<STRONG>Hi, just got my Tibook 800. Now I am going to sell my old Tibook 400 (rev A). Before I do that I want to make sure …
There is Windows software that does this...
if you have Virtual PC, search the net for StreamBox VCR and Ra2Wav.
The first one captures real audio / video and streaming mp3's to …
A solution that worked for me....
I had a couple of RealAudio files of my kids that I wanted to save from eVoice.com's voicemail service.
After reading through different response…