Re: Clean install of W2K & DVD drive

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 18:46:40 EST

Bill..
the EVA slides in under the battery.. look there for video i/o

William Armstrong wrote:

> Bill, et. al.,
>
> I'm still confused. Does my TP770Z have the Enhanced Video Adapter? I
> don't think it does because there are no video inputs/outputs anywhere. I
> believe I remember that the decoding of DVD material was done with software
> which must be a part of the software preload. Seeing as I have done a clean
> install of W2K this software is not to be found. W2K has a DVD player, but
> it is not a decoder. If I try to open this player I get a message saying
> that I need either a hardware or software decoder in order to use the W2K
> player.
>
> Are PowerDVD and WinDVD just payers like the W2K player or are they software
> decoders that will work with my DVD?
>
> -Bill Armstrong
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Morrow [mailto:penzance_at_gate.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 6:41 PM
> To: Steve C.
> Cc: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Re: Clean install of W2K & DVD drive
>
> A DVD player comes with w2k, but its crap..
> a 1 second pause for each 5 to 10 seconds of DVD movie play..
> this is, of course, the out of the box w2k MS DVD player..
> and with the enhanced video adapter..
>
> "Steve C." wrote:
>
> > Even if you have a DVD player and EVA you will still
> > need the software DVD player such as PowerDVD or
> > WinDVD to play it, unless it comes with W2K.
> >
> > --- Mark Bell <bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> > > Only the 770ED (95495AU) came with the Enhanced
> > > Video
> > > Adapter as standard. The 770 (95491AU, 954932U),
> > > 770X (95497BU, 95497AU, 954972U, 954971U),
> > > and 770Z (95498BU, 95498AU, 954982U, 954981U)
> > > all came WITHOUT the enhanced adapter. To
> > > complicate matters even more, early adapters
> > > only worked with the 770, and not the 770X
> > > or 770Z. I was always perplexed as to why
> > > IBM didn't include the EVA as standard issue
> > > for the X and Z models with DVD drives
> > > Comparisons aside, the Z series of machines
> > > can handle rudimentary software decoding
> > > but as always for best effects, I recommend
> > > the Margi card or EVA.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > At 04:37 PM 02/28/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Mike,
> > > >
> > > >>>Windows 2K will not do DVD unless
> > > >it is hardware accelerated, or at least that
> > > >is what a friend has told me, more
> > > >than once... so I believe it requires the
> > > >enhanced video adapter. I'm surprised that
> > > >the model you have does not include it, I have
> > > >a 9549/5AU and it came with everything in it....<<
> > > >
> > > >Well that's one of my questions. Does the 9549 8AU
> > > have the Video Adapter
> > > >or not? Unlike my TP770, for which I bought the
> > > optional Enhanced Video
> > > >Adapter, it does not have any video outputs/inputs
> > > under the battery slot.
> > > >Does that mean it does not have the adapter?
> > > >
> > > >-Bill
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: William Armstrong
> > > [mailto:warmstrong_at_waldinc.com]
> > > >> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:22 PM
> > > >> To: ThinkPad List
> > > >> Subject: Clean install of W2K & DVD drive
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> To all,
> > > >>
> > > >> I have done a clean install of W2K on a TP770Z
> > > (9549 8AU).
> > > >> Everything works
> > > >> quite well if not better than Win'98SE, except
> > > that I can no
> > > >> longer play DVD
> > > >> movies (as a side note: I just got a DVD copy of
> > > the "Everest"
> > > >> movie that I
> > > >> am keen to watch). Does anyone know why I cannot
> > > play DVD's? Following the
> > > >> conversations at the TP770 forum on the IBM
> > > website I am getting the
> > > >> impression that I need, but do not now have, the
> > > necessary
> > > >> software decoder
> > > >> that was included with the TP770Z Win'98
> > > preinstall. Does anyone know if
> > > >> this is the case? Or, does W2K just not support
> > > the DVD drive in the TP770
> > > >> unless one has the optional Enhanced Video
> > > Adaptor?
> > > >>
> > > >> Bill Armstrong
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
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