From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Sep 24 2002 - 18:25:46 EDT
Now, I have not tried a Margi card with XP, so there culd me much here I
don;t know, BUT
I sold over 100 Margi DVD cards on ebay, and assisted many people to get
them working, and tested each one before shipping.
That being said, normally when you run the Margi software, if the Margi card
is not inserted into the bottom slot, you get an error message. Of course,
the XP drivers may not work in that way....
So, try running the Margi without the card inserted. If there is an error
message, then maybe your top slot IS ZV enabled. On the other hand, if there
is no error message, that is a function of the software/XP OS, and for sure
it is not working properly in the top slot.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Jonathan Berry" <jberry_at_islandnet.com>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Margi DVD in 600E with Win XP? BIG OOPS
>
> --- Jonathan Berry <jberry_at_islandnet.com> wrote:
> > Steve C's difference in perception is more basic
> > than that.
> > He puts the Margi DVD-to-go card in the top cardbus
> > (PCMCIA, PC
> > Card) slot, plays an .mpg file from his hard disk,
> > and it
> > works, no choppiness or frame dropping. He does not
> > have a DVD
> > drive.
> >
> > James Maugham and Bruce Markowitz say that this does
> > not prove
> > that DVD decoding on the Margi card works from the
> > top slot
> > because no DVD decoding is in fact being done. The
> > 600E is
> > simply playing an .mpg file which, depending upon
> > the
> > resolution and level of compression, can be done by
> > software
> > that is already on your hard drive, and on computers
> > much
> > slower than a 600. Some mpg files can be played on
> > the screen
> > of a 701C without assistance.
> >
> > Steve C replies that he has no software which would
> > play the .mpg files.
>
> Right, I can play mpg files with Windows Media Player
> but I wasn't. I was using the Margi player, like I
> said and it outputs video on the dongle so I know it's
> working!
>
>
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