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DVD choppy with 770z, need DEVA?? Advice needed.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:26 am
by erin
Hi--
I recently was given a 770z (I have a newer desktop for regular use...this is mainly for typing papers when i'm at the library).
...But then I realized i could purchas a dvd drive for my thinkpad, so I went for it....I bought a dvd drive on ebay and now I realize my video card sucks (trident 3d excelerator dvd or something). I thought the 'dvd' in the discription ment it could handle dvds...guess i was very wrong!
I did some research and saw I could purchase a enhanced video display card (on ebay they go for approx $30).
machine specs: PII 366, 128 mb ram, 12 gig hd, windows 2000
Will the DEVA help my dvd playback? It's very, very choppy. Also if i order a bare DEVA IBM only offers MPEG installs to go with it. Is this sufficient.
Sorry for the long post. Thank you for any help in advance.
~erin
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:30 am
by mdbrown
Definitely get the DEVA card. I have a 770x with a 400Mhz PII and it's choppy without it. With it it plays great. My 770ed plays DVDs fine with a 266Mhz PII and DEVA card.
I bought mine on ebay for $35 shipped, best money I've spent thus far on this machine. Depending on what OS you have the software installation will run from simple to a little convoluted but well worth the effort.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:35 am
by Guest
Thanks for the quick reply! did your DEVA come with drivers? If not what will i need to install? I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I'm used to doing PC upgrades (this is my first laptop).
DVD choppy with 770z, need DEVA?? Advice needed.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:50 am
by John560e
Get DEVA P/N 12J0411 and 770z MPEG & Video Capture drivers from:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/DSHY-3PGT93.html
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:09 am
by erin
Does anyone know if I will have to use dvdexpress with the DEVA card for it to work or can I use powerdvd?
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:20 am
by mdbrown
Depends on your OS but windows media player 9 works quite well. Powerdvd will not use the DEVA card, neither will WinDVD.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:49 pm
by erin
Thanks. You've been very helpful. I will order it this week and post again once I've installed it
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:53 pm
by erin (again)
I just checked windows info on the upgrade site, it says windows media 9 only supports dvd playback in XP
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:59 pm
by mdbrown
If you are using win2k you can use dvdplayer, it's part of the OS. If you are using anything else, you will have to use dvdexpress unless someone else knows of a player that will utilize the deva card.
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:23 pm
by sickofit
With Xp,you just use the W2K Mpeg files(click continue anyway,when error pops up),and use Windows media player....
Same with W2K...
If you have 95\98\ME use the DVDExpress that was installed when new,which is so very nicely provided to us from Bill Morrow's FTP site..!!!
http://www.thinkpads.com/ftp_resource.htm It's right down on the bottom...now this way is picky in the order you install everything....I THINK it was install the newest Video Features(see IBM link below)...then the DVDExpress from Bill's site...then the DVDExpress update from the IBM site
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... SHY-3PGT93 ...then the Mpeg Features.....I THINK !!!!....never used 98,always used XP Pro....
Have fun..!!!
Greg St.L
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:23 pm
by Guest
Thanks. I am using win2k, so I guess that will work out alright.