770 with dvd and Advanced DVD playback module installed

[Guest]

Hey everyone, I just acquired a 770, 288 megs of ram, fresh install of win2k, it has a dvd drive, and it also has the *rare* advanced DVD playback module, I have the drivers installed.. now heres what I'm wondering..what should I use for "player" software, I tried windvd plat. didn't work out to well..What is everyone using on win2k for DVD? Also can someone tell me a bit more about this playback card, would I preclude the use of it if I bought a PCMCIA decoder card?

Thanks, Josh

[ndoggfromhell]

I know there is a specific way you have to install that DVD decoder drivers (user JHEM i think knows it) then you can use Windows Media Player to watch movies. I use PowerDvd on my pII 400 and it's fine. My PII 300 with DVA (Mpeg decoder card) gets jumpy with PowerDvd, but plays fine with Windows Media Player.

I think the original DVD Player that came with the 770 series was DVD Express.

[sickofit]

Once you install the mpeg feature drivers for 2000 from the ibm site,you can just use windows media player to watch DVD's.....It will actually put a DVD Player link in the Start>Entertainment folder,that just opens WMP to play it....

Same goes for XP.....just use the 2000 drivers,works fine...

Later....

Greg St.L