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Re: playing DVD movies on 770
Be sure to load the MPEG features disk that came with the system. I didn't do this and
could not get the sytems to work. THen I went back to start over and loaded the MPEG
drivers, and have had no problem playing movies since.
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:39:15 -0500, Lee Hetherington wrote:
>The DVD/CD-ROM for my 770 arrived yesterday. I went through all the
>installation instructions, installing the new MPEG features, DVD Region
>Code, and DVD Movie Program. However, I have been unable to get a DVD
>movie to play. Currently, I'm borrowing the DVD Demonstration Disk from
>my video store. This contains snippets from several movies.
>
>Has anyone else with a 770 had luck playing DVD movies?
>
>The only success I've had is playing snippets in so-called MPEG mode.
>The DVD movie program, SoftDVD, has two modes: MPEG mode and DVD mode.
>MPEG mode is for playing files as opposed to DVD disks. If I attempt to
>play in DVD mode I get an error message saying that it can't find the
>drive or there is no disk in the drive. However, if I go into MPEG
>mode, I can open up the DVD disk (D:) and select .VOB files, and they
>seem to play fine. Something sounds wrong.
>
>Has anyone had better luck?
>
>--Lee Hetherington
>
>
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