[Treker]

Hey Guys,

I'm at my Bros and just installed a samsung SD-608 dvd-rom in his computer the drivers installed automaticaly and I put in a dvd to watch the player installed then when I went to play it said it didnt detect a dvd decoder..

There was no other noticable hardware in the computer where I got the dvd from, so I'm assuming I need a certain software program to make this work?

Any help would be appreciated I'm treading on new ground.

-Trek

[SpeeDj]

First things first, double check the following;

: Be sure the video card in the computer can support DVD Decoding, my Voodoo Banshee will not, but newer chipsets will.

: You need to make sure you installed DVD Software, such as PowerDVD or the like, zoran made something called softdvd. Never heard much about it tho.

: Make sure you enable DMA on the DVD Drive in your Device manager in windows.

: If the Video card does not support DVD Encoding you are either going to need a Decoder board *Hollywood video I believe makes them* or a new vid card, something like a GF2 MX Series will suffice.

If you need anymore help let me know I will do what I can.

J

[Shadow ÒÓ]

LOL....can't find decoder device because you didn't install on.

Makes sense to me!

[Treker]

I have a SIS 6236 AGP Rev HO grafix card in this box with 4mb of ram on it.. whooo.. heh..

Anyways I've tryed changing the drivers a few times, messed around with powerstrip and got alot better performance out of it, but still no luck with the dvd's..

Exactly how would I install a dvd decoder, is it hardware or software???

Like I said I'm treading on new ground here.

the dvd player is a samsung sd-608 if that helps, thanks.

-Trek

[SpeeDj]

If the video card does not support it, chances are you are out of luck with getting it to dvd decode. You at that juncture have two choices, you can purchase a dvd decoder board, I found one for 40$ here;
http://www.nexthardwareshop.com/sigdesdvddec.html
Or you can order a newer video card either a PCI, or AGP depending on what his motherboard will support you can get a GeForce 2 MX Series all for under 50$ Considering that will get you hardware dvd support that is not a bad deal, and some of those will even come with video out. I would honestly recommend going the vid card route, it's a win win situation he get's way better gaming capabilities and he get's dvd support.

Just my two cents.

J

[Treker]

Thanks, I think I'll give him my Voodoo 3 3000 PCI card, I'm getting a Radeon 8500 oem (will try to make it retail speed), my Brother gave me a cd burner and new hard drive !!! ( well ok it was all from a computer we got with a dead mother board - he kept the dvd player )

My Voodoo 3 shouldnt have any problems with dvd decoding, but do correct me if I'm wong

Thanks for all the help and merry x-mas all, I'm on my sisters computer she has a compaq FS740.. it has a p4 .. not bad, not bad at all really.

I'll be home in an hour or so, I worked all day so my Bro and I could take the weekend of ( we made up the work today )

Take care,

-Trek

[lonewolf1983]

just get some decoding software,IE PowerDVD, winDVD
your pc should be able to run it easily if its over about a Celly 333

[CrystalMethod]

Originally posted by Treker
Thanks, I think I'll give him my Voodoo 3 3000 PCI card, I'm getting a Radeon 8500 oem (will try to make it retail speed), my Brother gave me a cd burner and new hard drive !!! ( well ok it was all from a computer we got with a dead mother board - he kept the dvd player )

My Voodoo 3 shouldnt have any problems with dvd decoding, but do correct me if I'm wong

Thanks for all the help and merry x-mas all, I'm on my sisters computer she has a compaq FS740.. it has a p4 .. not bad, not bad at all really.

I'll be home in an hour or so, I worked all day so my Bro and I could take the weekend of ( we made up the work today )

Take care,

-Trek

The Voodoo3 3000 supports software DVD decoding, unfortunately my Voodoo3 2000 does not. I have to use my decoder card in my second system if if I want to use it to watch DVD's.