OK folks - thanks for suggestions. I'll try try some more and if I fail fail, I'll at least fail better. Jessica
On Aug 18, 6:37 pm, Jeff Hubatka <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 18, 10:05 am, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Jess wrote: > > > The Lombard had an optional on board MPEG-2 (DVD) decoder. I don't know > > off hand how to check for that. If you don't have it the only way to watch > > a DVD is with a software decoder and the Lombard is way to slow to support > > that. I don't know about the hardware decoder being supported in OS X. I > > know some are and some aren't but I don't know whether the Lombard's is or > > not. > > The 400mhz Lombard came from Apple with the DVD decoder on the logic > board - it's on the bottom side, approximately under the PC Card slot. > The 333mhz required a PC Card to play DVD content. Neither will work > in OS X. > To the OP, try booting into OS9 and see if your DVD will play. That > would help to determine if it's a drive or not. I think if you see the > contents and VLC recognizes that it's video then it's probably not the > drive. > > --- > JeffH -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
