--- Philip Stortz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry Blodgett wrote: > > > > I recently purchased a G3-233 desktop put a pci firewire/usb card > in > > it. Partitioned the drive for 3 gig of MacOSX and 1 gig for > MacOS9. > > Put a Sony 16x DVD into a USB external box and plugged it into my > G3. > > The apple DVD Player tells me it won't work on this machine. I > can't > > get a DVD to play on X or 9. I have very little experience with > > DVD's. > > > > Does anyone know of a DVD Player that will work on this system? > > not off hand other than the panasonic, but i think there is a hack to > make other drives work, try a web search, or hopefully someone here > remembers where it is. > > > Do I need to put my DVD on the ide bus? > > possibly, but firewire should be ok. > > > Is the USB the problem? >
As far as I know you need to have a DVD decoder capability in your machine (either hardware or software, eg. the G4/AGP that I have has a software DVD decoder). See this link: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=59000 Wired Inc makes an excellent DVD PCI decoder card, Wired4DVD. HTH paris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
