B+W DVD Playing

[David Pekarsky]

Can I take it that a B+W normally did not come with the hardware built 
in to play a DVD on it?  DVD player was not installed on mine (G3 350 
oc --> 400  X.2.8) so I downloaded an older version of it, that being 
3.1.1 which launches and quits.  I then tried version 4, thinking it 
was panther only, and my suspicions were confirmed in that a it is 
panther only.  I guess I would need version 3.2, but I do not even know 
if the B+W's standard video card (ATI Rage 128 w/ 16mb) can handle the 
DVD playback.

My B+W originally had regular cd-rom drive, however in souping it up, 
it now has a DVD +/- RW drive (sony DRU-510A) using the hacked drivers 
found on xlr8yourmac and it has worked fine including finder burn, disc 
burn, and it is bootable.

It appears that only B+Ws that shipped with a DVD drive came with DVD 
decoding hardware, and mine would not be one of thoseso are there any 
other recommendations?  I know that software decoders exist but with 
only a 400mhz G3, they might not be very viable, I do however, have 
1gig of memory thrown in the beast as well as a nice 120gig ATA, and a 
10k SCSI that I use sometimes, so it kind of stinks that it might not 
work without this.
Thanks for any info,
Dave

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