Re: LG GCC4480B in Rev 2 B/W

[John]

Len wrote:
On Sep 12, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Nicole wrote:
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get Apple DVD
player to work.  I tried the original install from OS
9, it couldn't locate the DVD hardware.  I then tried
moving to DVD Player 2.7 and using the Patch available
at thinkdifferent and OS9heaven. DVD player now says
that it doesn't have the correct software to launch.
Do you have DVD decoding hardware? IIRC, only B&W that came stock with a 
DVD had a decoder. If not, you will need to buy hardware to decode DVDs. 
The most widely used one nowadays is a Radeon Video card. Then the 
hacked video player will work.
Yes, under OS 9 you do need a hardware decoder, be it the Rage card 
add-on decoder board, or a card that has the built in decoder. Under OS 
X (Jag or Panther), then it's no longer required, as DVD Player has 
software decoding built in. I have a Rev A B&W 400 which now has an 
Apple OEM DVD drive running with Panther, and it plays DVD's fine with 
DVD Player. Since it was equipped with the CD drive originally, it does 
not have the decoder on it's original Rage card.

John

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