Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:32:21 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Avi Cohen Stuart wrote:
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:47:02 +0100
From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
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I use XP with a dvd iso copied to HD and that also works with the WDM
driver.
I've read your post on this subject a few days back.
What strikes me is that you copy DVDs to your HD, as cardbus (=32 bit)
DVD players are supposedly faster than the Lib100/110's internal hard
disks which are on an ISA bus (= 16bit & no DMA). And on top of that
there's a software layer simulating iso image access which adds
overhead, too (though a similar HW or SW layer is present in the DVD
player stuff).
Have you properly enabled 32-bit on the pcmcia ports? Does XP use proper
drivers for them?
I read somewhere that the Lib100/110 cardbus ports use polling rather
than IRQ for a number of things. That might explain some of the slowness
you've encountered when playing DVDs.
Philip
