Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:09:57 +0100 From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Philip, I'll check the 32 bit properties. Any hints where I should look? As far as I can see on XP the PCMCIA takes irq 11. I also have these problems with DVD playback even I use a USB 2.0 and a HD or a DVD drive. Any tips on the settings? Avi. > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Nienhuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 19 December, 2006 22:35 > To: Libretto > Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > 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! > > <snip> > > > > 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 > >
