Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 23:16:38 +0100 From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi failing to play video
Matthew. One more question: what is your version of the mdvdwdm.sys (the margi driver itself)? I tried a w2k without sp4 and it crashed after 1 1/2 hour... Avi. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 19 October, 2007 7:01 > To: Libretto > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi failing to play video > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:01:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Matthew Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi failing to play video > > > --- Avi Cohen Stuart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > is this a W2K vanilla or one upgraded with Service Packs? > > It could be very well that this bug was introduced in a > later version. > > I slipstreamed SP4 into a copy opf W2K SP3 a while back, and > have been using that to set up W2k on the L110 as a fresh > installation. > > > Care to share with me the version of: > > stream.sys: 5.0.2195.5200 > > and ks.sys: 5.0.2189.1 > > > Are you playing DVD's using a ISO image or ripped MPEG2 files? > > I'm using DVDShrink to shrink DVDs to ISO files that DAEMON > Tools mounts as a drive. Margi pops up right after mounting the image. > > I do have a lot of MPEG2 vidoes captured with a Hauppage card > from the TV cable Haven't tested them recently. > > Hope that helps. I'll try to answer whatever you can toss > me, and I can understand. > > Matt > > Libretto list info: > List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com > To unsubscribe: > http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, 18 October, 2007 5:20 > > > To: Libretto > > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi failing to play video > > > > > > Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:17:54 +0000 > > > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi failing to play video > > > > > > >I'll leave my system playing video over the weekend and > will report > > > >back on what the BSODs say. > > > > > > Well Avi... I've got good news and bad news. The good > news (for me) > > > is that after 3 days of playing 3 ~2 hour DVD images in W2K, I > > > didn't get a single BSOD. The bad news (for you) is I > didn't come > > > up with any data that might help diagnose your setup. I did > > > experience a couple of problems, but I wasn't able to > determine the > > > causes. > > > > > > Day 1: Played a 2 episode DVD. Each episode ~2 hours. > 1st episode > > > played through and returned to the title menu unattended. The 2nd > > > episode was playing for more than an hour, but at some > point before > > > I checked in the next couple of hours, the system had > rebooted for > > > some reason. But that's happened from time to time with the L110 > > > just playing MP3s in W2K through my Echo Indigo. Maybe heat. It > > > just shut down today because of heat. > > > > > > Day 2: Played the same DVD. 1/2 way through the 1st episode 1st > > > episode I pulled the power cord and brought the L110 with me on a > > > drive. That episode ended on the drive, and I started > episode 2. > > > Somewhere along the way the system shut down when the battery got > > > low. > > > > > > Day 3: Everything went flawlessly. I played 2 different ~2 hour > > > DVD images, one of them twice making about 6 hours of flawless > > > playback. They were concert videos, and I actually > paused playback > > > several times. > > > > > > Now I didn't do any fast forwarding/reversing, navigating chapter > > > and extra menus. It seems that's where I've run into playback > > > problems in the past. > > > But the only BSOD I've seen since you told me to set the screen > > > resolution to 16 bit was when after doing that, I reinstalled and > > > ran Margi. I've uninstalled and reinstalled it several > more times > > > since then, and everything has been working darned well. > > > > > > I was having a problem with my mouse, which was why I tried > > > uninstalling Margi. But I'm sure the mouse problem was > unrelated. > > > My case is broken at the right hinge, and I think the > ribbon cable > > > is the source of the mouse problem, as I wiggled things and the > > > problem went away. I'm also pretty sure that the colored > vertical > > > lines on the edge of the screen that Librettos are famous for are > > > due to faulty connections through that ribbon cable. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > Libretto list info: > > > List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around http://mail.yahoo.com > >
