I had the Dxr2 card too and found some problems but I upgraded to the dxr3 (hollywood+ basically) and it works a treat. Havent tried it under Linux yet tho. Allan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin McCord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: Re: [Scottish] DVD - decode in software or hardware > Thanks for your comments. > > I splashed out on one of the Creative Encore cards at Priceless. > Whoops! No Linux support and even in Windows it's not plain sailing. > > The card I got was a Creative CT7160 digital inlay DVD decoder > (Luxsonor LS220 chipset). Although originally sold as part of > the Encore DXR2 package, it's sister card the 7120 (analog overlay) > is the one the people at dxr2.sourceforge.net have developed drivers > for. > > So, I installed it under Winwoes 98. I'm not using a Creative DVD-ROM, > but a Samsung, and the software complained about incompatible regions, > but with the aid of Remote Selector, the DVD is accessible. > > Now, the only problem is that there's audio output, but the video > window remains blank. Time to try out TV-out. > > Which works. My other PC has a WinTV card, so I just connect the > composite video sockets and I can finally watch my DVD. > > So, buyer (or maybe just me) beware. > > -- > gav > > _______________________________________________ > Scottish mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
