RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:16:31 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html This is my 3rd attempt to post this message. I sent 2 from my hotmail on two consecutive days. Though later posts came through from poeple, my two never made it back to me or to the archives. I wish we could coax Dan to axe the old server software and get something new installed that is stable for once. One of you volunteered to set up up, well, if you're still on the list. I'd really like to get a petition going to see how many people are tired of Dan's server software choking on SPAM all the time, requiring him to manually go in and clean ot out. Inevitably posts end up lost in the process. Anyway... let's see if this makes it to the list from this Yahoo account: -- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:59:53 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael... I found 2 options about disabling power saving in DVD-To-Go's settings that were set 'on' by default. I diisabled those two opitions (not sure the difference between them), and was able to configure my own custom ettings for when the system in powered by batteries. Seems to work fine so far. I set the LCD brightness to the lowest setting, CPU speed to the 1/4 point which seems to have the most affect when playing video. Tried these two settings Disable Energy save mode and Disable low power mode but it appears to make no difference under my W98SE system, only audio playback when Power Save Mode is set to Full Power Mode only... That's really odd. We both have similar Librettos, are using the same W98SE OS, ostensibly are using the same drivers... but it works for me and not for you. I wonder if comparing driver files in the same manner Avi I compared Stream.sys files would help. I'm not that technically savvy, and can't find any referent of them in Device Manager, but these seem to be the related files: Pwrsave.cnt Pwrsave.cpl pwrsave.exe Pwrsave.hlp Pwrsave.ico Pwrsave.vxd And it looks like the Toshiba driver package was named: L100ctrl.exe I can't seem to find any other Toshiba driver package in my archives that contains the same power saving files specifically for the 110. And I have L100ctrl.exe filed in a folder labeled: * 100CT W95 Toshiba Windows 95 Controls FDD drivers Toshiba never maintained a consistent method for naming their driver packages from one Lib model to the next which can be frustrating as all get out. And it seems I had to install the W95/100CT driver package with the power saving files onto my 110 to get power saving working properly. Have you checked the data transfer rate from your PCMCIA external HDD to the Libby's HDD Michael? I'll bet it's faster than my USB2 external HDD to the Lib's HDD via a USB2 PC card. No I have not as yet, but a long time with a 4GB file!!!...I'll have to run some tests.I have a USB2 external HDD as well but I will have to buy a Cardbus USB2 card to use with the Libretto. I need to borrow on myself and do some testing. How long have you been able to get your Libby to play DVD video on batteries Michael? I'll be interested to hear back from David Chien on whether or not he's going to try that battery pack rebuilding service. My initial tests have lasted 50 mins continuous playback with the extended battery pack. As my 100CT is new to me I don't know the history of the battery pack so I don't know if this is good or bad. In theory a battery pack from batteryrefill would last a full film as it appears that the rebuilt packs offer nearly double the capacity. Double? Last I checked over a year ago, the highest capacity cells that fit in the Lib packs were 1600mah over the 1200mah originals. Maybe there are new ones out with higher capacity. I know I have said this before, but the playback quality on the Libretto screen is superb.If you have a 100 or 110CT, buy a DVD-to-Go card if you can, you won't be disappointed! And you can get them for as little as $10 - $15 on EBay as I did! Matt __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:23:10 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] The driver/software package has an audio glitch in W2K which is documented in the program's readme. For some reason in W2K, it can't output audio through any notebook's internal circuitry. The recommended work-around is to connect an audio adapter cable from the output RCA jacks on card's dongle to the notebook's audio input. Problem there is that the 100/110 libs only have a microphone input jack. But a pair of headhones connected to the dongle works pretty well, as does connecting the output to a PC's external audio system. The signal on my test DVD ISO was pretty weak through the headphones, but listenable. Powered headphones might be nice when using W2K. I never had any problems with the audio directly thru the libby via the ZV port on the yahamah. Are you using DirectX 8 or 9 on W2K? I'm pretty sure it's 9.0c like in my W98SE partition, as I downloadws the upgrade when I set up W98 W2K to dual boot. I only have DX9.0c in my software archives now, and am pretty sure I never downloaded a different copy. It was the latest version at that point. I'll check it when I get a chance though. Matt _ From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes has it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/?icid=nctagline1
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:57:15 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! hi Matt, The signal on my test DVD ISO was pretty weak through the headphones, but listenable. Powered headphones might be nice when using W2K. I never had any problems with the audio directly thru the libby via the ZV port on the yahamah. Are you using DirectX 8 or 9 on W2K? I'm pretty sure it's 9.0c like in my W98SE partition, as I downloadws the upgrade when I set up W98 W2K to dual boot. I only have DX9.0c in my software archives now, and am pretty sure I never downloaded a different copy. It was the latest version at that point. I'll check it when I get a chance though. One other question: did you install any service packs and what is the version of stream.sys because that is where I get BSOD under w2k (and also now on xp...) Avi.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:53:30 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm pretty sure it's 9.0c like in my W98SE partition, as I downloadws the upgrade when I set up W98 W2K to dual boot. I only have DX9.0c in my software archives now, and am pretty sure I never downloaded a different copy. It was the latest version at that point. I'll check it when I get a chance though. One other question: did you install any service packs and what is the version of stream.sys because that is where I get BSOD under w2k (and also now on xp...) I slip-streamed SP4 into a copy of W2KSP3, and installed that. I did try renaming extensions on all 4 of W2K's stream.sys files to disable them, and then copying the one from my WXP to each W2K location. But as I recall, Margi wouldn't even load. here's where I found W2KSP4's stream.sys files: Stream.sys - 40.8kb (41,792 bytes) - X:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ * Stream.sys - 40.8kb (41,792 bytes) - X:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DLLCACE\ * Stream.sys - 40.8kb (41,792 bytes) - X:\WINNT\Driver Cache\I386\ * Stream.sys - 41.0kb (42,000 bytes) - X:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\I386\ ** * Version 5.1.2258.400 by: lab6_N(mmbuild) ** Version 5.00.2195.6663 The one from WXPSP2 is: Stream.sys - 41kb - X:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ * Version 5.00.2185.6663 Hmmm... that looks familiar! Matt _ Find sales, coupons, and free shipping, all in one place! MSN Shopping Sales Deals http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctid=198,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200639
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:35:36 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! The driver/software package has an audio glitch in W2K which is documented in the program's readme. For some reason in W2K, it can't output audio through any notebook's internal circuitry. The recommended work-around is to connect an audio adapter cable from the output RCA jacks on card's dongle to the notebook's audio input. Problem there is that the 100/110 libs only have a microphone input jack. But a pair of headhones connected to the dongle works pretty well, as does connecting the output to a PC's external audio system. The signal on my test DVD ISO was pretty weak through the headphones, but listenable. Powered headphones might be nice when using W2K. I never had any problems with the audio directly thru the libby via the ZV port on the yahamah. Are you using DirectX 8 or 9 on W2K? Avi.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:28:59 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few more discoveries today. If you are playing a movie on batteries only, you may find that you have no audio. I discovered that if you adjust the Libretto power setting (hairy light bulb) to full power mode, the audio is restored! That means inorder to conserve battery life, you have to turn down the screen brightness on the full power mode settings page. You can also turn down the CPU speed also to conserve battery life. Only on the lowest CPU speed does the video start to be choppy (unclocked 166Mhz machine). Its a shame that you do not have audio on the 'user' power setting, this would be great for a custom profile just for video playback. If anyone finds a 'get around' for this audio issue on full power mode only let me know... Thanks for the tip on getting VOB files to play with full DVD-To-Go controls Michael. I set up Daemon Tools and was off and flying. Now I'm thinking of running a few tests at setting DVD Shrink to higher coompression to see how small I can make the resulting ISO file set, and still get better output video resolution than that of the MPEG-1 files's I've been ripping my DVDs to. I'm a little surprised that you didn't seem to be able to create a custom power setting that allowed for audio playback. I'd have thought that would be a piece of cake. I'll have a look a my setup. How long have you been able to get your Libby to play DVD video on batteries Michael? I'll be interested to hear back from David Chien on whether or not he's going to try that battery pack rebuilding service. Matt _ Your Hotmail address already works to sign into Windows Live Messenger! Get it now http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme002001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:21:09 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html Here's an update on my progress. The card works perfectly in W98SE/Directx 9.0c on my 110 by just installing the Margi software/driver previously referenced, and doing nothing else. The problem I was having playing a small test clip turned out to be the fault of VideoReDo when it created the clip. The resulting test video didn't have the infomation in it that let's the Margi card know it's the type if file it's been programmed to recognize. I can copy any DVD VOB file to the 110's HDD, and it will play fine. The only problem is that the DVD-To-Go player doesn't have a slider to allow pausing and specifying where in the VOB you want to start play again. If for some reason you stop play, you have to wait until the video reaches the point in the file where you left off. You can pause video play, and resume with no problems. I'm thinking of looking into two things: 1. Whether or not DVD-To-Go will only play traditional 1,073,481,728 byte VOBs and nothing else. 2. How to make my own MPEG-2 encoded files that DVD-To-Go . GSpot reports the standard DVD VOB file as using the MPEG2_Video codec, and TMPGEnc seems t only want to use MPEG2_payload. 3. If I can't get DVD-To-Go to start at a specific play time, can I split a VOB into a number of smaller ones. That'd depend on the answer to my question #1. Matt _ From photos to predictions, The MSN Entertainment Guide to Golden Globes has it all. http://tv.msn.com/tv/globes2007/
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:41:47 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html It does work! It took longer to track down a copy of the wdm1051063.exe Margi software/driver then it did to install it and get the card to play MPEG-2 files on the HDD. Youre link was dead Avi. Turns out I had Directx v9.0c on the W98SE partition of my 110 from a previous attempt to get the card working, and it seems you cant roll it back to a previous version. But I did have limited success at getting both video and audio to play. I first played a couple files captured with a WinTV card on my PC. One was the original MPEG-2, and the other an MPEG-1 file compressed down about 1/6 the size of the original of the type I usually make for playing on the Lib. Both have MPEG-1 Layer 2 encoded audio streams. And the audio for both plays fine through the Libs Yamaha sound drivers. But then I ripped a small section out of a DVD VOB to a 34MB MPEG-2 test file that contains the original AC3 audio stream, and I get no audio playback out of that at all. Now I havent found where to find the option to enable the ZV port in any of the Yamaha W98SE driver settings I can find. Im hoping that may enable the AC3 audio playback. If its because I need Directx v8.1, Ill have to start over and install a new copy of W98SE. Where did you find the ZV port setting in W98 (SE?) Michael? And Avi, did you use the Margi wdm1051063.exe software/driver package in W2k? One thing I was wondering about has been dramatically demonstrated The quality of the MPEG-2 video ripped right from a DVD VOB is incredible. Close to photo perfect on the little Libby screen! Matt _ Get live scores and news about your team: Add the Live.com Football Page www.live.com/?addtemplate=footballicid=T001MSN30A0701
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:32:49 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html I'm wondering if you guys have done video quality test comparisons between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoded videos as they play on the Libby. I'm assuming the MPEG-2 files have to be sharper. I've been working more with AutoGK recently, and have been playing various XVid encoded captures through a PC DV port to an HDTV. It's interesting to see how small AutoGK can make a file and still retain quite the same quality as it does at settings that result in much larger files. I've been using the Bincsoft Bitrate Calculator to calculate bitrates for MPEG-1 encoded files in TMPGEnc so they'll all fit on a 4.5GB DVD-R. When the resulting videos get displayed on the Libby's little screen, I sure can't see any difference between 850kbps - 1100kbps encoded files. But the quality of MPEG-2 video playback on a Lib is something that hasn't even been discussed to my knowledge (just checked archives to confirm that unless Ive messed something). I think you guys are the first to really get the Margis up and running, and able to do tests on. So while it'll be fun to see if I can duplicate your successes from the work you've put into this, I wonder how practical it'll actually be to play MPEG-2 encoded files on these old under-powered systems with such a limited portable battery source. The battery in my 100 went south a couple of months back. And now I see the one in my 110 is only powering the system for 35-45 minutes with power saving options maxed The Margi has to suck a lot of power. So Im wondering if you guys are going to be able to play an entire 90-120 minute DVD (from file or DVD disk) before using up the charge in the Libbys battery. Even with a rebuilt battery pack as David is looking into, I wonder how long these systems will me able to process all that data through the Margi. Matt _ Fixing up the home? Live Search can help http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improvelocale=en-USsource=hmemailtaglinenov06FORM=WLMTAG
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:14:10 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Michael, That was it DirectX 8.1 is the version that you need including the driver. Just about cracked it now! Updated the DirectX to v8.1 ensured I had the correct Yamaha sound driver loaded and I now have sound to go along with the video. So under 98SE using WDM V1.05.1063 driver/software, DirectX V8.1, I have flawless (and I mean flawless, no chopping or stuttering at all) video sound either from my external DVD-ROM drive or copied VOB's on the hard drive. The only problem now is that I can only play region free/macrovision free dvd's. Don't know why, I could under W95 with the same DVD-ROM drive? That is stange as the Margi is supposed to do the decryption as well. The region must be set but check the region settings of your dvd drive and do a google if there isn't a region free firmware update somewhere. If I can't crack that one I can always DVD shrink my originals use copies, which I can then copy onto the hard drive of course...may need a bigger HDD then though! DVD decrypter is THE tool for this. Or do you use something else? (Let me know :-)) And what DVD player do you have that I don't :-) Avi.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:35:12 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note using W95 I used the MCI v2.18 successfully. Now using W98SE I have tried MCI v2.18 and the driver appears to be okay, but have no picture or sound, That's what ended up happening to me no matter what I tried. the dongle output may work but have not tried. I can't get any of the 3 drivers under WDM v1.05 to work at all, I get the message NTKERN.VXD device loader for this device could not load the device driver So for W98SE, should I be using the MCI or WDM driver/software set? Does anyone have a set of drivers later than the set I have tried? Any other tips, I am all ears! ...I don't want to go back to W95! I tried and tried setting up the Margi card both in W98SE and W2K before I fially gave up. I never got it to output either sound or video. But from what you've written, I'm now tempted to install a copy of W95 to a new partition or drive, and see if it'll work there. However... that means taking some time to drive over to where it's stashed in storage and digging around for the beast. It would be great if I could get the card to play MPEG-2 encoded files from the HDD. Too bad the L110 lacks the power to process DivX and XVid encoded vids. Matt _ Fixing up the home? Live Search can help http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improvelocale=en-USsource=hmemailtaglinenov06FORM=WLMTAG
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:46:54 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note using W95 I used the MCI v2.18 successfully. Now using W98SE I have tried MCI v2.18 and the driver appears to be okay, but have no picture or sound, That's what ended up happening to me no matter what I tried. For the sound you need to find the toggle that says ZV port. If you don't have it then the driver for the Yahama is outdated. The Neomagic driver might also be outdated. Another possibility is that you need a newer version of DirectX. the dongle output may work but have not tried. I can't get any of the 3 drivers under WDM v1.05 to work at all, I get the message NTKERN.VXD device loader for this device could not load the device driver So for W98SE, should I be using the MCI or WDM driver/software set? Does anyone have a set of drivers later than the set I have tried? Any other tips, I am all ears! ...I don't want to go back to W95! I tried and tried setting up the Margi card both in W98SE and W2K before I fially gave up. I never got it to output either sound or video. But from what you've written, I'm now tempted to install a copy of W95 to a new partition or drive, and see if it'll work there. However... that means taking some time to drive over to where it's stashed in storage and digging around for the beast. It would be great if I could get the card to play MPEG-2 encoded files from the HDD. Too bad the L110 lacks the power to process DivX and XVid encoded vids. Check also the DirectX version installed. You need at least 7 or 8 if I'm not mistaken. Avi.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:49:52 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! In any case, In one of these days I'll update http://www.xs4all.nl/~avics with the margi drivers that I downloaded before the site went down and with pictures of the margi inside. You might need to use the upgraded MCI or WDM driver. Avi. -Original Message- From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 23 December, 2006 19:36 To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:35:12 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note using W95 I used the MCI v2.18 successfully. Now using W98SE I have tried MCI v2.18 and the driver appears to be okay, but have no picture or sound, That's what ended up happening to me no matter what I tried. the dongle output may work but have not tried. I can't get any of the 3 drivers under WDM v1.05 to work at all, I get the message NTKERN.VXD device loader for this device could not load the device driver So for W98SE, should I be using the MCI or WDM driver/software set? Does anyone have a set of drivers later than the set I have tried? Any other tips, I am all ears! ...I don't want to go back to W95! I tried and tried setting up the Margi card both in W98SE and W2K before I fially gave up. I never got it to output either sound or video. But from what you've written, I'm now tempted to install a copy of W95 to a new partition or drive, and see if it'll work there. However... that means taking some time to drive over to where it's stashed in storage and digging around for the beast. It would be great if I could get the card to play MPEG-2 encoded files from the HDD. Too bad the L110 lacks the power to process DivX and XVid encoded vids. Matt _ Fixing up the home? Live Search can help http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=im provelocale=en-USsource=hmemailtaglinenov06FORM=WLMTAG
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:16:15 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I'm getting nearer using 98SE! I am now using the WDM driver/software set very slightly a higher version number v1.05.1063 that works...partly! I have seamless video, again using my external DVD-ROM drive, but no audio. Also I can't play DVD's with a menu structure, only my own DVD's that play without an opening menu? wheird! I will have to now check a few things following your post Aviwhat are the slight mods that you have made to your WDM driver listed on your web site? I assume that you have the DVD-to-Go working normally with video audio on your libretto with 98SE installed? The fact that I can now get seamless video playback (only) using 98SE is pushing me to crack this one! Cheers, Mike.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:37:17 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! You should be able to play full DVD's including the menu structure. For the audio, be sure you have the correct driver and find that ZV port toggle! The difference in my driver is that it doesn't use Kernel Stream Synchronization when using the kernel streams. (don't ask) Also it modifies a timeout value somewhere. Use at own risk :-) Note that a large part of the DVD menu handling is being done by Windows in the Kernel Streaming (KS) software. The Margi only does the hardware decoding. The DVDplay.exe sets up the kernel streams etc and sends events like play, menu etc. to the KS modules. Me thinks that I had audio running with SE as well. BE SURE TO FIND THE ZV PORT ENABLE :-) That will do the audio trick. It should be hidden somewhere in the Advanced settings of your audio volume controls. (I hope. SE was a very long time ago...) Avi. -Original Message- From: Michael Heathcote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 24 December, 2006 0:16 To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 23:16:15 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I'm getting nearer using 98SE! I am now using the WDM driver/software set very slightly a higher version number v1.05.1063 that works...partly! I have seamless video, again using my external DVD-ROM drive, but no audio. Also I can't play DVD's with a menu structure, only my own DVD's that play without an opening menu? wheird! I will have to now check a few things following your post Aviwhat are the slight mods that you have made to your WDM driver listed on your web site? I assume that you have the DVD-to-Go working normally with video audio on your libretto with 98SE installed? The fact that I can now get seamless video playback (only) using 98SE is pushing me to crack this one! Cheers, Mike.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:45:27 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Hi Matt, From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got the card running with 98SE, W2K and XP. But only with XP I got it stable enough. What kinds of issues did you have with stabilty in W98 W2K? W98 the playback was not smooth and with W2K I got BSOD in stream.sys from time to time. Just got a BSOD in stream.sys under XP as well... maybe I should try 95 again or work again on the linux driver... And XP was more stable for you!? I'll be interested in hearing how W95 works for you. Yesterday I tried a test with a PCMCIA DVD drive to try to follow up on what Phillip wrote in relation to thruput speed ISA vs PCI/PCMCIA. For some reason my Freecom drive isn't pushing bytes fast enough into the Margi. As I have the sources of the Margi driver I have to check if I didn't make a slight change somewhere in the code as my tests that I did (before my 40Gb hd drive made problems) a couple of months ago was with DVD's ripped to the HD. Also I played a bit with the bios setting by letting the OS do the irq assignments. That didn't made any real difference as far as I could see. I diff-ed the code I got vs the changes I made and I'm going to do a test again with my modified driver. The changes are little but might be significant. I don't know if I'm going to reinstall W95 again to check dvd replay. I might either try to write an own driver without leaning on Kernel Streams and reuse the existing sources partially and make a user mode driver with giveio or something else. (If i find some time.) Avi. N.B. For NDA reasons I cannot share the source code.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:53:45 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Okay I got my Margi DVD-to-Go card to work under Windows 95, but now having problems under 98SE! Firstly drivers. Margi's web site appears to be down, have they gone bust? Anyhow I have managed to download drivers from Billionton suitable for W95 'MCI' v2.18 and from DELL suitable for W95 'MCI' v2.16 98SE/2000 'WDM' v1.05 Note using W95 I used the MCI v2.18 successfully. Now using W98SE I have tried MCI v2.18 and the driver appears to be okay, but have no picture or sound, the dongle output may work but have not tried. I can't get any of the 3 drivers under WDM v1.05 to work at all, I get the message NTKERN.VXD device loader for this device could not load the device driver So for W98SE, should I be using the MCI or WDM driver/software set? Does anyone have a set of drivers later than the set I have tried? Any other tips, I am all ears! ...I don't want to go back to W95! Thanks, Mike.
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:24:20 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html Wow I'm bown away here on the dialogue about getting the Margi DVD-to-Go card to work. Michael Heathcote (quoted above and below) indicated that he got his up and running in Win95 with only the small hitch of having to replace the driver Win95 loaded with the proper one that came with the card! Seems that was the OS the margi card was tweaked for. And I'd guess Win95 was probably the lease resource hungry of the beasts that followed. From what Avi has been talking about, I'm not sure if he's running Win98 or Win2000 with the card. He spoke about replacing an existing Win98 driver with the same from Win2000... and I assumed that meant his Margi card was working in Win98. But from Avi's dialogues with Phillip, it sounds like he's got the card working in Win2000, or both Win2000 and Win98. So I'm extremely tempted at this point to dig my card out of storeage, set up Win95 on my 100's 20GB HDD, and do some testing myself here. Video encoded to MPEG-2 files would look a lot sharper than the ones I've been re-encoding with MPEG1 compression with Tsunami. Matt From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:38:35 -0800 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, but I have not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege 3490CT. The main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus USB with modern peripherals. While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std extended batteries, standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply floppy. Well pleased! Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but unfortuately only the on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with dongle for my Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was not Zoom Video supported, so the card has not been used. Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram running at 166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically loaded the incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did not initially work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi solved the problem. Full screen seemless DVD playback audio playing a DVD from my 16 bit PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for something larger and load Windows 98SE for the USB support. Hope the Margi DVD-to-Go card works okay under Windows 98SE! Now a quick question. Does it matter whether I use 100CT or 110CT drives for my 100CT? There appears to be more drivers available for the 110CT on the Toshiba website for 98SE. Thanks, Mike. _ Get FREE Web site and company branded e-mail from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:41:33 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Hi, I got the card running with 98SE, W2K and XP. But only with XP I got it stable enough. And of course I got the card running with Mandrake 9.2 with a modified kernel 2.24.something, a margi linux driver I found and updated and the x program I wrote to playback the DVD's with linux plus changing the Neomagic Xserver (and the sound card driver) after a lot of and really a lot of reverse engineering the windows drivers. (And the end I called Margi and they gave me the source code of the Margi WDM driver...) Avi. -Original Message- From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2006 20:27 To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:24:20 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html Wow I'm bown away here on the dialogue about getting the Margi DVD-to-Go card to work. Michael Heathcote (quoted above and below) indicated that he got his up and running in Win95 with only the small hitch of having to replace the driver Win95 loaded with the proper one that came with the card! Seems that was the OS the margi card was tweaked for. And I'd guess Win95 was probably the lease resource hungry of the beasts that followed. From what Avi has been talking about, I'm not sure if he's running Win98 or Win2000 with the card. He spoke about replacing an existing Win98 driver with the same from Win2000... and I assumed that meant his Margi card was working in Win98. But from Avi's dialogues with Phillip, it sounds like he's got the card working in Win2000, or both Win2000 and Win98. So I'm extremely tempted at this point to dig my card out of storeage, set up Win95 on my 100's 20GB HDD, and do some testing myself here. Video encoded to MPEG-2 files would look a lot sharper than the ones I've been re-encoding with MPEG1 compression with Tsunami. Matt From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:38:35 -0800 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, but I have not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege 3490CT. The main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus USB with modern peripherals. While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std extended batteries, standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply floppy. Well pleased! Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but unfortuately only the on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with dongle for my Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was not Zoom Video supported, so the card has not been used. Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram running at 166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically loaded the incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did not initially work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi solved the problem. Full screen seemless DVD playback audio playing a DVD from my 16 bit PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for something larger and load Windows 98SE for the USB support. Hope the Margi DVD-to-Go card works okay under Windows 98SE! Now a quick question. Does it matter whether I use 100CT or 110CT drives for my 100CT? There appears to be more drivers available for the 110CT on the Toshiba website for 98SE. Thanks, Mike. _ Get FREE Web site and company branded e-mail from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:10:47 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Hmmm Just got a BSOD in stream.sys under XP as well... maybe I should try 95 again or work again on the linux driver... Avi. (sh*t) -Original Message- From: Avi Cohen Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2006 21:53 To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:41:33 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Hi, I got the card running with 98SE, W2K and XP. But only with XP I got it stable enough. And of course I got the card running with Mandrake 9.2 with a modified kernel 2.24.something, a margi linux driver I found and updated and the x program I wrote to playback the DVD's with linux plus changing the Neomagic Xserver (and the sound card driver) after a lot of and really a lot of reverse engineering the windows drivers. (And the end I called Margi and they gave me the source code of the Margi WDM driver...) Avi. -Original Message- From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2006 20:27 To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:24:20 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html Wow I'm bown away here on the dialogue about getting the Margi DVD-to-Go card to work. Michael Heathcote (quoted above and below) indicated that he got his up and running in Win95 with only the small hitch of having to replace the driver Win95 loaded with the proper one that came with the card! Seems that was the OS the margi card was tweaked for. And I'd guess Win95 was probably the lease resource hungry of the beasts that followed. From what Avi has been talking about, I'm not sure if he's running Win98 or Win2000 with the card. He spoke about replacing an existing Win98 driver with the same from Win2000... and I assumed that meant his Margi card was working in Win98. But from Avi's dialogues with Phillip, it sounds like he's got the card working in Win2000, or both Win2000 and Win98. So I'm extremely tempted at this point to dig my card out of storeage, set up Win95 on my 100's 20GB HDD, and do some testing myself here. Video encoded to MPEG-2 files would look a lot sharper than the ones I've been re-encoding with MPEG1 compression with Tsunami. Matt From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:38:35 -0800 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, but I have not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege 3490CT. The main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus USB with modern peripherals. While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std extended batteries, standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply floppy. Well pleased! Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but unfortuately only the on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with dongle for my Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was not Zoom Video supported, so the card has not been used. Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram running at 166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically loaded the incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did not initially work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi solved the problem. Full screen seemless DVD playback audio playing a DVD from my 16 bit PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for something larger
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:22:48 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] I got the card running with 98SE, W2K and XP. But only with XP I got it stable enough. What kinds of issues did you have with stabilty in W98 W2K? Just got a BSOD in stream.sys under XP as well... maybe I should try 95 again or work again on the linux driver... And XP was more stable for you!? I'll be interested in hearing how W95 works for you. Matt _ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
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
Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:07:14 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Hi Avi: Avi Cohen Stuart wrote: 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? First try: BIOS settings. I believe I had it set to Auto-Selected. You can try your luck with 16-bit/Cardbus (sic). (I think PCIC-compatible is strictly 16 bit.) And check the CPU cache (write back). 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. On Win2K both pcmcia-ports take irq 09. Shouldn't make much difference I'd guess. But XP is an enormous resource hog on a 64 MB 233 Mhz PC. Do you use that to play DVDs? Any tips on the settings? Not much more, actually. I was simply surprised that a 16-bit ISA bus is faster than a 32-bit cardbus (= PCI-extension). Philip
RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:47:02 +0100 From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Mike, The 100CT and 110CT are the same, except for a faster CPU. Any 100CT or 110CT can be overclocked to 266 MHz. Interresting that you could get the Margi working with a PCMCIA DVD player. I used (several) freecoms and all where too slow... I use XP with a dvd iso copied to HD and that also works with the WDM driver. But with 98SE I don't think you can have DVD iso as they are bigger than 2Gb. Avi. -Original Message- From: Michael Heathcote [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 19 December, 2006 21:39 To: Libretto Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, but I have not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege 3490CT. The main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus USB with modern peripherals. While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std extended batteries, standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply floppy. Well pleased! Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but unfortuately only the on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with dongle for my Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was not Zoom Video supported, so the card has not been used. Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram running at 166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically loaded the incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did not initially work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi solved the problem. Full screen seemless DVD playback audio playing a DVD from my 16 bit PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for something larger and load Windows 98SE for the USB support. Hope the Margi DVD-to-Go card works okay under Windows 98SE! Now a quick question. Does it matter whether I use 100CT or 110CT drives for my 100CT? There appears to be more drivers available for the 110CT on the Toshiba website for 98SE. Thanks, Mike.
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
Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:27:23 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Congrats on your 100CT! I overcloced mine to 266MHz but found it unstable when using PCMCIA cards. I slowed it to 233MHz and all is fine. Any 110CT driver will work with the 100CT. Get the latest BISO from Toshiba. I run Win98SE on mine and it is very stable. You really need to find a 32MB RAM module to get to the max of 64 MB RAM. I have a 40 GIG hard drive in my 100CT which is very nice. With FAT32 partitions you can use ISO images. Right now a 120 Gig drive will cost you $90 plus shipping. Good luck! Tony Oresteen W1AJO Montverde, FL De Oppresso Liber - Original Message - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto libretto@basiclink.com Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:38 PM Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 - From: Michael Heathcote [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, but I have not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege 3490CT. The main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus USB with modern peripherals. While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std extended batteries, standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply floppy. Well pleased! Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but unfortuately only the on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with dongle for my Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was not Zoom Video supported, so the card has not been used. Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading many posts over the years with people not been able to get the card to work in the 100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram running at 166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically loaded the incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did not initially work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi solved the problem. Full screen seemless DVD playback audio playing a DVD from my 16 bit PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for something larger and load Windows 98SE for the USB support. Hope the Margi DVD-to-Go card works okay under Windows 98SE! Now a quick question. Does it matter whether I use 100CT or 110CT drives for my 100CT? There appears to be more drivers available for the 110CT on the Toshiba website for 98SE. Thanks, Mike.
