DVD playback in 2K using G400 and WinDVD 2000

[Paddy]

Without sounding like too much of a newbie, how can i change the IRQ of the graphics adaptor under 2K.

er... sorry

[Mr. Cold]

Bleh.. Creative Labs still hasn't released AC-3 passthru enabled drivers for Win2k.

Since this is the defacto standard audio card for PC's right now, DVD playing in win2k sucks because you cant get Dolby Digital.

[ski]

If you have ACPI enable under Win2K you can't but if it isn't change you IRQ's in your BIOS

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[Paddy]

So if i have ACPi enabled (and i have) how do i change my IRQ. I can reserve different IRQs for PCI/Legacy ISA....

Cant see how that helps.........

Should there be a Reserve IRQ X for VGA?

Any help appreciated!

Cheers

[Paddy]

FAO DarkSyd:
Your email addy isn't working....
Could you please email the files to pjb22@le.ac.uk

Cheers mate

Paddy

[Paddy]

I have disabled ACPI but i still cant change the resources of my G400. ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!
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Ahem, sorry

Any ideas?

[DarkSyd]

Paddy,
Not only is my email flaky, my posts were getting eaten by the board last night.
If you can, ICQ me tonite, or I can try and figure out the Win2k FTP server to get the proggy to you.
As far as resources go, typically (for Asus and Abit anyway)if you have ACPI disabled, your AGP slot will use the same IRQ as PCI slot 1 (closest to the AGP slot). Try assigning an IRQ (in your BIOS) to the 1st PCI slot and see what happens.

DS

[Paddy]

Again, with out meaning to sound stupid.

In the BIOS i can set an IRQ for PCI or Legacy ISA eg.
IRQ 1 = PCI
IRQ 2 = PCI.....

and so on.

I cant find a way to set an IRQ for a particular slot eg.

PCI #1 = IRQ 11

Am i being stupid, do i have a crap BIOS or should i just close my eyes and put my head under a big rock?

[RAB]

Paddy:
I'm not sure about Win2k (haven't used it yet), but the old tried and true way to change IRQ assignments is to move your PCI cards around and to leave PCI#1 (next to the AGP slot) open. Usually, I suggest moving the Modem to the shared PCI/ISA slot, your sound and Ethernet cards in the slots as you move toward the AGP slot. I have sucessfully used an Ethernet card in the slot next to the AGP slot, but no other card has worked well there.

Before you move your cards, uninstall any drivers for them or you will likely end up with double IRQ's for some of them. Get the machine working with just the G400 and then reinstall the other drivers. SCSI cards are also hard to get working in PCI#1.

I am using a K6-3 450 with a G400 and DVD works great. It can be a little jumpy on the AVI's before the movie starts, but I've never had any problems with the actual movies. So, yes you should be able to get a K6-2 500 to run movies without too much problem.
RAB

[Paddy]

Cheers RAB

What player are you using

[RAB]

A year old 6x Toshiba and the Matrox player software on Win98SE.
RAB

[ph0rk]

Ooh, goody, yet another "software DVD decoding problems" thread where I get to sing the praises of wasting a PCI slot on a hardware DVD decoder.

ph34r my Hoolywood+ !

=P

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[This message has been edited by ph0rk (edited 22 September 2000).]