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  • #1

    Windows XP!!!!

    Hello, guys...

    I have a problem...

    I installed Windows XP, but when I tried to play DVD, PowerDVD says "DDraw Overlay mode is required to play the movie".

    Does anyone know how to change the DirectX settings?

    I like Windows XP, but now it won't let me play my DVD movies.

    Help me...please...

    OCP Certified Oracle 8i DBA.

    Epox K8HA+ w/ AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 MB SamSung DDR 2100, 2 X IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD, Soundblaster Live! Audigy MP3+, Matrox Parhelia-512 128MB, Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM, Plextor 16X10X40 CD-RW, SamSung 900NF monitor, Lian-Li Aluminum PC Case.
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  • #2
    Pretty hard to give suggestions if we have no clue what your system consists of Hint..Hint...Hint...

    Rags

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    • #3
      Sorry...

      Here it is...

      Software:
      Windows XP Post-Beta 2 Build 2469
      Matrox driver 5.52 for Windows 2000

      Hardware:
      Celeron 566 overclocked to 850
      Abit BE-6 Version 1.2 with HPT370 UDMA66 Controller (Not using it though)
      384 MB RAM PC-133
      Matrox G400 Vanilla - not overclocked
      SBLive! Value
      Pioneer DVD+Yamaha 4X4X16 CDRW under AHA-2940 SCSI Adaptor

      That's all I can think of right now...

      Sorry for being so vague...

      Thank you in advance.

      OCP Certified Oracle 8i DBA.

      Epox K8HA+ w/ AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 MB SamSung DDR 2100, 2 X IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD, Soundblaster Live! Audigy MP3+, Matrox Parhelia-512 128MB, Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM, Plextor 16X10X40 CD-RW, SamSung 900NF monitor, Lian-Li Aluminum PC Case.

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      • #4
        Lower your resolution to 1024X768.

        Rags

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        • #5
          I tried that too...
          I tried:
          1280X960 at 16-bit color depth (which was working fine before) at 85 Hz

          I usually use my computer at 1600X1200 at 16 bit color depth, at 85 HZ. And, it was working fine.

          Now, although I lower the resolution, it still says DirectDraw overlay mode is required....

          I tried to run dxdiag.exe, and found out that Windows XP 2496 came with DirectX 8.1. And, under the graphics tab, nothing is hardware accelerated, DDraw, D3D, nothing...

          Is this normal? All I need is to be able to run my DVD... It was working fine in build 2462 and 2465.

          Weird, eh?

          OCP Certified Oracle 8i DBA.

          Epox K8HA+ w/ AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 MB SamSung DDR 2100, 2 X IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD, Soundblaster Live! Audigy MP3+, Matrox Parhelia-512 128MB, Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM, Plextor 16X10X40 CD-RW, SamSung 900NF monitor, Lian-Li Aluminum PC Case.

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          • #6
            Go to add/remove programs and remove Matrox software. Reboot, hit cancel when it picks up your new hardware, run the setup for the 5.52 drivers and reboot.

            Rags

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            • #7
              Ahhhhhhhhhh...
              Thank you for all the reply....

              I guess I need to go back to 2465...

              Thank you very much, guys. You guys saved me a lot of times for me...

              Have a good day...all of you...

              OCP Certified Oracle 8i DBA.

              Epox K8HA+ w/ AMD Athlon XP 1700+, 512 MB SamSung DDR 2100, 2 X IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD, Soundblaster Live! Audigy MP3+, Matrox Parhelia-512 128MB, Pioneer 16X DVD-ROM, Plextor 16X10X40 CD-RW, SamSung 900NF monitor, Lian-Li Aluminum PC Case.

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              • #8
                This is not the driver's fault. There have been numerous reports that directx is not working properly in build 2469.

                Your best chances are to go back to 2465 and wait until another build is out that will work properly.

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                • #9
                  Jup, the DirectX in build 2469 is broken somehow... better just ditch that one and move to an earlier build.

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