From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Fri Dec 08 2000 - 07:34:05 EST
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000 22:00:52 -1000, David Ross wrote:
>
>There is often a problem at the layer change part of the disk with any
>drive/player.
>
>The AMD K62-400 is not powerful enough to software-decode DVD *except* with an
>ATI video
>card and Cinemaster-based software (like ATI player). DVD drives themselves
>are rarely the cause
>of frame loss, as the 1x speed of the movie is not a big load. However, the
>bus can be a problem
>(i.e., DVD is slave to a slow disk, or DMA is not on).
I actually have a hardware MPEG-2 controller. I hate software DVD, and would rather not use
it.
From what it appears, it seems to be the player itself. I've had the same problem
with the drive in another computer as well.
>
>Special to Paul: pony up the $50 for the new AMD K6-III+ 450 processor (if
>your MB can handle it),
>this will speed up your desktop by almost 50%.
Wow, that's a nice improvement. Now what else can I sell around here...
Anyone want an RS/6000? No time to play with it (and a really nice config, too).... ;)
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