Please be aware of the following new stance Nvidia is taking with the 41.09 drivers and all future releases.
I believe it is illegal for them to choose to disable dvd playback on a pc even when the tv out function is disabled, not hooked up, and not in use. I suggest you write them and share your profound disappointment that for now on the only way you can watch dvds that you legally own on equipment that you legally own is to never update your drivers beyond the 40.72's.
Their drivers automatically lock all dvd playback, not just tv out, when a non-Macrovision approved tv encoder chip is detected (meaning those that have video cards that contain BT868 and Conexant CX25870 TV encoders).
Please spread the word of this new practice by Nvidia as I believe it is not legal for them to disable all, again not just when trying to use tv out, playback on legally owned equipment, software, and dvds.
The 41.09 and future drivers have more stringent checks in the driver to comply with the latest Macrovision requirements. If the TV encoder does not support Macrovision, you will get the "Macrovision Distribution Failed" error message or a similar message depending on which DVD software player you are using. The BT868 and Conexant CX25870 TV encoders do not support Macrovision. If your graphics card is equipped with one of these TV encoders, then it will not support DVD playback with our 41.09 drivers and above.
Their drivers automatically lock all dvd playback, not just tv out, when a non-Macrovision approved tv encoder chip is detected (meaning those that have video cards that contain BT868 and Conexant CX25870 TV encoders).
Please spread the word of this new practice by Nvidia as I believe it is not legal for them to disable all, again not just when trying to use tv out, playback on legally owned equipment, software, and dvds.
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