I have downloaded the trial/unofficial version of PowerDVD XP 4.0 that circulates on the Internet, and I tried it.
With Hong Kong DVDs it works great.
With R2 discs, it gives an error message and doesn't play the movie: it says "There is a problem with your TV Out". When clicking on "details", it says that I have to disable the TV Out of my video card (Voodoo 3000 AGP) because of copy protection reasons.
Ok, I bet it's for Macrovision, but... my TV Out IS ALREADY DE-ACTIVATED!!!!!!!
I never even used it once, and on the 3dfx control panel the "Enable TV Out" is unchecked!
I have Win 98, and my V3 has the latest BIOS version (I had an old one, but yesterday I flashed it to see if something changed) and 1.07 WHQL drivers. I also tried third party unofficial drivers, but nothing.
It looks like PDVD has a bug in seeing the TV Out as active even when it isn't... A friend of mine with a V3 has the same problem.
Any hint?
P.S. With PowerDVD 3.0 I never had a problem
With Hong Kong DVDs it works great.
With R2 discs, it gives an error message and doesn't play the movie: it says "There is a problem with your TV Out". When clicking on "details", it says that I have to disable the TV Out of my video card (Voodoo 3000 AGP) because of copy protection reasons.
Ok, I bet it's for Macrovision, but... my TV Out IS ALREADY DE-ACTIVATED!!!!!!!
I never even used it once, and on the 3dfx control panel the "Enable TV Out" is unchecked!
I have Win 98, and my V3 has the latest BIOS version (I had an old one, but yesterday I flashed it to see if something changed) and 1.07 WHQL drivers. I also tried third party unofficial drivers, but nothing.
It looks like PDVD has a bug in seeing the TV Out as active even when it isn't... A friend of mine with a V3 has the same problem.
Any hint?
P.S. With PowerDVD 3.0 I never had a problem
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