I have no problem with my Sapphire 9000AIW card or drivers, I have ATI DVD
Player installed fine. Just shared my card/driver findings with the group.
/ J
"patrickp" < - take five to email me> wrote in
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> "-" <> wrote in message
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> > I have a Sapphire Card, 9000AIW, and it's driver installed the ATI DVD
> > Player.
> >
> > / J
>
>
> You said before that your problem was that the installation CD _didn't_
> install the DVD player. So what's the problem, then?
>
> patrickp
>
> >
> > "patrickp" < - take five to email me> wrote in
> > message news:nZaSa.936$...
> > > "smith" <> wrote in message
> > > news: om...
> > > > I got a Sapphire Radeon 9000. I got an ATI card because it had
> > > > onboard DVD decoding hardware. The CD ROM was labeled 12-002.
> > > >
> > > > After much difficulty I finally got working drivers and installed
the
> > > > multi media center software. The level was 7.6.
> > > >
> > > > I noted a directory for dvd software, dvd, in mmcdvd_A, in install.
> > > >
> > > > I installed it but did not get a DVD player.
> > > >
> > > > I couldn't find anything like this with a google search.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I looked in file install.ini in the mmcdvd_A directory and discoverd
a
> > > > specification of dvdinstall=0. All of the other components had
> > > > ..install=1 specified.
> > > >
> > > > I tried a reinstall and noted that I did not have a choice to
install
> > > > a DVD player.
> > > >
> > > > There was no serial number with the CD ROM.
> > > >
> > > > The dvd directory has 9 M of dll and rsc files but no setup program.
> > > >
> > > > What is this all about? Does Sapphire not provide the DVD player?
Is
> > > > ATI trying to force you to get their card to get a DVD player? Did
> > > > they turn the installation off because the player has some problems?
> > > > If so, why put the files on the CD ROM? Can I copy the mmcdvd_ A
> > > > directory to my hard disk, put dvdinstall=1 in the ini file and
> > > > install it? Even if I do that will it want a number? I am
reluctant
> > > > to try that for fear there might be a reason for disabling it don't
to
> > > > risk trashing my system.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody know anything?
> > >
> > > It's quite probable that Sapphire don't provide a DVD player with the
> > > software: it's an OEM card and ATi's DVD players are licensed
software.
> > > You'll have to establish that your card will work with ATi's MMC and
DVD
> > > player (Sapphire should provide that information; there's also an OEM
> > > section on ATi's site that may tell you).
> > >
> > > If it does, you'll have to purchase an installation CD from ATi to
> either
> > > install from the CD or to validate your DVD player install/download.
> You
> > > can download DVD players up to 7.6 (which upgrades to 7.7 with the MMC
> 7.7
> > > install) from ATi's site but not install them without a valid CD, and
to
> > > download the DVD players which go with MMCs 8.1 and 8.5 you need to
have
> > the
> > > appropriate CD to validate the download wizard.
> > >
> > > The CDs which have up to MMC 7.7 install will be cheaper; the CDs with
> MMC
> > > 8.1/8.5 install cost $10 in N America, I believe, with a fairly hefty
> post
> > &
> > > packing charge. You can, of course, get them from
> > > https://apps.ati.com/naorder/index.asp if you're in N America. The
cost
> > in
> > > the UK (from http://www.blisware.com/all_products_atiparts.htm) is a
> > little
> > > under £6, including p&p, I believe.
> > >
> > > Everyone who uses the ATi DVD player has to, effectively, pay the
charge
> > for
> > > the licence. Those who get it on a CD that comes with a Built by ATi
> card
> > > pay it as part of the price.
> > >
> > > If your card won't work with ATi's proprietary DVD player, you'll have
> to
> > > purchase a software player such as PowerDVD or WinDVD, or find one of
> the
> > > free players that are around.
> > >
> > > HTH patrickp
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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