DVD Playback and hardware acceleration

[Droid]

I have a PVR 350 and an EPIA M1000 MB. I think that means I have 2 mpeg2 hardware decoders. I am using the video out of the EPIA since I want TV and DVD playback... When I check the box (in the PowerDVD or CinePlayer) codec control panel to enable hardware acceleration, I get a MPEG error an nothing plays. Shouldn't I be able to use hardware decoding with this hardware? Thanks...

Andy

[dlandrum]

Any luck?

I am having an issue with a new via epia m10000:
I can play DVDs without issue, but when I attempt to use Sage Client or play a MPEG locally, then it locks-up after about 15 minutes. The MPEGs I am trying were created using Sage 2.0.20 (3.25GBpHR).

I have tried various builds of XP from sp1a to sp2.
I have powerDVD XP 4 installed with it set to hardware acceleration.
I also have tried powerDVD XP 5.

I am stumped.

Thanks for any tips from anyone.

[Droid]

My system is rock solid.

I am using the video out NOT the PVR 350.
I use the Sonic or PowerDVD fine for DVD and get best results from the intervideo non css for TV viewing.

Running XP Pro SP1

[dlandrum]

Originally posted by Droid
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I use the Sonic or PowerDVD fine for DVD and get best results from the intervideo non css for TV viewing.
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So, for Sage functionality, you are not using the hardware assisted MPEG2 decoding? As I understand it, only the powerDVD decoders use the hardware successfully.

I will try this to see if it does not lock-up.

-dl