So I guess I need to look for an internal drive. Question though... if my ibook500 didnt come stock with a dvd drive is there still a good chance that it still has the decoder on the graphics card? and all I need to do is get a dvd-rom for it.?
on 11/20/02 10:41 AM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > generically speaking, external DVD drives don't tend to work (well, if > at all) with DVD-Video. the DVD decoder (part of the graphics card) is > mated to specific DVD drives, as well. throughput from the drive > doesn't tend to meet playback requirements. FireWire may be 400Mbps... > but your drive won't deliver data anywhere near that fast, and the > ata->firewire bridge in the iLink case will slow it down further. > > side note... even if you have a machine (such as your iBook) that has > "software decoding" ... calling it "software decoding" is deceptive; > iirc, it's actually software decrypting of the CSS, the MPEG decoding > still happens on the graphics card. if you take a brand new G4 tower > and replace the graphics card with a non-MPEG-decoding card, suddenly > DVD playback won't work. in "hardware" schemes, both decrypting and > decoding are handled by hardware. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
