Only the Lombard and Wallstreet PowerBooks have DVD Decoding Hardware (and a few PowerMac G3). The Pismo G3 and the PowerBook G4 have Software Decoding. Anyway, the ATI cards use other kind of video so you can't take a picture of a movie when running DVD Player. VLC works different so you can take a snapshot. For example, if you make a snapshot when running a movie, you can choose that on Appearence as a Desktop picture. You will have a movie running as a Desktop Picture (it works on Lombard and Wallstreet at least). If you put away the DVD, the Desktop picture will become a brown box. Really Strange.
--- Mikael Byström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eugene, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > But I think the main culprit may be the > >video card bus: there might not be enough headroom > to push the > >amount of decoded DVD data from the CPU to the > video card. > > So why does it work with the OS 9 decoder ring in > these machines? Is the > decoder also a graphic booster item? > > None of the answers this summer regarding playing > DVDs on Powerbooks seem > to make much sense. There seem to be some > information missing. > > I asked earlier why VLC and DVDplayer can play > mounted DVD images fine > with full screen support, but with .vob files from > the same disc it fails > completely. If these are reburnt to disc, they work > again. > > Why? If there is no hardware decoding as some have > suggested, on what > level does the MPEG2 software decoding work and why > does it fail in some > wrappings to decode MPEG2 effectively? I do have a > hard time believing > that there is no hardware decoding active in some > models under OS X as > the difference in performance results have been so > staggering. > > I also wonder why DVDplayer can't play over S-Video > at all (Blank grey > picture) on my Powerbook G4 / 400, but VLC can. > S-video worked already > with my PDQ..... > > > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
