I just went through this with a technician at my workplace who received a hand-me-down Lombard. DVD Player software will not install in a Lombard under OS X and won't work if you manage to copy it over. Per Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106470 "Watching DVD discs in Mac OS 9 Other computers with DVD-ROM drives have hardware decoders, which DVD Player 3.0 does not work with." and http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=151943 "Mac OS X 10.3 Help DVD Player is not installed on my computer DVD Player is installed on computers that have a DVD drive and support AGP or PCI graphics with a Rage 128 video card or better." Nor does the DVD-Video PC Card work with the Lombard: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30632 "Note: The DVD-Video PC Card is not supported on the Powerbook G3 Series 1999 (with Bronze translucent keyboard)" All the research I've done says that you can't play DVD videos on a Lombard under OS X - you have to boot into OS 9. I'd love to be proven wrong (as would the tech at work!). Regards, Bob Eye Dallas, TX --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >The DVD Decoder board IS NOT supported under OS X. > This piece is used > >for watching DVD movies. It works fine under OS 9. > > A hardware decoder is necessary under 9, on the > Lombard. > > A software decoder is used under X, on the Lombard. > > With a third-party video card on a PCI bus Mac, > software decoding can be > used on 9 and it is always used on X. > > As an example, the B&W G3, a PCI bus Mac, can be > provided with a decoder > board on the Apple-supplied video card. This decoder > is required under 9, > but it not used under X. Remove that decoder card > and Apple DVD Player > will report "missing hardware" on 9, but will still > work on X. > > The same concept should be true of other PCI-type > Macs, such as the 3400 > (604e), 3500 (Kanga G3), 1998 (Wallstreet G3), 1999 > (Lombard G3) and 2000 > (Pismo G3). -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
