> From: Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: DVD on beige G3
Len has kindly responded, and I'll take this opportunity to use his reponse to narrow the field of my search: >> Question: >> Can, in any way, a beige G3 (desktop) play a DVD? >> If so, how? With what? > > You need the following (my setup follows): > > A dvd decoder- either the rare one that Apple shipped with some Beiges or a > Radeon 7000 Got that, an Apple OEM ATI Rage 128 w/ DVD decoder card > A DVD drive > Either an Apple rommed one that will allow you to use apple's DVD player > or > another brand where you can either Hack Apple's player (just about the only > option in OS 9) or get one of the other players out there (VideoLan.org has > one for X) Got that - an Apple OEM 8x DVD drive - I tried the hack on DVDplayer 2.7 w/ OS 9.2.1 - didn't work; just WHAT did Apple write this player for anyhow? It cites all sorts of things its NOT for, but never clarifies what it was meant for! Tried the OS 9.2.1 native version 1.3 of DVD player, but as reported in my earlier post yields this: states that "certain Macintosh hardware can't be found to run Apple DVD" (doesn't say what these hardware components are). The OS, in the System profiler, recognoizes both DVD drive and ATI card. Was there another version of Apple DVD that WAS written for the G3s? > My setup (relevant specs below) is a beast of a beige, but plays DVDs fine: > Beige MT G4 533, 768meg ram, OS X.2.6, Toshiba 8x8x8x24 combo drive (not > Apple rommed and had better reviews at xlr8yourmac as far as compatability > than the faster Toshiba ones), Radeon 7000. I use either a hacked version > of Apples DVD player or VideoLan's player to watch DVDs. Truly a beast of beasts :-) Clearly one glaring difference is that this machine (the one I'm on) is not slated for upgrade, so OS X is simply not going to be on it (I do have a B+W with Jaguar on it that does play DVDs wonderfully through its ATI Mac Radeon) - so now the key question is narrowed: >> Can, in any way, a beige G3 (desktop) play a DVD on OS 9.2.1? My thanks to all for any input; and thanks Len for contributing. Best regards, Dana -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
