Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:12:50 +0100 From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Two questions (USB & Battery)
Matthew, In order to let that work you have to disable/tweak/destroy/whatever the windows file protection system because before you can say 'it works' Windows will have copied the file back and it crashes again. Note that in order to get sound you need to enable the ZV port somewhere buried deep into the advanced options of the sound card. Note(2) that the extremely simple explanation costed me several years of fun (and frustration) with windbg (to kernel debug Windows) IDA Pro (to disassemble the stream.sys and mdvdwdm.sys driver) but in the end I learned a very great deal about: 1. kernel streams 2. the whole technology behind DVD's (amazing stuff...) 3. IDA pro, the most wonderful tool ever written 4. The Margi DVD-to-Go card. (I even requested the source code for the WDM driver and I got it!) 5. Linux kernels in getting the card running 6. learned my libretto inside out 7. a lot of W2K and XP tricks 8. WINDDK (windows Driver Development Kit) 9. and a lot, lot more. When (not if) it works you still have the best gadget in your hand: I can play dvd's crystal clear on my libretto that is 9 years old. I don't think that the original engineers envised this but I'm still having a lot of fun with this computer. (2 actually as I own 2 libretto's :-) ) Avi. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 14 December, 2006 23:55 > To: Libretto > Subject: RE: [LIB] Two questions (USB & Battery) > > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:53:17 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Two questions (USB & Battery) > > >From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >1) Use XP as the stream.sys driver on W2K has a bug which > causes BSOD > >when playing DVDs (took me 2-3 years to find that out. Did kernel > >debugging, etc... long story... > >2) use the WDM driver > >3) rip dvd's with DVD Decrypter as an ISO to a large HD and play the > > Man.... that's >it!< Just replace Win2000's stream.sys with > one from XP and install WDM as I tried many times. The trick > behind an illusion can be perplexing to figure out, but > there's often an extremely simple explanation. > Good work. Now I've just got to remember what I did with > the card. I think I buried it in storage ages ago... > > >DVD's from the HD. > > > >a bit of a hassle but what a sharp image you have :-) > > > >I'll post my DVD findings with the libretto with a lot of > tech details > >one of these days/weeks/months... > > It's good to have another person on the list who's interested > in getting multimedia related issues tweaked on a Libretto, > esp someone with technical know-how. > > Thx Avi, > > Matt > > Libretto list info: > List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi > List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg16212.html > > _________________________________________________________________ > WIN up to $10,000 in cash or prizes - enter the Microsoft > Office Live Sweepstakes > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0050001581mrt/direct/01/ > > >
