On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 19:26, JoeHill wrote: > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:28:12 -0500 > > Tom disseminated the following: > > That just isn't so. I have a GeF4, I use the 'nv' driver, > > I've never used the proprietary nvidia driver, DVD's and any other > > kind'a movies play jus' fine. DVD's, or any videos for that matter, > > _do not_ require hardware acceleration. > > Sorry, only speaking from personal experience. DVD's or AVI's will not > play, at least not full screen anyhow, unless I'm using hardware > acceleration, ie. the nvidia driver. Like you always say, YMMV ;-)
There must be other factors, Joe. As I said, they play on my old Matrox card without acceleration, and this box has an NVidia card, but I'm using the nv driver only. Xine plays them here, too. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels
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