RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!

2006-12-20 Thread Avi Cohen Stuart 
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:09:57 +0100
From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!

Philip,

I'll check the 32 bit properties. Any hints where I should look? 

As far as I can see on XP the PCMCIA takes irq 11. I also have these
problems with DVD playback even I use a USB 2.0 and a HD or a DVD drive.

Any tips on the settings?

Avi. 

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 From: Philip Nienhuis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:32:21 +0100
 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Avi Cohen Stuart wrote:
  Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:47:02 +0100
  From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
 
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  I use XP with a dvd iso copied to HD and that also works 
 with the WDM 
  driver.
 
 I've read your post on this subject a few days back.
 
 What strikes me is that you copy DVDs to your HD, as cardbus 
 (=32 bit) DVD players are supposedly faster than the 
 Lib100/110's internal hard disks which are on an ISA bus (= 
 16bit  no DMA). And on top of that there's a software layer 
 simulating iso image access which adds overhead, too (though 
 a similar HW or SW layer is present in the DVD player stuff).
 
 Have you properly enabled 32-bit on the pcmcia ports? Does XP 
 use proper drivers for them?
 
 I read somewhere that the Lib100/110 cardbus ports use 
 polling rather than IRQ for a number of things. That might 
 explain some of the slowness you've encountered when playing DVDs.
 
 
 Philip

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2006-12-20 Thread chris 
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:35:24 -0800 (PST)
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Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!

2006-12-20 Thread Philip Nienhuis 

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:07:14 +0100
From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!

Hi Avi:

Avi Cohen Stuart wrote:

Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:09:57 +0100
From: Avi Cohen Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!

Philip,

I'll check the 32 bit properties. Any hints where I should look? 


First try: BIOS settings.
I believe I had it set to Auto-Selected.
You can try your luck with 16-bit/Cardbus (sic).
(I think PCIC-compatible is strictly 16 bit.)

And check the CPU cache (write back).


As far as I can see on XP the PCMCIA takes irq 11. I also have these
problems with DVD playback even I use a USB 2.0 and a HD or a DVD drive.


On Win2K both pcmcia-ports take irq 09. Shouldn't make much difference 
I'd guess.


But XP is an enormous resource hog on a 64 MB 233 Mhz PC. Do you use 
that to play DVDs?



Any tips on the settings?


Not much more, actually.

I was simply surprised that a 16-bit ISA bus is faster than a 32-bit 
cardbus (= PCI-extension).


Philip