Win2K DVD

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 9:38 pm

Anyone know a good DVD player for windows 2000?
I was using Power DVD in windows 98 but after installing windows 2000 it is really jerky. Clean install.

Splitfire · Post by **Splitfire** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 10:02 pm

I'm using a Hollywood+ with no problems at all. But I have successfully used PowerDVD v2.55 and WinDVD 2000 under Win2k.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 10:51 pm

Well it is on a laptop.
AMD 500 with 196 Megs o' RAM
Worked great under win98 but just installed windows 2000 now it is jerky as hell.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 10:52 pm

Forgot to mention...
I have tried Power DVD and WinDVD 2000

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 11:16 pm

Is DMA enabled for HDD/DVD ?
Check your Win2000 device manager ...

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 11:40 pm

Yeap...
That gave me hell in Win98
Let me get this straight:
I go to Device Manager, then IDE controlers, then when I go to the channel with the DVD player it is set to DMA if available.
and shows current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Dec 11, 2000 11:42 pm

Is windows 2000 that much of a hog over win98 that it is bringing my system down ?

succubiss · Post by **succubiss** » Tue Dec 12, 2000 12:09 am

windvd should work great in win2k and win98. i have a dell oem version. if you have an ati card, the ati dvd player works great in both win98/2k as well.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Tue Dec 12, 2000 6:49 pm

So, it shows " current Transfer Mode: Ultra DMA Mode " for the DVD drive properties under the "DVD/CD-ROM drives" tab ?