Dual Monitor DVD

[Azk]

Hi,
I just bought a Voodoo3 2000 pci to add to my system to run dual monitors (it cost $32 at pricewatch-->consumerdepot.com!). I have the Voodoo running as my secondary video and found that my DVD players will not work on that card/monitor. If I use the ATI DVD player I cannot even drag the window onto the second screen. With PowerDVD 2.55 I can drag it over but the window stays black. Placing the PowerDVD window half on the ATI screen and half on the Voodoo screen gives me images only on the ATI side. What can I do to get video on both monitors?

Thanks

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Athlon 900 TB
on a KT7A-RAID
128MB PC133 CL2
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR
KDS VS-190 19"
MS IntelliMouse Explorer

[ChencChris]

Because the ATi card is hardware decoding the DVD movie, but Voodoo3 uses different codec or lack DVD hardware decoding feature, so if you move it over to Voodoo3's monitor, it won't work. It should work however if you use software decoding.

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[This message has been edited by ChencChris (edited May 09, 2001).]

[Azk]

Originally posted by ChencChris:
Because the ATi card is hardware decoding the DVD movie, but Voodoo3 uses different codec or lack DVD hardware decoding feature, so if you move it over to Voodoo3's monitor, it won't work. It should work however if you use software decoding.

Hmm...PowereDVD seems to be using software paying only. The program has even greyed out the option for hardware acceleration. I think that I will try the player that came with my dell laptop and see how that works...keep you posted.

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Athlon 900 TB
on a KT7A-RAID
128MB PC133 CL2
ATI Radeon 32MB DDR
KDS VS-190 19"
MS IntelliMouse Explorer

[First_Incision]

I have asked around about this before, here, with ATI, and at Realtimesoft.com. It seems like DVD's and other video features (like TV tuner stuff) will ONLY display on the primary video card. I have heard of being able to move around a TV window, but only with Hauppage cards, and specific configuration. Also, some dualhead cards like the Matrox cards and the ATI Radeon VE will support dragging around a DVD window.
But if I remember correctly, that doesn't work with the Radeon VE in Windows 2000.
Check out Realtimesoft, they have some forums devoted to multimonitor issues.


Update: I just read that the current beta drivers for the Radeon VE allow you to watch DVD on either monitor in Win2K.

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[This message has been edited by First_Incision (edited May 09, 2001).]

[Nabu_the_Wise]

The Matrox G400 & 450 can supposedly handle dvd on either monitor.