> andru sprott wrote: > > what you wan't is a mpeg decoder card. what mpegs are you playin? 1 or >2. mpeg1 decoders are cheap, but probably not many are made these days > > cos pentiums are fast enough to do the decodin in software. > The buttkissing box of the video card (ATI) I am using now made the > following two claims: > 1. the card came with 'doze 9.11 drivers. ABSOLUTLY FALSE > 2. the card supported hardware video acceleration. NOT WITH THE > DRIVER'S I'M USING!!! =\ if your ati card is a rage 128 chipset, it has semi-built in mpeg 2 decodin hardware, but you needs the dvd player that ati sell seperately for about 8 quid. andrew To unsubscribe, send a message to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit http://freelists.dhs.org