HD-DVD Software Player for "older" PC

[stanko3]

Hi,

i know that my PC (AMD Athlon 64 3200+; ATI Radeon 9800 pro) have not the power e.g. PowerDVD Ultra is expecting. Nevertheless i bought the XBOX HD-DVD Drive, a update to AnyDVD HD and a HD-DVD movie (Batman Begins).
Installation was successsful and AnyDVD HD was able to copy the film to the computer. :clap:
Then i tried some software players for HD-DVD (PowerDVD 6.5 / Ultra 7.3, WinDVD HD, Nero ShowTime), but until now i have not even seen a picture from the movie.
With or without AnyDVD HD, from hard disk drive or HD-DVD Disk - there was no possibility to view something.
Only with PowerDVD 6.5 i could seen the "WB" intro at the beginning of the film, but these only in a small window in the upper left corner. After this there was shown a kind of rotating disk and than PowerDVD 6.5 said good bye.

Is it only my older hardware ? Playing some trailer in 1080p was no problem on my system.

Best Greetings and happy easter.

 

[ibglowin]

Yes its your CPU

Same thing happened to me on a 3yr old Dell 2.4Ghz P4. No go until I bought a brand new Dell XPS-410 C2D with ATI graphics card. Worth it in the end as The new machine is quite amazing.

 

[stanko3]

Hi,

thanks for the information. OK, then i will build me a faster PC. (AMD X2 4600+ EE) To get only silence from the graphic card (passive cooling) i want to buy an ASUS EAX1650 Silent (512 MB). Is that card fast enough for HD-DVD playing ? I am not playing games on the PC !

Greetings

 

[ibglowin]

Yea, that should work fine YMMV as they say but thats alot more powerful that my ATI 1300 and its working just fine with AnyDVD HD of course and PowerDVD 7.1

 

[stanko3]

Hi,

now it is done. My new PC is ready and it is working, except HD-DVD playback. Like on my other computer i see only the video in a small area, situated in the upper left corner of the powerdvd window. I have connected an analog monitor to the VGA output of the X1650 card. (Not over DVI to VGA)
Some ideas ?

greetings