ATI RADEON VE problems

[Sarrkazztic]

I bought this card with 32mb ddr ram and tv out....I can get both displays to work under 98se but the problem is dvd output to the secondary display...it doesnt matter whether it is my tv or my computer monitor whichever is set to secondary will not play dvd output.....but either one will play if they are set to primary.....the error I get says it is using direct draw off screen mode and that direct draw overlay mode is the preferred setting....I have no idea how to fix this....I have tried disabling direct draw and direct 3d and re abling them also have tried lowering the hardware acceleration as well as the color depth resolution size and refresh rates.....can anyone help with this.

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[jdc2000]

You might want to double check the documention and/or both www.atitech.com and www.pcmag.com web sites, but I believe that you cannot play DVD's on the secondary video out - that is a limitation of the card and/or its software.

[Sarrkazztic]

If it didnt work under xp also then I would go with that and let it go...but it works perfectly under xp....I will read the docs that you posted tonight when I get home....anyone else have any ideas??

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[Ridgerunr]

Hi Sarr,,,just a' thought..Have you upgraded your 98SE to DirectX 8.1? Think WinXP comes with it as default? Might be a DX thing...

Also,are you using the latest drivers from ATI's site? Or the ones that came with the card? I've found ATI CD drivers to be quite out of date on some cards...

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[Sarrkazztic]

using the latest drives and directx 8.1 on both operating systems.....this is still puzzling me....

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[DrMDJ]

Perhaps related????

From ATI support:

Under Windows 9x/ME, when using a dual monitor setup, applications requiring hardware acceleration support for OpenGL will not be able to run (or will run only in software/Direct3D mode) when both displays are active. The most common programs to exhibit this symptom are games based on the Quake II and Quake III engines.

In order to run OpenGL mode in a dual monitor setup the secondary monitor must be disabled from DISPLAY properties in Windows 9x/ME. Once the secondary monitor has been disabled the application should function in OpenGL mode without difficulty.

When Windows 9x/ME detects a multi-monitor configuration (either a dual-ported card such as the RADEON VE or two independent graphics controllers), it will prevent the hardware accelerated OpenGL driver from loading. Instead, the Microsoft-supplied OpenGL software renderer will be used.

Most OpenGL programs will run, though at reduced speed, using this software renderer. However, applications requiring hardware acceleration support for OpenGL will detect that the renderer is not hardware accelerated, and refuse to run.

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