i also came in here specifically looking for **WHY** PowerDVD seems to constipate on my Dell Inspiron (w/ 1G ram).
IN OTHER WORDS: WHY CANT THIS DELL CONFIGURATION HANDLE SIMPLE DVD PLAYBACK???
Donnor's suggestion is simply:
upgrade the (3rd party) dvd player software (with the caveat "as far as I know")
Thanks Donnor, but can you tell me why my "DELL INSPIRION WITH 1 GIG RAM AND 1.7 GHZ" can't even play a simple DVD? (other than saying I should blame my antivirus/firewall or simply buy a later version of said software?) Where's the alternative freeware app that easily plays DVDs on this dell config? WHERE?? (i simply smell bull)
So anyone having purchased PowerDVD prior to version 5.3 is *** outta luck, and we should all buy the at least ver 5.3 or higher "as far as donnor knows".
so, should we invest ANOTHER software purchase in the hope our SAME dell configuration can handle a simple DVD playback.
Donner, you want to guarantee this? Thought not.
(PS: amazing how the censorship here focuses on simple words rather than the accuracy of statements. give me two curses and an accurate response RATHER THAN polite bull.. (oops! cant sat THAT!) .
can we simply speed all this up? forum and dvd play?
The original posted asked if it was possible to use an updated version of PowerDVD with the Dell Media Experience software and I stated from the documents I have read from the DMX readme files that it supports PowerDVD 5.3 and higher, it left this open with the wording "higher". This leads me to believe from the technical docs that yes you can use a higher version of PowerDVD (upgraded version if you will) with it. Since the original poster did not state what versions of DMX, or PowerDVD he is running I gave him the only response I could with what I know about.
NOW as far as your post, it does not really have anything to do with this thread. I am sorry you appear to be having some problems, as far as I know DVD playback should be mint on your system (I dont know what system you have?) on my Pentium M 730 1.6 and 1GB of RAM stock in my i9300 it ran from Dell without any problems at all. So in your case I can only speculate what the issue is or a fix, which I would not do since I do not have enough information.
If you have specific usefull information that we can read and discuss to see if we can as a forum community help you find a solution to your problem, then hey I am there for ya man, but your post here so far is not helpful as much as complaining and somewhat misplaced.
And to gillyBoy, did I answer your question? or did I miss something?
Yes, you answered my question. I have powerDVD 6 and i believe DMX is running with 5.3. So i wanted to know if i installed powerDVD 6 if it would work in DMX or if it could conflict with it.
As far as I know it does, If you have Windows XP I would suggest running the system restore utility and set a restore point before you upgrade (just in case). Install PowerDVD 6 then see how it goes, I think that PowerDVD may tell you or walk you through uninstalling the old version first and the restore point is im portant if you dont have the original CDs. It most likely installs to the same Cyberlink folder and uses the same executable name so DMX in the registry should just call the new versions executable and work. Install it and see how it goes (IT should work according to the readme file on the installation CDs I have from Dell (Both Dell Media Experience v2.x and the Sonic version "same thing" V3.0). If it doesnt work just go back into the system restore and run it to roll back the installs.
donnor
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July 28th, 2005 06:00
As far as I know DMX works with Power DVD 5.3 and higher, I suggest version 5.5, and you should have installed MS .net framework as well.
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July 29th, 2005 01:00
donnor
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July 30th, 2005 09:00
Gillyboy
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July 30th, 2005 22:00
donnor
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July 31st, 2005 09:00
As far as I know it does, If you have Windows XP I would suggest running the system restore utility and set a restore point before you upgrade (just in case). Install PowerDVD 6 then see how it goes, I think that PowerDVD may tell you or walk you through uninstalling the old version first and the restore point is im portant if you dont have the original CDs. It most likely installs to the same Cyberlink folder and uses the same executable name so DMX in the registry should just call the new versions executable and work. Install it and see how it goes (IT should work according to the readme file on the installation CDs I have from Dell (Both Dell Media Experience v2.x and the Sonic version "same thing" V3.0). If it doesnt work just go back into the system restore and run it to roll back the installs.
-D
Message Edited by donnor on 07-31-2005 05:15 AM