Matrox DVD Player

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The Matrox DVD Player is WinDVD. It doesn't matter which player you use
because they are software playback utilizing memory areas of your VGA card.
The Matrox TV-Out cable will work regardless of the DVD player you choose.

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"Daniel" <atari400@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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> Can anyone help me please?
>
> I have a Matrox G450 16MB dual head card (G45+MDHA16DLXB, I think). I am
> looking at purchasing the Matrox TV-out cable with Matrox DVD Player.
> However, I might be able to purchase just the cable itself for a
> considerably cheaper price.
>
> Do I have to use the Matrox DVD Player to take advantage of the TV-out
> functionality? (I'm assuming the Matrox DVD Player is not free)
>
> If not, can I use PowerDVD or WinDVD (I have OEM versions which came with
> my DVD drive and graphics card), or is there some freeware media player
> which can do the job.
>
> Thanks.

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Rick wrote:
> "Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutionsNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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>
>>The Matrox DVD Player is WinDVD.
>
>
> For what it's worth, the G450 shipped with the infinitely superior
> OEM version of Ravisent Cinemaster, not WinDVD. If your
> system is borderline as far as horsepower goes (PIII-450Mhz
> or slower) it would probably be worth the extra cost to pick up
> Cinemaster. Otherwise use whichever player you want.
>
>
Thanks Rick and Larry for the info.

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"Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutionsNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:38hhf1F5olv4eU1@individual.net...
> > "Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutionsNOSPAM.com> wrote in
> > message
> > news:E%LUd.120883$qB6.99385@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> >> The Matrox DVD Player is WinDVD.
> >
> > For what it's worth, the G450 shipped with the infinitely superior
> > OEM version of Ravisent Cinemaster, not WinDVD. If your
> > system is borderline as far as horsepower goes (PIII-450Mhz
> > or slower) it would probably be worth the extra cost to pick up
> > Cinemaster. Otherwise use whichever player you want.
> >
> >
>
> There is no certain proof one is better than the other. PowerDVD works just
> as good. I might have misquoted which ships with what level of Matrox VGA
> card, and I certainly remember WinDVD being in a package with a G550
> sometime back. I have all the above along with Sonic Cineplayer and the only
> differences I have seen is some OEM versions will only playback up to 5
> minutes. In order to playback more time you have to purchase the full
> version.
>
> In this case I think "far superior" is subjective and prone to personal
> opinion.

True. It depends where one's priorities are. More recent
players have much better configuration options, especially for
audio, but I've used all the major players and have yet to find
any that match Cinemaster's video smoothness and quality.
Cinemaster was so well written it could produce smooth video
on a PII-350 system. Try *that* with PowerDVD or WinDVD.

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"Lars Wolos" <news@wolos.com> wrote in message news:394k8qF5uaf5bU1@individual.net...
> "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:38kfogF5nsqdgU1@individual.net...
>
> Hi Rick
>
> > [...] but I've used all the major players and have yet to find
> > any that match Cinemaster's video smoothness and quality.
>
> I have two PCs, one with a Matrox G550 and one with a P650, but without the cds.
> Do you know where to get the OEM version of Ravisent Cinemaster and if it works
> with XP?
>
> I guess it's not on the "Matrox DVD Player" CD-ROM?
> http://shopmatrox.com/usa/products [...] 3&Column=2

I don't know. Probably not, because AFAIK no development has
been done with Cinemaster since Ravisent was purchased by Sonic,
even though Sonic is still selling it:
http://www.sonic.com/products/cine [...] efault.asp

I'd steer clear of Cinemaster if you have a more recent system.
It runs great under Win2K SP3, but SP4 breaks it big time. It
also may not run properly if DivX codecs are installed. Etc.

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"Lars Wolos" <news@wolos.com> wrote in message news:395rr1F5s43p1U1@individual.net...
> "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:394oliF5vhqfbU1@individual.net...
>
> >> I guess it's not on the "Matrox DVD Player" CD-ROM?
> >> http://shopmatrox.com/usa/products [...] 3&Column=2
> >
> > I don't know. Probably not, because AFAIK no development has
> > been done with Cinemaster since Ravisent was purchased by Sonic,
> > even though Sonic is still selling it:
> > http://www.sonic.com/products/cine [...] efault.asp
>
> I've just ordered that Matrox DVD Player and TV-Out cable above, but I guess
> it includes WinDVD (maybe Cinemaster aswell).
>
> > I'd steer clear of Cinemaster if you have a more recent system.
>
> I find the version history really confusing. There must be a more recent
> version called CineMaster2000:
>
> http://www.inmatrix.com/review/cine2000review.shtml

Yes, and the review is accurate.

> Quote: "CineMaster 2000 really hasn't changed much from previous versions.
> Aside from its Windows 2000 support [...]"
>
> I wonder why it's not on the Sonic website. And then there's this rather strange
> URL http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/ [...] aster.html
> which looks somewhat semi-legal or what?

I think you'll find most of those links are dead.

As I mentioned earlier there's no reason to use Cinemaster if
your system has adequate horsepower to handle more recent
(and supported) players.