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**SteveC** · 9 September 1999, 02:59

Are you going to your TV via a VCR? If so, then your problems may well be Macrovision related. (Copy protection) Go straight to your TV if possible.
To correct the aspect ratio, in the advanced properties of DVDMAX, you can (can't remember the exact words) select 'based on window size' and it should sort out the aspect.

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 03:12

No, I am sending my signal directly to TV. I also tried to set up "take aspect ratio from signal source" and every other possibilty too. But, unfortunately, still looking for solution.

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Jiri Klima

**SteveC** · 9 September 1999, 03:23

Do you have any other DVD software installed on your PC?
Can you get a proper picture if you enable something like the Clone or Multi Monitor displays? This will track it down to being just DVD.

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 03:31

I was using only the DVD player which was on my Matrox CD. Do you think it might help to try another one?
I tried to do Clone but there was no picture in DVD window, I think. I will try again.
Are you using your computer for DVD playback too? I found only very little posts in this forum about DVD playback & G400, which makes me very sad... ;-)
The truth is I decided to choose G400 and not TNT2 purely because DH feature and fullscreen TV DVD playback, but now I cannot do that. 8-(

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 03:34

I am sorry, SteveC, but I was a bit confused. now I understand what you mean with "track it down to be just DVD". Yes, I have a proper picture of my Win98 desktop in both Clone and Multimonitor mode up to 1024x768. Problems are <h1>only</h1> with DVD playback.

**SteveC** · 9 September 1999, 03:37

Just read your last post there... OK, I get your point with the 'only' word.

By other software I meant that some other DVD softwares can screw up any others on the same system.

I do use my G400 for DVD playback, and it is great on my machine. Does it work on your monitor OK?

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 03:47

SteveC, I am happy about the fact I can share my problems with at least one user of G400 card. Here in Praha, CZ I may be the only one... ;-)

Back to your question, both Region1&2 movies just looks great on my monitor. It is very smooth while I have PII266 overclocked to 300 only. I think G400 is helping it a lot.
Only concern i have is about region changes, while Matrox DVD player is limited to 5 changes only. But I have seen some hack somewhere on the web.

Main problem is the DVDMax functionality. I cannot understand why it cannot display NTSC DVD disc on PAL TV, when I select the proper TV standart for TV output. Do you think it can be limited by hardware or is it just some thing which will be solved by driver update?

**SteveC** · 9 September 1999, 03:59

I'm afraid I haven't got any NTSC discs to try out. There are most defiitely other DVDMAX users on this forum, just wait until they've woken up, maybe someone can help here...

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Cheers,
Steve

PS: Some or all of the above message may be wrong, or, just as likely, correct. Depends on what mood I'm in. And what you know. ;¬)

**magick** · 9 September 1999, 05:23

I too have problems with NTSC DVDs.
When i play RC1 DVDs they play smooth for a second the the picture stops for a short moment and so on.

I tried it with 2 different DVDs and with
MatroxDVD
Cinemaster (1.0.32)
PowerDVD 2.0

All show this effect. I know that the player has to perform a framerate conversion when playing NTSC an PAL, but it has to do this for different screen modes, too.

If i switch off DVDMax the movies run smooth.

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 05:36

To magick: Thanks for reply. Do you have some picture problems similar to mine while playing NTSC DVD discs on your connected TV set? If no, is your TV NTSC compatible?

JKL

**magick** · 9 September 1999, 06:05

No, the picture is sharp and clear. And no, my TV can't handle NTSC. How is your TV connected and did you use another DVD-Player
before? When i played too much with region selector i get very weird output. Usually i delete the complete Cinemaster Registry and start all over :-)

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 06:14

AHA, so: MPEG1 Video-CD players are the only one I used to play video before. I have special hardware MPEG1 decoder board, FPS 60 from FAST Multimedia.
But maybe it is not a bad idea to try uninstall them and also the FPS60 card. But I will have to try at the evening, when i return home, so I will reply to you with results only then.

JKL

**klima** · 9 September 1999, 08:35

Another thing I want to add: I hope somebody from matrox tech support is listening, too. I think these problem I have here are quite important to solve and only reply I did receive from TechSupport_Matrox@compuserve.com
was very funny and from my point of view not professional:

Sehr geehrter Kunde / Dear customer,

When you connect a monitor on the secondary interface, have you still the
same stripes?
How long is your cable to the TV? Max. 5 meter are allowed.
It is not possible to watch region 1, europe is code 2.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
Matrox Technischer Support

HAHAhA!!! They probably do not try yet to play DVD on PC at all.

JKL

**Grego** · 9 September 1999, 09:56

I had similar problems when I first used the dualhead, but they have all been solved and the playback is just great, I have used both region 1&2 in widescreen and normal and no problems at all.

As for the hack that lets you change region an unlimited number of times go to: www.dvdutils.com
and download regionselector v1.97.
As for the green flashes try this in the dvdmax page: Enable "Preserve source cropping" and enable "scale only on page flip" but do NOT enable the last one, this solved my problems. Also If you use a super-vhs cable and your tv does not support it the picture will be in b&w, at least mine was then I bought a normal composite cable and it works fine now. Finally I would see if b&w is enabled in the tv settings pages.

I hope this gives you an idea how to solve your problems, if not feel free to ask again.

Regards
Grego

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