DVD Max - two monitors?

[CalBear]

OK has anyone gotten this to work with two monitors? I hit the "DualHead Clone, DVDMax, or Zoom" option, then I clicked "Use DVDMax" box.

I've tried with driver versions 5.25, 5.11, and nothing seems to work.

I heard somewhere that it will only work if the second screen is a TV...does anyone know for sure if this is true?

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Bob "CalBear" Colayco
News/Games Editor
Thresh's Firingsquad
http://www.firingsquad.com

[IceStorm]

Yeah, the second head has to be a TV for DVDMax to work. It doesn't work for monitors.

The second display doesn't have the hardware acceleration necessary for DVD playback (via the G400 OR a DVD decoder card - I've tried).

Rumor has it they may add it to future drivers, but Matrox isn't commiting to anything right now.



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Primary System: PIII-540 (450@4.5x120), Soyo 6BA+ III, 256MB PC100 ECC SDRAM, G400 MAX in multi-monitor mode. V2 SLI rig. Two Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 900u monitors, 3Com 3C905, SoundBlaster Live!, Altec Lansing AC5 spkrs, 2nd Parallel Port, WD AC41800 18GB HD, WD AC310100 10GB HD, Toshiba SD-M1212 6x DVD-ROM, HP 8100i CD-RW, Epson Stylus Pro, Sharp JX-9400 LJ-II compatible, OptiUPS PowerES 650, MS SideWinder Precision Pro USB joystick, Logitech 3-button mouse, Mitsumi keyboard, Win98 SE, Belkin OmniCube 4-port KVM

Secondary System: PII-266, Asus P2B BIOS 1008, 128MB PC100 ECC SDRAM, Millennium II, 3Com 3C590, ADSL Modem 640kbit down/90kbit up, 3Com 3C509, Mylex BT-930 SCSI card, Seagate 2GB Hawk, NEC 6x CD-ROM, Linux distro S.u.S.E. 6.1 (IP Masquerade works!)

Tertiary System: DFI G568IPC Intel 430HX chipset, P200MMX, 96MB of non-parity RAM, Millennium II, Intel Pro/100+ client NIC, SoundBlaster 16 MCD, Fujitsu 3.5GB HD, WD 1.2GB HD, Creative Dxr3 DVD decoder card, Hitachi GD-2500 6x DVD-ROM, Win98 SE

All specs subject to change.

[IceStorm]

Actually... I didn't try it yet, but I could probably route the second output through a Jam!, then back into the second head (I have used the Jam! before on the monitor, though).

Made by amislabs, it's a $50 box that allows you to plug an S-Video or Composite Video source into your monitor. The quality isn't exactly the best, but it does work.
http://www.aimslab.com/Products/JAM!!/jamhome.htm

Personally, I use a second machine to play back DVDs, as I game on the first.


[This message has been edited by IceStorm (edited 09-25-1999).]