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Genericman
October 8th 04, 04:17 AM
Have uninstalled and re-installed; have downloded drivers (Windows wants to
install older drivers than manufacturer). I believe all possible
combinations and permutations have been attempted. Still get "Current
Display Mode Not Suitable for DVD Video" on Ravisent player screen. Need
additional advice, please. [Codec issue??] All I know: It all worked with
XP BEFORE SP2!!!!

Prior thread below...
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Been there; done that. Again, worked after updating everything after XP
installed. Approx. 10 days later, SP2 installed. Now broke<sic>! Tnx for
feedback. More suggestions, please.

"Cari (MS MVP)" wrote:

> Get updated graphics card drivers!
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> Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> www.coribright.com
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> "GenericmanToo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Recently upgraded to XP Pro. Broke several items including DVD player for
> > old Cinemaster C-3.0 DVD card and SBLive! and Creative Disk Detector. Got
> > everything working via updates to viewer and drivers. Installed SP2. DVD
> > player (v1.9 from Cifelli site) displays "Current Display Mode Not
> > Suitable
> > for DVD Video" [blank screen in Media Player v9--and now v10, too!]. I
> > have
> > tried all possible settings with no difference in error message. Why
> > would
> > SP2 make any difference? Did it overwrite a driver during "driver
> > update?"
> > Advice greatly appreciated. [Dell Dimension XPS T500/Diamond Viper 770
> > (Nvidia TNT2)/SoundBlasterLive!/Cinemaster C-3.0 Decoder card/Toshiba
> > DVDdrive]
> > Again, Had everything working with XP before SP2!
> >
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Genericman

William R. Walsh
October 8th 04, 04:27 AM
Hi!

What does turning your display resolution and color depth down do? Try them
both. You might find one (or both) works.

I had an nVidia 16MB card that complained in a similar way with high
resolutions and high color depths while trying to play a DVD with any
player. I found that backing it off just one color depth level (16 bit, as
opposed to 24 bit color) solved the problem entirely.

Quick, easy, worth a try. I have no idea why it would have suddenly quit
working. (That's why I don't run XP in any sort of production environment.)

William

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