dvd's won't play on 4mb matrox mystique pci (psone)-help make it work!!

mattress · 04-12-2005, 08:04 PM

I was building my carputer around a 5" LCD screen I got (psone LCD)

I started out with a radeon 9200 128mb AGP graphics card ... but soon realized that this card has a flaw and corrupts the screen at the resolution required to drive the LCD.

so, I bought the 4mb matrox mystique, because it was only $10, and it was a bonified verified working card. yes, it fixed my problems.

Now, whenever I try to play a DVD I get errors out the yin-yang. I've tried multiple programs ... windows media player v9, v10 ... zoom player, etc... different DVD codecs ... "DVD Pak" for wmp, NVDVD codecs ...

nothing worked.

I swapped the radeon back in, and it works w/o a hitch.

Whats' going on here? Why can't this card play dvd's? how can i fix it?

thanks for any help/suggestions!

Bobby Digital · 04-12-2005, 08:46 PM

a) it's a 4mB card, I don't think it's even powerful enough to play a DVD

b) if it's a used card it could be failing, thus producing errors when attempting to put it under a heavy load

mattress · 04-12-2005, 10:10 PM

i'm running a p4 2.0 ghz, 512mb ram ... i would think i would be able to decode it using software??

CavityCr33p · 04-12-2005, 10:26 PM

I just told mattress, but mine is playing dvds fine, there is a bit of jerkiness with the video, but barely noticable and I have the same setup.

Dont know why his isnt playing tho, im using powerdvd.