Windows98 has NetShow drivers for ZiVA??????????????????????????
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Re: DVD and WINDOWS 98
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Author: Robert Sawdey author profile
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Email: rsawdey@ibm.net
Date: 1998/09/17
Forums: alt.video.dvd
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DENY DENY DENY! There are several aspects to supporting DVD, support for
the UDF filesystem, support for DVD drives, and support for MPEG2 decoders
in hardware or software. Part of the reason the depth of support is
misunderstood, the DVD player application (similar to the CD player) only
becomes visible after Win98 recognizes (via PnP) one of the supported
decoders. This is complicated by the fact that only 3 decoders are natively
supported, the Toshiba single chip Timpani 1, the LuxSonor LS220, and the
Hardware Cinemaster 98 (based on the single chip decoder from C-Cube). Any
drivers must not only impliment the full NetShow interface, but it must be
done as a WDM (Windows Driver Model) driver, the unified driver model for
Win98 and NT5.0. Only after all these conditions are met does the player
become visible on the 'Add / Remove Windows Components' page. This is to
prevent people with incompatible hardware from trying to use the player. I
think most existing decoder boards will work, ONCE THE WDM DRIVER IS WRITTEN
FOR THEM!
Robert Sawdey
>>>I've heard some rumours here that, despite promises to the contrary,
>>Windows 98
>>>is not DVD compatable. It's supposed to be, it just doesn't work and
>>Microsoft
>>>are laying blame on the PCs of the world. Can someone confirm/deny this
>>>please?
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>Contrary to everything everyone else here is saying, Microsoft DIDN'T
>>include DVD support in Win 98.
>
>No... Win98 DOES support DVD... it just doesn't support DVD-Video.
>(Which ... as far as I can tell... it never claimed to)
>
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