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- Zoom Player & DVD Playback.
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- * Introduction
-
- First let me stress that Zoom Player is a DVD front-end and not a
- DVD decoder software. It will not be able to play DVD content
- without a 3rd party DVD decoder filter installed on the system.
-
- These DirectShow filters are usually bundled with DVD playback
- software in the form of ".AX" files.
-
- For example, WinDVD comes with 3 DirectShow filters by the names of:
- "iviaudio.ax" - WinDVD's Audio Decoder filter.
- "ivivideo.ax" - WinDVD's Video Decoder filter.
- "ivinav.ax" - WinDVD's Navigator filter.
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- PowerDVD comes with these filters:
- "claud.ax" - PowerDVD's Audio Decoder filter.
- "clvsd.ax" - PowerDVD's Video Decoder filter.
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- CineMaster 4 comes with these filters:
- "DSCinemAudioDecoder.dll" - CineMaster's Audio Decoder filter.
- "DSCinemVideoDecoder.dll" - CineMaster's Video Decoder filter.
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- * Switching to DVD Mode:
-
- The default method of switching to DVD mode in Zoom Player is by
- pressing the "F10" key.
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-
-
- * Keyboard Menu Navigation:
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- Once in a DVD menu, you can use the keyboard arrows to navigate
- through the menu and press the Enter key to make a selection.
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-
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- * Registering the filters:
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- Manually:
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- These filters can be enabled by registering them with your system
- using "REGSVR32.EXE", a file that comes with your operating system.
-
- To register a filter type the following command into the Start->Run
- prompt.
-
- Example:
- regsvr32 "c:\program files\intervideo\common\bin\iviaudio.ax"
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- To unregister a filter you can use the following sample:
- regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\intervideo\common\bin\iviaudio.ax"
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- If you have more than one DVD player sporting DirectShow DVD filters
- installed on your system, it's recommend that you verify that only
- one set of filters is registered at a time (see below).
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- Automatically:
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- In manual profile mode, you can pick a profile and press the register
- button, the filters will be registered automatically.
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-
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- * Conflicting filters:
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- It's possible that some filters will conflict. For example, if you
- have both the CineMaster filters and the PowerDVD filters installed,
- they may crash the player. This depends on the quality of the filters,
- the most compatible filters may even be interchangeable, allowing you
- to use the audio filter of one player with the video filter of the
- other player.
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- If you use manual DVD profiles, filters won't conflict at random.
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-
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- * Creating your own DVD Graphs:
- I've written a tutorial on how to do this, check it out here:
- http://www.inmatrix.com/articles/dvdgraph.shtml
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- * Conflicting programs:
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- If you have certain programs open while trying to play DVD content,
- playback will fail. These programs include any program that can
- play video (such as Morpheus or Media Player).
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- The problem comes from these programs use of the overlay surface.
- Most display cards have only one overlay surface, a feature which
- is required for DVD playback. If another application is using this
- surface, it prevents Zoom Player from using it and thus it can't
- play DVD content.
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-
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- * Checking to see which filters are in use:
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- Load Zoom Player, Switch to DVD Mode and press Play (or alternatively
- open the "x:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO" file).
-
- If you get an error message, then most likely some of the filters
- required for DVD playback are not registered and thus the DVD
- title can not be decoded.
-
- If playback does start, you can right-click the video area, move
- the mouse over to the "Filter Properties" sub-menu and in this
- list you should be able to find the Audio and Video decoder filters.
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-
-
- * Region Code:
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- All DirectShow players (including Zoom Player) are forced to use
- the Windows Region Code, regardless of their decoder.
- For information on changing the Windows region code, read:
- http://faq.inmatrix.com
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-
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- * Compatibility:
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- Zoom Player does it's best to use the DirectShow filters to their
- maximum capability. However, some filters are more reliable than
- others.
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- Some of the filters may not be compatible with the latest version of
- Direct-X Zoom Player was designed for. Some may be lacking some of
- the interfaces DirectShow specifies. With that in mind, Zoom
- Player's functionality may suffer due to buggy or lacking filters.
-
- In fact, with certain titles, the DirectShow filters don't seem
- to allow for correct initialization code, which may cause the DVD
- menus to appear in the wrong aspect ratio and may confuse the
- player as to weather it is in fact in a menu mode.
-
- It seems that if you open the DVD Navigator filter properties, it
- screws the language selection and title timing, so you should
- probably stay clear of it.
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