Windows NT and DVD Decoders?

An Anonymous Coward wanted to know about the following: "Last month there was discussion about DVD and Linux. What about Windows NT 4.0 and DVD software decoders and players? Where are they? There are Windows 98 players but there are no support for DirectX 5.0 in WIndows NT 4.0. But why is DirectX so important? So far, I've only found one NT DVD decoder: WinDVD."

Drivers for Creative Labs Dxr2 kit for Windows NT

[Falcor]

Are available for download from creative labs.

They were beta software, but did work just fine...

Re:Drivers for Creative Labs Dxr3 kit for Windows

[AndyJ]

Works fine for me with NT4.0, SP5, Riva TNT2 and Soundblaster Live.

Some speech sync problems, but then films like Lock Stock and Two Smoking do that all by itself anyway.

Re:Have you tried Ligos?

[eison]

According to their website, "The LSX-MPEG Player plays MPEG-2 files, it is not a DVD player."

Other NT DVD players

[eison]

VideoLogic includes a DVDPlayer that works in NT [videologic.com]. I'm sure several other cards do too, but I don't know which ones.

According to the rec.video.dvd DVD FAQ [videodiscovery.com], your other choices are:
"Margi DVD-To-Go, Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus, and the related Creative Labs Dxr3 are among the few decoders that work in NT 4.0. Software decoders from InterVideo, Mediamatics, and MGI also work in NT 4.0, but aren't available retail."

my advice -> hollywood decoder

[OcabJ]

I've had the Creative Labs Encore 2x kit when it was first released. It's easy to install in Windows 9x and has full support in NT 4, but the monitor output isn't all that great. It's excellent when pumping it out to a television, but if you plan on watching on your monitor, too, go with the Hollywood decoders by Sigma Designs. I've helped several of the Hollywood Pluses and they are awesome in terms of the monitor output. The DXR3 isn't much of an improvement over the DXR2, either. Last time I checked, there are NT drivers for the Hollywood.

Re:Drivers for Creative Labs Dxr3 kit for Windows

[Natacado]

Creative's driver page [soundblaster.com] says the Dxr3 drivers just added "Support for single processor x86 Windows NT4.0 (English language)." Looks like your multiprocessor system could be the culprit.

I've been running the dxr3 card under NT with no problems whatsoever for the past few months... I have a SB Live! Value, TNT2, and Encore Dxr3.

drivers for E4 decoders

[pOrATa paTima]

I bought this lame card on ebay. When I bought this card, www.e4.com used to exist but I couldn't download the drivers (bad url). Any body has drivers for this card?

Re:Drivers for Creative Labs Dxr3 kit for Windows

[mcse4life]

The really shitty thing is I can't seem to find a way to turn off the udma 66 controller. I am not using it now so i really don't need it using up irq's.