One Old Jedi 0 Posted November 3, 2002 Of the two plugins, Intervideo and Sonic/Ravisent, which DVD/MP3 decoder for WinXP would you suggest? Share this post Link to post
Admiral LSD 0 Posted November 3, 2002 Personally, I wouldn't touch either and instead invest in a good hardware decoder. I've heard good things about the Sigma Designs Realmagic series, both this one: http://www6.tomshardware.com/video/02q2/020621/index.html And their Hollywood Plus (which Creative rebadges as their Dxr-3 card) card. Lots of people say that powerful machines make hardware decoding unnecessary but after playing with PowerDVD recently I'm starting to think software DVD is like software 3D: It looks shit no matter how powerful your system is. Not only that, but in my case I want decent TV out, something that can only be provided by a dedicated card. Share this post Link to post
Copernicus 0 Posted November 4, 2002 Sonic works a lot better and uses less resouces. I have a copy of Cineplayer 1.5 and I like it. You can have it set the Aspect Ratio for it even if it only a Full or Widescreen movie. Share this post Link to post