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For Classic perhaps?
Authored by: joon on Nov 11, '01 06:16:11PM

Sounds like he's describing the DVD player in os 9 because you can't even get to play the DVD when there is more than one screen hooked up, at least with the original TiBooks (error: your configuration is not supported!). I know he just described how to do it with an external display only but still it sounds like a Classic situation because he was trying not to have 2 screens display at the same time which is not possible in X. I'm guessing it's because of the skimpy 8 MB of VRAM on my Ti (The window buffering probably takes alot more VRAM -I hope that's not the situation). The newer revs have 16 so maybe he's just talking about the newer models. I tried setting the screen res & bit-depth to its' lowest setting and I can kind of get it to work on 2 screens but it looks really bad. Any ideas?



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OS X...
Authored by: robg on Nov 11, '01 06:24:44PM

The comment was specific to 10.1 on a TiBook, but the model wasn't specified. The above steps don't work on your machine?

-rob.



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OS X... (just tried it...)
Authored by: joon on Nov 12, '01 02:36:20PM

I had a chance to try it today and yes, it does work! Great tip! Just the other day I was trying to watch a DVD with some friends but I just couldn't figure it out. Apple should make it more straight foward in the future. I hope they do it soon. Thanks Rob for the post.

I'm still curious though. Does anyone know if the window buffering takes up more VRAM or if the buffers are stored in main RAM and pushed through the system bus.

thanks,
-joon



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For Classic perhaps?
Authored by: stormcrow on Nov 11, '01 09:39:11PM

I've been able to do it in classic beautifully without a problem. You have to set the monitor res to 720 X 480 NTSC (in the US, 720 X 576 PAL in Europe) these resolution settings don't appear in OSX. Then drag the DVD display window onto the TV screen. Fill the screen in the Display settings and you should be golden.
note, this is to play the movie on your TV, never tried it on a monitor so I can't say if it would work there or not.

Again. I haven't done this in OSX, just 9.1

-chris



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It works in OS X!
Authored by: eagle_eyes on Nov 11, '01 09:55:50PM

I have a firewire PowerBook, which is virtually the same as the first generation Ti Book (all but the proccessor that is). The trick to getting it to work is as soon as the power button is hit then shut the lid on the PB. Make sure that the TV or monitor is on so that OS X thinks that is the primary monitor to use. The monitor or TV will be the only one running and the PB screen will remain black. Then sit back and enjoy the movie!

Great tip, now I will never have to boot into OS 9!



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Ti Rev. A, OS 10.1 confirmed
Authored by: brycesutherland on Nov 12, '01 02:07:12AM
I just followed eagle eye's instructions and can confirm that it works on a Rev. A TiBook under OS 10.1. The computer booted to the TV (the background image got removed -- it's too big I suppose) and the lid remains closed. I plugged in my pro mouse to access the DVD player and everything works fine. I'm watching Gladiator as I write this.

One note about picture quality: In addition to the large black bands on the top and bottom of the screen, there are also two smaller grey bands just above and below the actual picture. I don't remember if these gray bands appeared when using the OS 9 DVD player and my TV, or whether this is specific to the Gladiator DVD, but it looks acceptable overall (of course, my low-20s-inch TV is hardly optimal for this movie!).

This is great news!

Glenn

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