[ltp] Playing DVDs on a 770x

[Jim Harvey]

Mendel Cooper wrote:
> Hardware:  770x Thinkpad
>            20 GB hard drive
> 	   192 Mb memory
> 	   DVD drive
>            DVD Enhanced Video Adapter (accelerator card) (P/N 12J0411
>            05K3044)
> Software:  Mandriva 2007, 2.6.17 kernel  (xine, kmplayer, etc.)
> 
> All right, I'm out of my mind. I picked up a 770x (PII 300MHz, SXGA screen)
> on eBay for pocket change. Got almost everything working under Linux,
> although sound was an adventure. Now, I want to play DVD movies on it, using
> the included (!) DVD drive.
> 
> DVD movies *will* play. But, the video is jerky, of course. The base
> hardware just isn't up to it, and basically the computer is too slow.
> I read somewhere that an 800 Mhz machine is a reasonable minimum for
> playing DVDs.
> 
> However, I scavenged a DVD Enhanced Video Adapter, see above. It plug into
> a narrow slot right below the battery bay. According to IBM, this ought to
> enable pretty good DVD movie play because of hardware video acceleration.
> The only problem is that Linux won't recognize it. DVD video still plays
> jerky.
> 
> Well, why am I even trying to do this? Because of the intellectual
> challenge, I guess. And, because I like banging my head against stone
> walls ("It feels so good when I stop.").
> 
> Does anyone have any idea about where to find Linux drivers for the
> Enhanced Video Adapter? Or any other ideas? Don't bother telling me I'm
> a lunatic. I already know that.

I wish.

I have a Z with the same adapter.  I have found no support for it under 
Linux.

The interesting thing is DVDs play very well on my machine with win 98 
without the DEVA card installed.  I suspect there is something 
proprietary with the Trident drivers that's not implemented in the X11 
drivers.