MPEG Decoder card for DVD Maestro...

[Felix_2000]

Will any MPEG Decoder card register with DVD Maestro to do real time previewing? I was think of picking up an older card, the Real Magic Hollywood Plus.

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[D_Knife]

well I don't have DVD Maestro but I DO have a Hollywood plus
while the H+ is a very good mpeg decoder - it does not appear to work with any applications - only the custom written viewing app
about the only thing you could do is - burn the DVD image to disc and view it through the H+ then - mind you it's probably not worth the effort for that

[Felix_2000]

Yeah that what I do now but it's just a pain in the ass waiting for it to do that when you want to perfect small things like subtitles, or audio, or how certain menu stuff looks.

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[BJ_M]

no -- but on a fast system using cinemaster2k is real time { w/ built in mpeg decoder on your graphics card as in matrix parnelia, nvidia geforce, ati }

[Felix_2000]

Did some searching looks like Sonic bought Ravisant who made that product? I don't see them offering it anymore. Am I correct in this?
Is there any similar software?

Thanks
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[BJ_M]

no -- only cinemaster 2k or the OLDER version 1.x software worked with maestro .. both no longer sold

BUT cinemaster dvdplayer is still being sold - current version is 1.5x something ......but it doesnt work with maestro at all..

don't even ask where you can get the older versions ..

[Felix_2000]

Do the hardware cards also do it? If so which ones, since I see a few cheap ones on ebay.

Thanks
-=| Felix |=-

[BJ_M]

no

[Mr. Twister]

Seems as though Cinemaster 99 came bundled with DVDit that I purchased a year ago and it works great in Maestro. I don't really like DVDit but the player itself is valuable.

[BJ_M]

cinemaster 99 -- that is the older one than cinemaster 2k ... i couldn't remember the version .. the cinemaster that comes on the maestro installation cd only runs on nt4 and is a version before that one (99)..

[Mr. Twister]

I'm running Windows 2000 and the Cinemaster 99 I mentioned above works flawlessly in Maestro. That maybe easier to obtain than the 2K version.