I have installed both powerDVD and PowerVCR II (both the most upto date versions)

I have tried various versions of powerDVD and although i can play DIVX and VCD with hardware acceleration, everytime i try svcd or dvd the bloody thing hangs. I always thought my s3 savage 4 (16mb) just couldn't hack it.

But then i got hold of power vcr II (as i have just got a tv card). On that in file mode i can play all files (DVD doesn't have sound, for some reason). SVCD and DVD play smoothly with overlaying - can anyone give me a clue why, and if there is away to make powerdvd work without crashing.

Thanks for your help,

p.s. does anyone have else have problems with recording sound in powerVCR II, i could do it fine in the last version but this one doesn't want to know.