Nero Showtime

Hi Nero showtime is supposed to be able to play HD DVD's with the latest update 7.8.5.0 provided you get the HD plug-in, has anyone tested this yet? like to know if its likely to work before I purchase. Especially if it obeys the rules as written and does not downscale where it is not a REQUIREMENT of the aac specification. Guess you can tell I have a none hdpc connection to my monitor! Stewwy

Did you catch my CeBit report? As far as digital outputs are concerned, Showtime will act as if the DOT is set.. so no playback at all via unprotected digital link. You'll probably get full res via analog but 1920x1080 via analog - you can expect degradation there since analog output on GFX cards just aren't that great at high resolutions.

But if you're just concerned with getting proper HD output, then that's all you'll have to contend with, right? Or just get a new graphics card.... ;)

Oooops 

sorry posted before I read the article.... too many visits to /. I think stewwy

My problem 

My problem which I hope nero will perhaps fix is this. I can get powerdvd 6.5 to work with stuttering vision and sound on winxp64 but not 7.1 or 7.3 I just get a blank screen (sound is ok and runs smoothly). On vista 32bit using 7.1 or 7.3 (6.5 just crashes on vista) I get a similar blank screen and decent sound. I'm using an xbox hd dvd drive and king kong to test. I've Demuxed it using the various guides on the forum and can play the video smoothly in graphedit using haali filters. haven't managed sound yet I'm still messing with it But ideally I want a solution that doesn't involve filling up my HD! I've set up my ATI x850 via a vga cable, but does anyone know if my problems are because I'm using a DVI to VGA converter? (card only has 2 DVI ports) My display is non-compliant, but I'm happy to use VGA if I have to as the resolution is only 1280 x 1024 HD advisor shows all green except for graphics driver which it shows as unknown and the graphics driver which shows red. If I have to get a new card I will but know one seems to give a definite answer as to which ones will work. :angry: *****warning rant ahead***** Its as if someone WANTS me to boot my kit across the floor, I'm trying to use my legitimately bought hardware with my legitimate HD-DVD and 'they' wont let me ****** rant over****

Hd-dvd 

hi, posted in the full res playback thread but the plug-in seems to work a treat. Having issues on my XP machine (player crashes) but on my Vista machine it looks great, plays from a backed up disk folder too (AnyDVD from xbox HD-DVD).

I installed Nero again on a clean base but the result is the same.Still much to high CPU load. There are reports about to high CPU loads with older Dualcores and Nero HDDVD in other forums too. So it could be your explanation about not optimised support for Netburst cores in older CPUs. I installed Nero on my 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 Notebook with 2 Gb Ram and Ati x1700 G.Card. But i can't playback a HDDVD with the XBox drive. I also tried Running Scared which doesn't have Copy Protection. The Nero Info tool says that the x1700 is not supported. Already decrypted evo files are not working too.