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By Raymond Garcia
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If you have a DVD player to watch movies
and a video capture card on your computer, you should
be able to connect the two and watch movies on your computer.
Though, You might have to resolve complicated hardware
and software issues to be able to watch movies on your
monitor.
Buy a DVD-ROM drive that comes with a decoder
card to save money and have a high likelihood of being
able to watch movies, unless your computer already has
all the necessary hardware and software to connect and
run a DVD player.
For software MPEG decoding, you'll need
at least a 350-MHz Pentium II or a G4 Macintosh. For hardware
MPEG decoding, you'll need at least a 133-MHz Pentium
or a G3 Macintosh. Your computer must support Macrovision
to play copy-protected DVDs. Connect a computer DVD Player Drive to a Computer. Remember to come back to
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TIPs: Connect a computer DVD Player Drive to a Computer.
A. Buy a video capture card with a built-in
MPEG-2 DVD decoder and motion compensation. If you don't
already have one. Find a card with S-video or better video
inputs. Try to match the outputs on your DVD player.
B. Buy a video card with audio inputs if
possible. Otherwise, buy a sound card with stereo input
jacks (not standard). Consider external video-capture
devices which includes a SCSI card, composite and S-video
in and out jacks, stereo audio in and out jacks, and full-screen
playback.
C. Install the necessary hardware and software
for the video capture device you chose. Plug the DVD player
into an outlet near your computer, but keep it as far
away as possible to eliminate any chance of feedback on
your monitor.
D. Connect cables to the left and right
(color-coded red) audio RCA jacks on the back of the DVD
player. Connect the other ends of the cables to line-in
jacks on your sound card or external video-capture device.
E. Connect the DVD player to your video
capture card or external device using the best technology
common to both: progressive-scan component video, interlaced
component video, S-video or composite video.
More Tips: Consumer video-capture cards
cost between $150 and $500. Hardware MPEG decoders are
far superior to software MPEG decoders. Connect a computer DVD Player Drive to a Computer.
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