Help!!

mrliquid · Apr 11, 2006, 08:59 PM

I just installed a dvd player/cd burner combo drive and when I try and play a dvd it says your tv out function is enabled and needs to be disabled to play copyrighted dvd's some people say it might be a video card update problem but my card says no new updates available anyone know what this error means and how to fix it?

Matth · Apr 12, 2006, 11:02 AM

Older video cards were not capable of outputing the anti-recording macrovision signal on their TV out, so either the TV-out is disabled (manually or by drivers) or protected DVD cannot be played.

There have been a few hacks to get round it - at one point, using older drivers may have worked - and in some cases hacked drivers were another solution, but I guess they've now thoroughly stitched up anyone with non-macrovision hardware.