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Author Topic: Tricking a DTS unit Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-15-2003 07:56 PM                        top secret: and then there is something about putting the set-off dialer in a certain position.... not ? p.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 04-15-2003 08:54 PM                        quote: Does the 6D use 'video out modes' that are so basic, that all ISA cards support them? Adrian - actually the dts menus are so breathtakingly animated and feature such complex state-of-the-art 3D graphics that to view them, you need at least a GeForce3 graphics adapter with 32MB of video RAM or better, and make sure that you have DirectX 8 installed.  |  IP: Logged Adrian Steiner Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Baar, Switzerland Registered: Dec 2002 posted 04-16-2003 06:20 AM                     I expected somehow such an answer - and I'm not surprised at all it's you Michael. But I won't vote for you in the "stirring the pot" thread! I know a DTS Player is - simply said - a "converted PC plus additional electronics for 5.1 decoding". So one could expect that any card would work (especially when only text and no graphics are needed from the card). I just asked for being sure. But in any case, I'll add some more RAM!  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-16-2003 06:35 AM                        I usually upgrade all my DTS6/6D player with 256 MB ram and Linux. Then I run DTS.exe on background and I use the extra power for other purposes likie, say, a mail server, a gateway or a file server. The only problem is that when a splice pass throught the reader the mail server hangs for a moment. Bye Antonio  |  IP: Logged Adrian Steiner Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Baar, Switzerland Registered: Dec 2002 posted 04-16-2003 07:55 AM                     Antonio, do that with the new DTS player with a HD in it. BTW: That RJ45 plug on the CP650 must be good for something else than just saving the settings. IIRC I read in the installation manual, that a CP650 has something like a "network address". [edit] (just to show, that this wasn't meant THAT serious)[/edit] [ 04-17-2003, 03:56 AM: Message edited by: Adrian Steiner ]  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-16-2003 07:09 PM                        On the other hand: why would we want to "trick" the dts ? Why don't we just run a movie, if we have to test the equipment more than ordinary test gear allows ?? p.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Seo Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 530 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-17-2003 01:54 AM                     Adrian, The DTS unit is most likely using the basic, original DOS or BIOS services for display output. As such, drivers for a specific graphics card are not required. Since it sounds like the display is text only, pretty much any ISA video card since the dawn of the IBM PC/AT would work. On the other end of the spectrum... the CP650's RJ45 jack has an Ethernet address, but not an IP address. The manual didn't say much... any functionality is probably reserved for a future firmware upgrade (or Dolby's trusted partners...).  |  IP: Logged Adrian Steiner Film Handler Posts: 18 From: Baar, Switzerland Registered: Dec 2002 posted 04-17-2003 05:16 PM                     I didn't think about drivers, as a 6D has no non volatile memory. (Ok, ok, there's the ROM with the dts.exe and of course a BIOS - but you know what I mean.) The first sentence of your post describes exactly what I'm wondering. On the one hand I agree completely with you, Christopher. The DTS units use standard PC parts and therefore it should work with any card. On the other hand there are electronics developed by DTS in it, so it could be possible, that the "PC part" of the unit works a little bit different than an ordinary PC. But I think that's not the case, as DTS hardware is (AFAIK! And I only know that I don't know anything) only responsible for sound decoding. As the executable file is an .exe and ordinary CD-ROM drives and SCSI cards are used there don't seem to be differences to a PC. However, the exact answer could only tell us someone from DTS, but I think that will remain their secret (That's at least what I would do). Per:[qoute]On the other hand: why would we want to "trick" the dts ? Why don't we just run a movie, if we have to test the equipment more than ordinary test gear allows ?? [/qoute] Because there are curious people! About the CP650: I added a smily for clarification. Adi  |  IP: Logged John Foley Film Handler Posts: 13 From: Rio Vista, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 03-25-2004 03:59 PM                     The new firmware and setup software allow the customization of the cp650 ip address. Dolby told me you can currently query info like volume level from the cp650 via network, with more using coming... but i haven't succeeded yet.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-10-2007 04:39 AM                 It has been 1110 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 04-10-2007 04:39 AM                        OK, put an ISA graphics card in... keyboard, check! But nowadays the DTS.exe doesn't feature the option 2 on the disk. So I can't play anything. Does this mean that if I want to play a DTS disk I will have to change the DTS.exe to an older version? This all on a DTS-6 player! WOW, DOS is still alive!  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-10-2007 11:59 AM                     You may want to do a search on this, but I believe after Lord of the Rings 2 dts changed things so that you can no longer play the discs with that trick.  |  IP: Logged Fabrice Dubourg Film Handler Posts: 43 From: Granville, France Registered: Feb 2003 posted 04-14-2007 12:55 PM                     i have got another trick interrested ?  |  IP: Logged Patrick de Groot Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-14-2007 01:16 PM                     @Fabrice Please just post your idea and do not make any more posts like the previous. It adds nothing to the topic.  |  IP: Logged Bastiaan Fleerkate Film Handler Posts: 85 From: Linschoten, Utrecht, The Netherlands Registered: Jun 2006 posted 04-15-2007 09:46 AM                        Indeed, just post the trick (and the explanation)... I'm obviously VERY interested...  |  IP: Logged

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