REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION

Due to the nature of Windows it is possible that your current Windows installation has other video, sound codec or programs which may prevent DVPlay software to work. It is very hard to find which program stops the DVPlay software and even if you find it and remove it you may not solve the problem as many of problem files will not be removed. The best solution is to do a clean installation of Windows.

So - install DVPlay software on you current Windows. If it works, you may start using it. If it doesn't work - please follow next step at 100 %

  1. Format C:
  2. Install new Windows XP professional with SP2 in letter C. You should use ONLY XP Professional. Media Center, Home edition and other version of XP are not tested with DVPlay software and there is no warranty about it. SP 2 is absolutely obligatory as it provides support of DirectX 9.
  3. Install drivers. If you use BlackMagic you need to use BlackMagic DeskLink SP on PCI and you must use driver from the site of DVPlay as their are other drivers for which I have received errors reports. You can download drivers from here.
  4. Tune Windows XP as shown in install guide.
  5. Install DVPlay software. When you install FFDSHow you must turn off ALL setting except Uncompressed. If you don't follow this you may not be able to start DVPlay software.
  6. Don't install any other software especially video and sound codecs.

   
If you want to test the software and don't have a Matrox or BlackMagic SP video card your card must meet the following requirements:

  • to be at least middle class
  • to support DirectX 9.0

Recommended card for test of DVPlay's software are ATI Radeon 9550 or upper, You can use a NVidia like GeForce 6600, but will work only with PC screen and you can't see picture in TV. With Radeon you can see both pictures.
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