[G4] Re: 10.4 + G4 500 AGP + ATI Radeon 8500 + Pioneer DVR-109 = No DVD movies play

[Sean Collins]

Greg:

Don't put all the blame on the Radeon 8500.  Have you checked at 
XLR8YourMac <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/> for any insights?  Many 
users w/Sawtooths are reporting no problems.

I have a G4 /450 AGP Sawtooth  (upgraded w/OWC 1.3Ghz CPU), Pioneer 
DVR-105, 10.4.1, DVD player 4.5, and Radeon 8500, and DVDs play just 
fine.

Some possible differences between your system & mine:

1) I have NEVER applied an ATI firmware update to my Radeon 8500 (if 
it ain't broke, don't fix it).  It's still at ROM revision 
113-85710-123 as I bought it 3 years ago..

2) I have NOT updated to DVD Player 4.6

3) DVR-105 vs DVR-109

Sean

>  > On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>  Does anyone else have this problem with DVD movies not playing 
>>>  properly with the Apple DVD player?
>>>
>>>  I have a G4 500 AGP Sawtooth system, a pioneer DVR-109, ATI 
>>>  Radeon  8500 and Mac os 10.4.1 with the Apple DVD player update as 
>>>  well. I can't play DVD with this set up, they appear garbled and 
>>>  scrambled like a bad satellite TV reception.  Does any one here 
>>>  have this problem, too?
>>>
>>>  I have check apple discussion board and it is noted there, seems 
>>>  to be a issue with the ATI Radeon 8500 Graphics card.
>>>
>>>  Daniel J. Brieck Jr.
>>
>>  Yes, I have the same problem on my Sawtooth with the same Pioneer 
>>  DVR, the same Radeon 8500, and same software updates. I am not sure 
>>  if it worked before the 10.4.1 and the DVD player update. But I am 
>>  sure it worked in 10.3.9. There are others with the problem, I was 
>>  reading some on the Apple/Tiger forum. Hopefully there will be a 
>>  fix. I can't afford a new video card right now.
>>
>  > Greg