DVD Playback Software
The bundled DVD playback software has a newly enhanced MPEG-
1 and 2 decoder to provide you with the most rich and powerful
image quality. It is based on the proprietary MPEG-2 video decoding
engine that supports full resolution 720 x 480 video playback.
You
can enjoy the wide range of educational and entertaining CD/DVD
titles with sound and visual effect of theater quality.
Installation under Windows 98SE Environment
1.
Insert the application CD and the installation program will run
automatically.
Or
2. Run
:\setup.exe
on the application CD.
DVD Region Coding
Region Playback Control Management
All DVD Video Playback systems have “Region Playback Control”
management (RPC) which is required by Hollywood movie industry
and defined by DVD Forum. This includes DVD-Video players and
PC systems with DVD-Video capability. You can only play DVD-
Video discs with the same region code as your DVD-Video Playback
system.
As for DVD-ROM drives, one kind of the DVD-Video Playback
system, there are 2 types:
RPC Phase 1 (as RPC1)
: RPC1 drives do not have built-in hardware
support for region management. DVD-ROM drives of this kind don’t
play a part in controlling the playback region. It solely depends on
the decoder.
RPC Phase 2 (as RPC2)
: RPC2 drives maintain the region change
count information in hardware, and in general, the region of such
