Blu Ray Over S-vid

[enigmo]

Yep, weird title and possibly daft question I've just upgraded almost everything in my PVR box and will be dropping in a BD-ROM drive pretty soon. However, I don't yet have a HDTV and was wondering if I tried playing a BR disc, would HDCP stop it playing via the S-VID out on my gfx card, or would there be an issue with resolutions that stops it outputting via S-VID (yes, I know I won't get high def res over svhs, but I'm OK with SD for the time being). Also, will I need much more than 1GB RAM for HD playback?
Gfx: ATI Radeon 4850 (svid connection to SD TV)
CPU: C2D 6550 (stock)

[gEd]

http://www.anchorbaytech.com/support/res...n_hdcp.php

quote:
If one of your devices is HDCP compliant, but the other is not, then you cannot connect them using DVI or HDMI - you will get an error. However, you can still use the analog signal from the source device (eg: component video signal, S-video signal). HDCP does not apply to analog signals.

So you have upgraded almost everything in you PC but still only have 1GB RAM? I assume you are running XP not vista. I can't image why you would need more than 1GB of RAM for blue-ray playback (but then I have not yet tried it).

BTW: the only method that I know of to play BR discs in gbpvr is this :-

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...light=blue

off topic:
I have a 4670 in my PVR box and the s-video output is stunning, especially after adding some edge and colour enhancement in CCC.

I have a 4850 in my games pc and I am very happy with it (after upgrading the heatsink/fan)

your sig has just reminded me, I must ebay my old mobile 2500 cpu... what a great little chip that was.

[whurlston]

To be perfectly honest, you will benefit more from a regular DVD upconverted to an HDTV set than sending Blu-Ray to an SD set. Save up for the HDTV before buying into Blu-Ray.

That said, you will need AnyDVD HD from Slysoft. Once you have that, HDCP is a non issue anyway. (HDCP is not an issue for analog sources as gEd mentioned.)

[mvallevand]

HDCP is not an issue for analog sources as gEd mentioned.

For component (analog), there is an ICT flag that could be used to limit resolution to 960x540

Martin

[whurlston]

For component (analog), there is an ICT flag that could be used to limit resolution to 960x540

Martin

True, I was just thinking about S-Video.

[enigmo]

Ta all That bit about HDCP not applying to analogue is just what I needed.
Yeah, the 1GB RAM is all the spare DDR2 I had lying around. I didn't think I'd need more than that specifically for HD playback, but when it came to HD usage in general, I am a bit worried: When I first set up GBPVR, it was on a much lower spec system (see sig) and moving from 512MB to 1GB was like night and day in terms of speed and stability. No problems as yet, but then I'm not trying to record two HD streams at the same time yet! Oh, and I agree the svid output from the 4850 is a vast improvement over the old 9600, and I've not played with the filters much yet
The whole what to get first problem is being dealt with, but in a roundabout way. Basically, my DVD drive is knackered so I need a new one anyway, and a BD-ROM drive is just about cheap enough to get without worrying about cost these days. Having said that, is upscaling a DVD something that can be done over gbpvr? Is it a software thing or something that would call for a new optical drive? It's just if I have a BD-ROM in my box, and have a way of playing BR discs, even at a SD resolution over analogue connections, then I can get BR discs without the waste of being unable to play them until I get the right TV, which will be many £100s and months away yet. Then when I get the new TV, it's just a case of some software jiggery pokery, a new cable, and then off to HD wonderland. <Actually: An hour of happy tweaking, an hour of 'it should just be this one last thing', then a couple of hours of swearing, and somewhere along the line it just starts working>