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    How can I watch movies ripped to my HD from InstantOn mode on my TZ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ProPedder Kustoms, Jul 22, 2008.

  1. ProPedder Kustoms

    ProPedder Kustoms Notebook Enthusiast

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    How can I watch movies ripped to my HD from InstantOn mode on my TZ? I have a bunch of movies on my hard drive and I would love to be able to watch them from InstantOn mode. I am assuming that this is possible with some software hacks or something, since music and pictures can be browsed from the HD within InstantOn mode. Any thoughts?
     
    ProPedder Kustoms, Jul 22, 2008
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  2. rubenvb

    rubenvb Notebook Consultant

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    If Instant-on mode is anything like Dell MediaDirect, the biggest problem is probably codecs... INstant-on Mode (well, at least Mediadirect) is a seperate stripped down operating system that has its own, well, everything, including media player, drivers and codecs. And a Divx/xVid codec is probably NOT included... Theres some stuff about hacking that part of mediadirect (or maybe instant-on on these forums, just search for these terms with the term "codec" or "xvid" or "divx", you're bound to find something.)

    Imho just use vista, it definitely has longer battery life, better drivers (for Nvidia digital vibrance, which is a must!), and about the same start-up time believe it or not!
     
    rubenvb, Jul 22, 2008
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    Ok thanks!
     
    ProPedder Kustoms, Jul 22, 2008
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    biswasd Notebook Enthusiast

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    do our tz's have nvidia graphics cards?
     
    biswasd, Jul 22, 2008
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  5. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Nope, Intel Integrated GMA 950 graphics.
     
    Rahul, Jul 22, 2008
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