Advanced Settings and Troubleshooting : CineMaster DVD Playback Card

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Determining Driver Versions

> When trying to determine the potential causes of a problem, it is important to know the versions of various drivers and applications that are in use in your system. There are three individual items to consider: The WDM Main driver version, the WDM DVD driver version and the DVD Player application version.

> Follow the procedures detailed below to determine which versions of CineMaster are installed on your system.

> Hardware CineMaster 98 (C 3.0)

> - Right click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop and select "Properties" from the pop-up menu.
> - Click on the "Device Manager" tab at the top of the "System Properties" window.
> - Click the "View devices by type" radio button.
> - Click on the plus sign to the left of "Sound, video and game controllers". This will expand to show a list of the installed multimedia devices.

> - Select (click on) the "Hardware CineMaster 98 (C 3.0)" and then click on the "Properties" button at the bottom of the "System Properties" window.
> - Click on the "Driver" tab at the top of the "Hardware CineMaster 98 (C 3.0) Properties" window and then the "Driver File Details..." button.

> - The version number is shown below the file list, as "File version:".

> - The driver file (cinemclc.sys) resides in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ folder.

> Cinemaster DVD Decoder

> - Right click on "My Computer" icon on the desktop and go click on "Properties".
> - Click on the "Device Manager" tab at the top of the "System Properties" window.
> - Select on the "View devices by type" radio button.
> - Click on the plus sign to the left of "Sound, video and game controllers".

> - Select (click on) the "Cinemaster DVD Decoder" and then click on the "Properties" button at the bottom of the "System Properties" window.
> - Click on the "Driver" tab at the top of the "Cinemaster DVD Decoder Properties" window and then the "Driver File Details..." button at the bottom of the "Cinemaster DVD Decoder Properties" window.

> - The version number is shown below the file list, at "File version:".

> - The driver file (vdmindvd.sys) resides in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ folder.

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Determining DVD Player Versions

> > The DVD Player version is displayed in the About DVD Player… dialog box for the application. To access this box, single-click with the left mouse button on the DVD icon in the upper left corner of the video playback window, select the About DVD Player… menu item, and the version will be displayed in the dialog box that appears.

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