RyanDinan,
Doesn't quite work that way. At the heart of ATI/Cinemater players are video and audio filters. These filters work with DirectShow which is MS's protocol for decoding/playback of multimedia files. Basically what these filters do is allows Windows Media Player to play back any file as long as the codec is registered into DirectShow. Media Player itself is just a front end. An example of a DirectShow codec is the DIVX codec. If you don't have it installed into your system, you can't play back DIVX encoded AVI files.
In order to get Zoom Player to use Cineplayer/ATI's video codec along with WinDVD's audio filter, you have to make sure those two codecs are given the highest enumeration (default) in your system for playback of DVD files (mpeg2/ac3-spdif). Here is how you do it:
1. Go to
www.doom9.net and look for a program called graphedit. This progam will allow you to see what video/audio codecs are installed into your system and where the locations of the filters are.
2. Install your two players if not installed already: A) Cinemaster/ATI B)WinDVD
3. Once installed, use DVD Genie to unregister WinDVD's codecs (this is the easiest way. You can also do this manually but it takes longer. Also, doing this does not affect WinDVD playback). This will now make Cinemaster/ATI's video and audio filters as the system default DVD playback codecs. Now, we want the Video codec to be the default codec, but not the audio codec. So here is how you unregister Cinemaster/ATI's audio codec.
4. Open graphedit. Go to the insert filters menu. It will give you a listing of, among other things, DirectShow filters. Expand that tree and look for Ravisent or ATI's AC3/Audio codec. Graphedit will give you a location as to where that filter is installed on your PC. Note it down and go to your RUN menu and type in the following: regsvr32.exe /u "x:\\file location\\file name w/extension". Hit ok. If you did it right, you will get a message saying it was succesful.
5. Now you have to get WinDVD's audio codec to be given the highest enumeration. Do a search on your HDD to find the file "iviaudio.ax". It might come up twice, but that is ok. You just have to register it once. Note the location and register it by typing the following command into the RUN menu: regsvr32.exe "x:\\file location\\iviaudio.ax"
6. Now all you have to do is use Blight's front end DVD player, Zoom Player, and you will end up with Cinemaster/ATI's video quality, WinDVD's audio filter (for spdif w/DTS!), and a more intuitive interface thanx to Blight's Zoom Player (righ click brings up a lot of options in the window)!
Unfortunately, I am at work. Otherwise, I could browse my computer for the location of the filters and just write down the commands that you have to enter into the RUN menu, but this should get you on the right track.
Good luck.
