Re: BioExplorer - dvd invalid or not in drive

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have a similar problem. The dvd will run but it is

not " driven " by the BE...so the movie just plays on without any

feedback. This is a new DVD computer with the BE all installed but

I dont know what to do to make the DVD movie responsive to the BE

biofeedback. Specifically, HOW does one make that work? i.e., go to

_____get _____, load ______, change______. Please, anybody

out there who can give minute instructions. I'm amazed that this BE

is not more streamlined, easy to load and set up and with a regular

training manual that one could actually study offline. It seems to take a

techie for the simplest of tasks. That is not my idea of " user

friendly. " Any chance this software is going to be more user

friendly and with a " real " manual in the future or are we

destined to clunk along? I'd like some info to make it a Happy New

Year simply that is. Does anyone out there have notes on

basics that they would consider sharing? Something that would help

someone make the most of the software at the git go?

Thanks

Marie

At 01:37 PM 12/31/2006, you wrote:

Steve,

It can happen for 2 reasons.

1) There is no DVD in the drive

2) you have not installed and selected the dvd playback

software.

BE requires you to install a stand alone DVD player software. WinDVD

and Power DVD are the choices I am most familiar with, The OEM

versions that ship with computers do not usually work as they are

feature limited. Once you have one of them installed you have to go

into the preferences under the BioExplorer menu and choose the audio

and video drivers that BE will use to decode the DVDs.

> Hello all,

>

> I recently installed BioExplorer and have just started it for

the

> first time. When I open a design located in my " designs "

directory I

> get the following message in the window labeled " Instruments

2 " ....

> " dvd invalid or not in drive " . Does anyone know what is

causing this?

>

> Thanks

>

> - Steve

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thanks for your reply, that's interesting. I was unaware that some

designs in the subscription require a DVD in order to run properly. I

had assumed that I would only need the video files I had originally

copied to the media directory. For now I'll try to find a design that

does not require a DVD. I'm about to start the manual/tutorial for

BioExplorer and I hope this will tell me where to learn what media

files a design will need in order to function correctly.

Thanks again for your feedback.

- Steve

>

> > Hello all,

> >

> > I recently installed BioExplorer and have just started it for the

> > first time. When I open a design located in my " designs " directory I

> > get the following message in the window labeled " Instruments 2 " ....

> > " dvd invalid or not in drive " . Does anyone know what is causing this?

> >

> > Thanks

> >

> > - Steve

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Steve,

There may be both DVD players and Video players in the design, Look

under the objects menu or on the signal diagram to see if that is so.

Many of the designs I use have both, one hidden behind the other on

instruments 2 and I just use whichever the client wants, If you go to

the instruments menu on instruments 2 you can choose edit and then

resize and move objects around the window

> ,

>

> Thanks for your reply, that's interesting. I was unaware that some

> designs in the subscription require a DVD in order to run properly. I

> had assumed that I would only need the video files I had originally

> copied to the media directory. For now I'll try to find a design that

> does not require a DVD. I'm about to start the manual/tutorial for

> BioExplorer and I hope this will tell me where to learn what media

> files a design will need in order to function correctly.

>

> Thanks again for your feedback.

>

> - Steve

>

>

>>

>>> Hello all,

>>>

>>> I recently installed BioExplorer and have just started it for the

>>> first time. When I open a design located in my " designs " directory I

>>> get the following message in the window labeled " Instruments 2 " ....

>>> " dvd invalid or not in drive " . Does anyone know what is causing this?

>>>

>>> Thanks

>>>

>>> - Steve

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

[Guest guest]

Marie,

To make the dvd respond to the eeg signals you just have to click the

" control " button in the bottom of the DVD player window.

As long as the DVD is connected to a threshold or " and " the dvd should

respond just fine,

> Hi ,

>     I have a similar problem. The dvd will run but it is not " driven "

> by the BE...so the movie just plays on without any feedback.  This is

> a new DVD computer with the BE all installed but I dont know what to

> do to make the DVD movie responsive to the BE biofeedback. 

> Specifically, HOW does one make that work? i.e., go to _____get _____,

> load ______, change______. Please, anybody out there who can give

> minute instructions.  I'm amazed that this BE is not more streamlined,

> easy to load and set up and with a regular training manual that one

> could actually study offline. It seems to take a techie for the

> simplest of tasks. That is not my idea of " user friendly. "   Any chance

> this software is going to be more user friendly and with a " real "

> manual in the future or are we destined to clunk along?  I'd like some

> info to make it a Happy New Year simply that is. Does anyone out there

> have notes on basics that they would consider sharing? Something that

> would help someone make the most of the software at the git go?

> Thanks

>  Marie

>

> At 01:37 PM 12/31/2006, you wrote:

>

>> Steve,

>>

>> It can happen for 2 reasons.

>>

>> 1) There is no DVD in the drive

>> 2) you have not installed and selected the dvd playback software.

>>

>> BE requires you to install a stand alone DVD player software. WinDVD

>> and Power DVD are the choices I am most familiar with, The OEM

>> versions that ship with computers do not usually work as they are

>> feature limited. Once you have one of them installed you have to go

>> into the preferences under the BioExplorer menu and choose the audio

>> and video drivers that BE will use to decode the DVDs.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> > Hello all,

>> >

>> > I recently installed BioExplorer and have just started it for the

>> > first time. When I open a design located in my " designs " directory

>> I

>> > get the following message in the window labeled " Instruments 2 "

>> ....

>> > " dvd invalid or not in drive " . Does anyone know what is causing

>> this?

>> >

>> > Thanks

>> >

>> > - Steve

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

[Guest guest]

,

Many thanks for your help.

My solution was to go into the BioExplorer menu > preferences > then

click the DVD Decoders tab and select the video and audio decoders

that were shown and click " apply " . Once I did that, I put in a dvd and

it showed up ready to play within BioExplorer when I selected a design

that utilized a dvd. My laptop shipped with Windows Media Center and

apparently that program is sufficient.

- Steve

> >>

> >>> Hello all,

> >>>

> >>> I recently installed BioExplorer and have just started it for the

> >>> first time. When I open a design located in my " designs " directory I

> >>> get the following message in the window labeled " Instruments 2 " ....

> >>> " dvd invalid or not in drive " . Does anyone know what is causing

this?

> >>>

> >>> Thanks

> >>>

> >>> - Steve

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>