I just got a DVD-CDRom player by Toshiba.  Included with this was a video decoder card with no explainations
on what it was or who made it.  It has the two letters  CE on the pci board and the only other identifing info is on one of the chips.  It has the following on it.  
Video Decoder
Bt
Bt848AKPF
BF5640 2 9807
Korea

I am trying to get a driver for this card and info on the connection between the DVD player and the card.  If you can help I would greatly appeciate it.

Thanks,

Inventit

RESPONDING TO YOUR ? I'M NOT SURE YET THE TYPE OR NAME OR VIDEO CARD BUT IT HAS ONE COAXIL CABLE HOOK UP AND OTHER PLUG IN PORT IF THAT HELPS FOR TOTAL OF TWO . I DON'T IF THIS HELPS IF I CAN FIND THE WEB SITE WERE I FOUND THE NAME ONCE I WILL UP DATE THIS RESPONCES. THAT YOU FOR TIME. LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY.

The card you have is most likely a Cinemaster decoder.  The chip information didn't help me too much.

Depending on the system that you have you may not need the DVD decoder card.  If your computer is a 400MHz or higher with >64MB (Win98), or >128MB (Win2k, ME, XP), then you can probably install a DVD player program that will handle the decoding.  

As far as the connections go, the DVD player will be able to connect to the same cable that your existing CDROM drive is on.  The decoder cards will usually require you use a four pin molex to molex cable inbetween the AUX jack on your sound card and the decoder, it will also usually have a connector that will run from the card to the feature connector on your video card (if present).

By far the easiest way to get your system playing DVD is to just install the DVD drive in place of, or in addition too your existing CDROM drive.  Then install a DVD player program like Xing DVD, Power DVD, Cinemaster, or WinDVD.  Some DVD's will even include a player on the dvd called PCFriendly.  

If you need more information on the installation procedure just reply back to this post.

Thanks,

Mike

Do you know what kind of TV Tuner you have?

RECENTLY, I HAD TO DO SYSTEM RECOVERY FOR MY XP AND IT WIPED OUT EVERTHING. I HAVE MOST THINGS REINSTALLED AND MOST DRIVERS WORKING AGAIN BUT I HAVING TROUBLE GETTING VIDEO DRIVER TO WORK FOR TVTUNER ECT. UNDER DEVICE MANAGER I'M SHOWING NOTHING FOR THIS DEVICE. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR TIME LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY.