Is there any BETA drivers out for the Creative Labs DVD decoder DXR3? Or does anybody know how to work it in win2k?

Install Hollywood Plus Beta Drivers,
Install Creative NT 4.0 Drivers,
Install Application.

Ok here's what i did.
I installed the Hollywood Plus Beta 1 (HPK20BW1.zip)
then i installed Creative NT 4.0
(dvdr3wup.exe)
but i don't understand the install app? because the application comes with dvdr3wup.exe file that creative labs has, and after i installed both of those files it still doesn't seem to work =\
Ryan

This should help, I copied the below advice off here a while ago, and rather preach about the Search button it's easier for me to paste it here - I can't remember who posted it but thanks again

---No problem. Currently, as you have correctly noticed, there are no creative drivers for the DXR3 card. However, the card is really a rebadged Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus. TO get the card to work, you need to do the following:
1. Go to the Sigma Designs website (http://www.sigmadesigns.com). From here download the latest beta drivers for the hollywood plus board. (you'll find them under the hyperlink that discusses Windows 2000 drivers on the home page). Just download the drivers - no the DVD player application - it won't work!

2. Go to the Creative labs webpage (http://www.creativelabs.com) and download the latest DXR3 drivers for Windows NT.

3. Install the Sigma designs drivers. DO this by unpacing the driver zip file into a directory on you hand disk, then go into device manager, select the DXR3 card (it will show up as unknown multimedia card or something like that, You'll most likely notice it by the yellow exclamation mark next to it.) and then point Windows in the direction of the directory containing the unpacked drivers you just made.

4. Unpack the NT application and Drivers for the DXR3 card. Install the DXR3 player application by running setup as normal. The player should install without hitch - however, if it complains about being unable to detect the card, you'll have to go back to the Creative site, download the DXR2 drivers for NT and install just the DXR2 application. The DXR2 application doesn't check for the presence of a card. After this, you should be able to install the DXR3 application - it will detect the DXR2 software, and assume that because of this you have a DXR3 card - strange but true. Once the application is installed, tell Windows that you don't want to reboot.

5. Finally run the program that installs the NT drivers for the DXR3 decoder card. They won't actually work, and won't even install because of the presence of the Hollywood Plus (you won't see any messages to that effect) - however, these drivers make some alterarions to the regisatry that allow the Creative DXR3 player to function without frequent crashes and choppy sound.

6. Reboot.

7. Congratulations - if all has gone well, you should be able to use your DXR3 card. If you have any problems, this procedure can be found at http://www.driverguide.com in the creative labs driver discussion board.

Hope this helps

Exorcist

Ok, i did all that and now it works perfectly, but with one little glitch. I'm using a SBLive sound card and would like to go out the 4 speakers instead of out the decorder. When i go try to select that option on PC-DVD it's dimmed out so i can't select it. I installed the latest SBLive drivers. have any suggestions?

I can handle that one. Same thing for me. That option never has been usable under NT/2k. It's for 95/98 only. Sucks but true. right now I use the digital DIN to connect my sblive to DTT2500 and connect the DXR3 to the DTT2500 with spdif. The DTT switches seamlessly when I put a DVD in.

Thanks Exorsist...

I had all but the NT4 driver part done .. and hence, had crappy choppy sound. I think I even saw a post that said to install the NT4 drivers, I just looked at the post as 'what a dumb ass' tells me to install Hollywood drivers, then NT4 drivers.

Hey, I don't mind being a dumb ass in this case as long as I have good sound ! Thanks for the explanation on that last part or I never would have done it.

I tried those instructions and I don't get any sound at all, on any of the settings, which blows. Powerdvd appears to work fine, but it doesn't use the decoder card. Tried removing it completely, then going through those steps with a reboot in between each step, same thing, no sound. Did it again with no reboots until all steps were finished, still no sound.

If powerdvd wasn't working I might think that I had plugged something in incorrectly, but since it is? I'm really getting quite tired of waiting for the creative drivers, dunno why it's taking them so long, they don't even have an eta for em yet... and the dxr2 has drivers, already, too