Soft-Cinemaster Installation Guide
Posted on Tuesday 15 January @ 15:02:19
Installing the cinemaster decoder have caused many problems for people. Here, I've listed the precise steps to getting the QI and ATI player to work with the latest decoders.
First, you'll need to know a little about what makes up the soft-Cinemaster DVD system :
Decoder files : This is the file that actually does all the hard work, and performs the mathematical calculations (using your CPU) to decode the DVD video. Cinmst32.dll and dvdpld32.dll are 2 important decoder files.
Player : This refers to the actual player interface that drives the decoder files. ATI and Ravisent (and also licensed to Elsa) makes players for the cinemaster decoder.
Decoder settings : The Cinemaster decoder has many hidden registry settings that NEED to be tuned before you can have perfect playback. For this purpose, most people use the freeware program, DVD Genie.
You'll note that when most people refer to the version number of the soft-Cinemaster decoder, they are referring to the version number of the decoder file, cinmst32.dll.
Step 1 :
The files you need to download (latest versions) :
* Note that you can choose to install other player/decoder combinations, which may work better on your system - refer to the download site for more information.
Step 2 :
Make sure you do not have any previous version of soft-Cinemaster running. Unzip the cinemaster decoder (downloaded from link above) to your windows/system directory. If you get an error saying that you cannot overwrite a file, you must start Windows in Safe mode and then unzip the decoder files to your windowssystem directory. This error occurs when you may have had soft-Cinemaster running and did not close it properly (or it crashed).
Step 3 :
The Ravisent player files, either installable with setup.exe or just need to be unzipped into a directory of your choice. If there are any .reg files accompanying the player files, you should run it (double click on it - prompt okay) first. Reboot your computer.
Step 4 :
Then without having a DVD disc in your DVD-ROM drive, start the player (usually dvdplayer.exe). It should come up with a license agreement prompt, just press okay. You may also want to change some display/audio settings for the player by right clicking on the main screen and select properties.
Step 5 :
You'll now need to configure the soft-Cinemaster settings using the DVD Genie program. To install this program, simply download the .zip file and unzip it to a directory of your choice. Then run the dvdgenie.exe, it should set itself up. Next, go to the cinemaster tab and select the right sample rate that suits your sound card (most PCI cards can do 48000, while older cards can only go up to 44000), also select the correct region setting that suits your DVD disc/drive. You'll then need to select the right preset setting for your graphics chip.
Step 6 :
Pop a DVD video disc in your DVD-ROM drive and start the Ravisent player - happy viewing!!
