There shold not be a problem at all, as long as you have set the master/slave jumpers properly.

Windows itself should be fine, I think.

The only downsides I can think of modern drives:
- They spin too fast (Nero Drive Speed tool can help)
- They may nolonger support older "books"
- They nolonger can be made RC-0 (used to work via DOS/ATAPI with tools that supported 2000s era drives)
- They nolonger have analog audio.

So for the latter, there won't be music in some CD-ROM games that talk to the drive directly through MCI, not Media Player. *maybe*

It's been a while since I tinkered with this, however.

Jo22 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:14:

Windows itself should be fine, I think. […]
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Windows itself should be fine, I think.

The only downsides I can think of modern drives:
- They spin too fast (Nero Drive Speed tool can help)
- They may nolonger support older "books"
- They nolonger can be made RC-0 (used to work via DOS/ATAPI with tools that supported 2000s era drives)
- They nolonger have analog audio.

So for the latter, there won't be music in some CD-ROM games that talk to the drive directly through MCI, not Media Player. *maybe*

It's been a while since I tinkered with this, however.

Its IDE/EIDE and most of them have analog audio. They stopped putting it on SATA drives, I even looked at the manual of the DVD drive that I ordered and it says it has audio cable connection in the back.

Disruptor wrote on 2022-08-18, 04:56:

There shold not be a problem at all, as long as you have set the master/slave jumpers properly.

Good to know, Thanks!

Jo22 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:14:

- They nolonger can be made RC-0 (used to work via DOS/ATAPI with tools that supported 2000s era drives)

Can you please explain what RC -o is and what it is for? Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code … s_and_countries

Thank you, I didn't think that meant Region Code - I know what it is.

Ydee wrote on 2022-08-18, 14:17:

Thank you, I didn't think that meant Region Code - I know what it is.

Are pc games from the late 90s and early 2000s even region locked?
Because if not, it doesn't really matter if DVD drives for PCs have or don't have RC-0

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:03:

Are pc games from the late 90s and early 2000s even region locked?
Because if not, it doesn't really matter if DVD drives for PCs have or don't have RC-0

Region locked PC games/content exist only as digital game codes for Steam and alike, and even then that's only a concern if you get your keys from some third party key seller. Only DVD movies care about the region on a Win98 rig.

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:03:

Are pc games from the late 90s and early 2000s even region locked?
Because if not, it doesn't really matter if DVD drives for PCs have or don't have RC-0

Yes, that was only applied to video content, distributed on DVD carriers, which had different pricing and distribution policies in different regions of the world (similar to streaming platforms today).

Sombrero wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:36:

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:03:

Are pc games from the late 90s and early 2000s even region locked?
Because if not, it doesn't really matter if DVD drives for PCs have or don't have RC-0

Region locked PC games/content exist only as digital game codes for Steam and alike, and even then that's only a concern if you get your keys from some third party key seller. Only DVD movies care about the region on a Win98 rig.

So does that mean I don't need to think about it if I'm using my windows 98 pc only for games?

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-19, 16:48:

Sombrero wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:36:

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-19, 13:03:

Are pc games from the late 90s and early 2000s even region locked?
Because if not, it doesn't really matter if DVD drives for PCs have or don't have RC-0

Region locked PC games/content exist only as digital game codes for Steam and alike, and even then that's only a concern if you get your keys from some third party key seller. Only DVD movies care about the region on a Win98 rig.

So does that mean I don't need to think about it if I'm using my windows 98 pc only for games?

Yes, that's exactly what it means. You can forget the whole region thing even exists, it won't affect you in any way.

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:36:

Jo22 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:14:

Windows itself should be fine, I think. […]
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Windows itself should be fine, I think.

The only downsides I can think of modern drives:
- They spin too fast (Nero Drive Speed tool can help)
- They may nolonger support older "books"
- They nolonger can be made RC-0 (used to work via DOS/ATAPI with tools that supported 2000s era drives)
- They nolonger have analog audio.

So for the latter, there won't be music in some CD-ROM games that talk to the drive directly through MCI, not Media Player. *maybe*

It's been a while since I tinkered with this, however.

Its IDE/EIDE and most of them have analog audio. They stopped putting it on SATA drives, I even looked at the manual of the DVD drive that I ordered and it says it has audio cable connection in the back.

from experience, not all drives that have the analog audio connector actually produce audio from said connection. That or I have several broken drives that read/write fine but audio is a no no

TehGuy wrote on 2022-08-19, 18:31:

eyalk4567 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:36:

Jo22 wrote on 2022-08-18, 07:14:

Windows itself should be fine, I think. […]
Show full quote

Windows itself should be fine, I think.

The only downsides I can think of modern drives:
- They spin too fast (Nero Drive Speed tool can help)
- They may nolonger support older "books"
- They nolonger can be made RC-0 (used to work via DOS/ATAPI with tools that supported 2000s era drives)
- They nolonger have analog audio.

So for the latter, there won't be music in some CD-ROM games that talk to the drive directly through MCI, not Media Player. *maybe*

It's been a while since I tinkered with this, however.

Its IDE/EIDE and most of them have analog audio. They stopped putting it on SATA drives, I even looked at the manual of the DVD drive that I ordered and it says it has audio cable connection in the back.

from experience, not all drives that have the analog audio connector actually produce audio from said connection. That or I have several broken drives that read/write fine but audio is a no no

You can find the manual of the drive and look if it does support it. I searched for a lot of manuals and found that a lot of drives don't have a working digital audio out but do have analog audio out.

Where I can find drivers for Windows 98SE DVD support? CD works without problem but when I try put DVD in the same drive it's not recognized by Windows.

informatyk wrote on 2023-03-04, 11:25:

Where I can find drivers for Windows 98SE DVD support? CD works without problem but when I try put DVD in the same drive it's not recognized by Windows.

The problem might be related to incomplete UDF support, maybe.
For ordinary CD-ROMs, ISO9660 +Joliet was used back then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format

Is it possible to install UDF support for DVDs?

You can try things like https://www.roxio.com/en/support/software-updates/udf/

Also you need to open threads for your own issues.

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