Graphics problems - Solved by downloading DirectX 8.0

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I've been trying to play my CDG's with the Player in Microstudio. It tells me that I need a graphics card which supports 256 colours @ 320x240 resolution.

Unfortunately, for me, that would mean DOWN-grading my graphics card (it's an ATI Rage PRO), and I'm not prepared to do that. Of course, I can continue to rip the CDG discs with Microstudio, and then view the product in DART's player, which doesn't have this problem (of course DART can't play the discs in real-time), but it's a bit of a palaver.

Does anyone have an easier "workaround" for this, or are MTU ever intending to address this display quirk?

Incidentally, just in case you need to know, I'm running:

INTEL EPEA2 motherboard
Celeron 366 CPU
ATI Rage Pro Graphics (all res.'s from 640x480 to 1600x1280)
M-Audio Lagoon (8-channel ADAT based soundcard)

I don't own a karaoke player, as I hire a full rig in as I need it. Hence the need to check tracks on my PC.

Thanks.