Strange playback issues... - Blu-ray Forum

VismundCygnus · 09-29-2008, 09:47 AM

I've been thoroughly enjoying my blu ray capabilities for over a month now using Powerdvd 8. however, the majority of the discs i've been playing, i've been encountering a recurring issue. i'll be watching a movie and all is fine and somewhere during, it will freeze up, like would happen with a very badly scratched dvd in the past. problem is these blu-rays don't have a fingerprint on them let alone a single scratch. the only movie i can remember that i don't recall giving me an issue was Underworld. however, Hellboy started freezing around the 12 min mark and wouldn't stop until i moved it to around the 25 min mark. No Country For Old Men began freezing towards the last 1/3 iirc. I just got incredibly frustrated tonight while i was watching The Prestige and it was fine till the 1:16:00 mark and then it froze and kept slowly trying to advance to a playable part but never got there. this makes no sense, the disc is pristine. can someone give me some insight as to why this may be happening? is it the software? i've never been a big pdvd fan, but it seems to be the best at covering all of the codecs so i went for it. any help anyone could offer would be highly appreciated. could it be this blu ray drive? when it plays it plays perfect, but there's always that 'oh no' feeling when it screws up and seems to stop being able to read the disc...so here's my specs:

Antec Solo Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SAMSUNG TOC T240 Rose Black 24'' 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Motherboard
SAPPHIRE 100242L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card
Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 550W ATX12V Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX
ASUS 2 Tone Blu-Ray Combo SATA Model BC-1205PT
using my old M-audio Revolution 7.1 as well...
on Windows XP SP2
Power DVD 8.0.1830.50

thanks in advance...

-Vizzy

Lucy Diamond · 09-29-2008, 03:01 PM

This is odd indeed. I was actually about to leave when I saw you were playing your discs on a CPU, because I don't do that yet, but I thought I'd let you know that my Sony Blu-ray player freezes as well. It was worse in the beginning, before all the firmware upgrades.

I'm sure someone will be along in a minute who is more knowlegable about the PC aspect of Blu-ray, but for now, maybe do some research on your software and see if there are any upgrades.

Good luck,

VismundCygnus · 10-08-2008, 04:18 AM

thanks for the reply. i haven't been able to do much lately cuz i've been putting in a lot of overtime at the old jobby job. sadly, i have to say things have only gotten worse. i applied the newest update to powerdvd bringing me to version 8.0.2021.a.50 and sadly as soon as i ran a blu ray it got about 5 seconds into it and now it tells me my %@#$ing GPU is not HDCP compliant, which it most certainly is...as are my monitor, blu-ray drive AND mobo! (Cyberlink PowerDVD is not able to play the protected content on your digital output device. Please switch to an analog output and then try again. - (Error code = 0110) )

I have a Sapphire Radeon 4850 on the newest 8.9 catalyst drivers and my monitor is a Samsung T240. WTF is going on here?

permazorch · 03-01-2010, 09:25 AM

Finally came over to the blu-ray side of the force. Installed new drivers, etc. This sucker doesn't work.
LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2

kris26 · 03-01-2010, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by permazorch

Finally came over to the blu-ray side of the force. Installed new drivers, etc. This sucker doesn't work.
LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2

doesn't work means what ....does it playback movies or itplays but not burning?
what kind of driver u installed

u need udf 2.5 driver for xp

permazorch · 03-03-2010, 01:30 PM

It will not play Blu-ray discs. I haven't bothered to burn any of my content/backups, yet.
The software installed is the same as noted, above: 'Cyberlink Power DVD 8' (cyberjunk), and it was included with the drive. I'm welcome to suggestions for other drivers or media players.

udf 2.5 driver for xp
Thank you. Is that on microsoft.com? I'll look. I appreciate the help.

permazorch · 03-03-2010, 02:13 PM

Googled and got this link as a workaround. Opinions?

aramis109 · 03-03-2010, 03:28 PM

Slysoft ANYDVD (without looking at the link) is illegal in the US and some other countries as it gets around copy protection and region codes. Might be better to just try updating your software- PowerDVD9 works great for me.

Whoop, looked closer at the link. Doubt I would mess with that without backing it up first.

onyxbfly · 03-03-2010, 03:53 PM

Power DVD9 and TMT work great for me with no issues. I have both running on seprate systems and I must say that I think I prefer TMT. As far as I know blu ray play back is sketchy in XP, I have seen it done But I would say Vista or Win7 may be the way to go just for ease of use etc...........

permazorch · 03-04-2010, 01:20 PM

I'm interested in playing Blu-ray discs in my home, on my pc.
@onyxbfly: What is TMT? Also, purchasing Windows 7 (Vista? Are you crazy?) would be spending an additional $100+. That's not an option I like.
@aramis109: Regarding SlySoft, I was just following the google, trying to figure a solution. Powerdvd 9 may be an excellent program. That software was not included in the purchase of the Blu-ray drive, Powerdvd 8 was what came with it.
I don't mean to be rude, and I certainly don't intend for you helpful souls to take my displeasure as reflecting on you, but when I spend money (over $140) on a product, I expect it to work (realizing how naive that is in the computo-age). Please forgive me, but I don't see how rewarding Cyberlink with my money would encourage them to keep their (older by one iteration) software workable.

@onyxbfly + @aramis109: Both of you, thanks for reading and responding. I appreciate it, grumps notwithstanding!

aramis109 · 03-04-2010, 06:51 PM

I haven't tried it yet, but I pulled this from another forum:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi..._pack_full.cfm

It's a codec pack (free!) to allow playback of blu-ray in windows media player. I can't vouch for it, but if you're still having troubles, another software option may be a good test. Hope it helps.

permazorch · 03-04-2010, 07:02 PM

Thanks, aramis109! As soon as I get home, I'll try it.

aramis109 · 03-11-2010, 02:11 PM

Was just curious if this fixed the issue or not?

permazorch · 03-20-2010, 02:27 PM

I haven't yet downloaded/applied. My home has been a den of illness and chaos. I'm going to give it a shot, right now.

permazorch · 03-20-2010, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aramis109

Was just curious if this fixed the issue or not?

Ah, well.
My computer experience & competence is just good enough to get me in trouble.
Thanks for the shot. I appreciate it!

09-29-2008, 09:47 AM	#1
VismundCygnus Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	Strange playback issues... I've been thoroughly enjoying my blu ray capabilities for over a month now using Powerdvd 8. however, the majority of the discs i've been playing, i've been encountering a recurring issue. i'll be watching a movie and all is fine and somewhere during, it will freeze up, like would happen with a very badly scratched dvd in the past. problem is these blu-rays don't have a fingerprint on them let alone a single scratch. the only movie i can remember that i don't recall giving me an issue was Underworld. however, Hellboy started freezing around the 12 min mark and wouldn't stop until i moved it to around the 25 min mark. No Country For Old Men began freezing towards the last 1/3 iirc. I just got incredibly frustrated tonight while i was watching The Prestige and it was fine till the 1:16:00 mark and then it froze and kept slowly trying to advance to a playable part but never got there. this makes no sense, the disc is pristine. can someone give me some insight as to why this may be happening? is it the software? i've never been a big pdvd fan, but it seems to be the best at covering all of the codecs so i went for it. any help anyone could offer would be highly appreciated. could it be this blu ray drive? when it plays it plays perfect, but there's always that 'oh no' feeling when it screws up and seems to stop being able to read the disc...so here's my specs: Antec Solo Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive SAMSUNG TOC T240 Rose Black 24'' 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX Ultra Durable II AMD Motherboard SAPPHIRE 100242L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card Antec True Power Trio TP3-550 550W ATX12V Power Supply with Three 12V Rails - Retail OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3.0GHz Socket AM2 125W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX6000CZBOX ASUS 2 Tone Blu-Ray Combo SATA Model BC-1205PT using my old M-audio Revolution 7.1 as well... on Windows XP SP2 Power DVD 8.0.1830.50 thanks in advance... -Vizzy

03-01-2010, 09:25 AM	#4
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	I've got the same problem. Finally came over to the blu-ray side of the force. Installed new drivers, etc. This sucker doesn't work. LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2

03-03-2010, 01:30 PM	#6
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	Doesn't work means: It will not play Blu-ray discs. I haven't bothered to burn any of my content/backups, yet. The software installed is the same as noted, above: 'Cyberlink Power DVD 8' (cyberjunk), and it was included with the drive. I'm welcome to suggestions for other drivers or media players. udf 2.5 driver for xp Thank you. Is that on microsoft.com? I'll look. I appreciate the help. Last edited by permazorch; 03-03-2010 at 01:43 PM.

03-03-2010, 02:13 PM	#7
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	Is this what I should do...? Googled and got this link as a workaround. Opinions?

03-04-2010, 01:20 PM	#10
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	I'm not interested in breaking the law. I'm interested in playing Blu-ray discs in my home, on my pc. @onyxbfly: What is TMT? Also, purchasing Windows 7 (Vista? Are you crazy?) would be spending an additional $100+. That's not an option I like. @aramis109: Regarding SlySoft, I was just following the google, trying to figure a solution. Powerdvd 9 may be an excellent program. That software was not included in the purchase of the Blu-ray drive, Powerdvd 8 was what came with it. I don't mean to be rude, and I certainly don't intend for you helpful souls to take my displeasure as reflecting on you, but when I spend money (over $140) on a product, I expect it to work (realizing how naive that is in the computo-age). Please forgive me, but I don't see how rewarding Cyberlink with my money would encourage them to keep their (older by one iteration) software workable. @onyxbfly + @aramis109: Both of you, thanks for reading and responding. I appreciate it, grumps notwithstanding! Last edited by permazorch; 03-04-2010 at 01:25 PM.

09-29-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
Lucy Diamond Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Tomb of Annihilation 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:3	This is odd indeed. I was actually about to leave when I saw you were playing your discs on a CPU, because I don't do that yet, but I thought I'd let you know that my Sony Blu-ray player freezes as well. It was worse in the beginning, before all the firmware upgrades. I'm sure someone will be along in a minute who is more knowlegable about the PC aspect of Blu-ray, but for now, maybe do some research on your software and see if there are any upgrades. Good luck,

10-08-2008, 04:18 AM	#3
VismundCygnus Junior Member Member since:Aug 2008	thanks for the reply. i haven't been able to do much lately cuz i've been putting in a lot of overtime at the old jobby job. sadly, i have to say things have only gotten worse. i applied the newest update to powerdvd bringing me to version 8.0.2021.a.50 and sadly as soon as i ran a blu ray it got about 5 seconds into it and now it tells me my %@#$ing GPU is not HDCP compliant, which it most certainly is...as are my monitor, blu-ray drive AND mobo! (Cyberlink PowerDVD is not able to play the protected content on your digital output device. Please switch to an analog output and then try again. - (Error code = 0110) ) I have a Sapphire Radeon 4850 on the newest 8.9 catalyst drivers and my monitor is a Samsung T240. WTF is going on here?

03-03-2010, 03:28 PM	#8
aramis109 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:18	Slysoft ANYDVD (without looking at the link) is illegal in the US and some other countries as it gets around copy protection and region codes. Might be better to just try updating your software- PowerDVD9 works great for me. Whoop, looked closer at the link. Doubt I would mess with that without backing it up first.

03-03-2010, 03:53 PM	#9
onyxbfly Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2009 Blu-ray collection:780 DVD collection:29 Trading Score:47	Power DVD9 and TMT work great for me with no issues. I have both running on seprate systems and I must say that I think I prefer TMT. As far as I know blu ray play back is sketchy in XP, I have seen it done But I would say Vista or Win7 may be the way to go just for ease of use etc...........

03-04-2010, 06:51 PM	#11
aramis109 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:18	I haven't tried it yet, but I pulled this from another forum: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/vi..._pack_full.cfm It's a codec pack (free!) to allow playback of blu-ray in windows media player. I can't vouch for it, but if you're still having troubles, another software option may be a good test. Hope it helps.

03-04-2010, 07:02 PM	#12
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	I'll give it a shot! Thanks, aramis109! As soon as I get home, I'll try it.

03-11-2010, 02:11 PM	#13
aramis109 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI Home Theater Gallery:10 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:360 Trading Score:18	Was just curious if this fixed the issue or not?

03-20-2010, 02:27 PM	#14
permazorch Junior Member Member since:Sep 2008	believe it or not I haven't yet downloaded/applied. My home has been a den of illness and chaos. I'm going to give it a shot, right now.

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