Starship Troopers won't play? - Blu-ray Forum

Uniquely · 04-12-2011, 12:56 AM

I ordered Starhip Troopers from Amazon (don't judge... I LOVE that movie!) It wouldn't play on either of my set-ups.... both Panasonic players. One is a BD60... the other a little newer... I forget the model number. I exchanged it at got a second copy of the movie and it does the SAME THING!

I get the loading bar graphic... and then nothing. Can't go to the top menu, change chapters... nothing. I've tried changing the BD-Live settings with no results.

Anyone have this movie?

Jutty · 04-12-2011, 01:03 AM

i had the same problem,,then i added the external memory usb ,and it loaded and worked no problem.

fdm · 04-12-2011, 01:08 AM

For sure the Panasonics need a memory card in place for this (fantastic

) film to play on them.

I think the other one that I know of that may have the same constraint is Crank 2. (Not quite so fantastic, but still worth a spin.)

Rob J in WNY · 04-12-2011, 01:28 AM

It's definitely a documented problem with Starship Troopers - hanging on the loading screen. Sony players also suffered from this (my old, now packed-up Sony BDP-S350 was affected, but keeping the USB thumbdrive installed prevented the problem). All three of my Blu-ray setups are networked and have active storage, so the problem is a non-issue for me nowadays.

Uniquely · 04-12-2011, 12:14 PM

Thanks guys! I'll give that a shot.

Null · 10-16-2011, 05:38 AM

This is a weird and persistent problem. I had to pull the USB drive out of the rear port, shut down, then put it back in and the stupid movie played. It worked before, not sure why it stopped working. It sure seems like a lot of trouble for a movie that only has great effects and wonderful music.

SleeperAgent · 10-16-2011, 05:48 AM

Just for reference, same thing happened with my Sony BDP-S380.

BouCoupDinkyDau · 10-17-2011, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Null

This is a weird and persistent problem. I had to pull the USB drive out of the rear port, shut down, then put it back in and the stupid movie played. It worked before, not sure why it stopped working. It sure seems like a lot of trouble for a movie that only has great effects and wonderful music.

It's also has a great dose of Verhovian satire, some very exciting action scenes, and Michael Ironside playing his usual badass self. Cha-ching.

My Sony player also requires the extra flash memory for the menu to load up. No biggie.

memories · 09-24-2012, 08:31 PM

I just came upon this issue with my Sony BDP-S380. So all I have to do is plug any thumb drive into the front/back of the player, and the movie will load?

HDTV1080P · 09-25-2012, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by memories

I just came upon this issue with my Sony BDP-S380. So all I have to do is plug any thumb drive into the front/back of the player, and the movie will load?

The USB drive needs to be formatted as FAT32 or FAT so the Sony can use the BD-LIVE feature.

I answered this issue in detail in the following post
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6359399&postcount=5

jalind · 11-28-2015, 04:03 AM

I came across this thread using Google to search for issues with Starship Troopers loading as it appeared to freeze at the red bar showing the "stuff" from the disc being loaded. Note that I have several different Sony players, all of them several years old, including a Home Theater with Blu-ray. They all have a 64GB USB drive plugged into their rear USB port. Had the same behavior in all of them. Just to see what might happen I let it sit, presumably locked up while trying to load. Lo and behold, after about five minutes, maybe longer as it seemed like forever, the longest I've every had to wait for a Blu-ray to load, it finally started to play the studio intro followed by a trailer for one of the sequels.

John

Batman1980 · 04-29-2018, 11:53 AM

Heh wow it finally worked for me after sitting at the loading screen for like 5 minutes.

stratford · 04-29-2018, 08:42 PM

Batman1980 dose the movie start any quicker if you disable internet related options?

Batman1980 · 04-29-2018, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stratford

Batman1980 dose the movie start any quicker if you disable internet related options?

I have no idea, not going to do that just to see. It did seem to start up faster the second time today though.

AnalogAperture · 04-30-2018, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by stratford

Batman1980 dose the movie start any quicker if you disable internet related options?

I came here to post this, that should fix it. It's trying to download trailers etc. But the app is old.

1blufan · 05-01-2018, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by stratford

Batman1980 dose the movie start any quicker if you disable internet related options?

I think this goes back to the issue with BD Live, yes just disable it from wi-fi.

thebob8530 · 06-06-2018, 12:47 AM

If that does not work, add memory to your player,zip drive etc.

04-12-2011, 12:56 AM	#1
Uniquely Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Mobile, AL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:171	Starship Troopers won't play? I ordered Starhip Troopers from Amazon (don't judge... I LOVE that movie!) It wouldn't play on either of my set-ups.... both Panasonic players. One is a BD60... the other a little newer... I forget the model number. I exchanged it at got a second copy of the movie and it does the SAME THING! I get the loading bar graphic... and then nothing. Can't go to the top menu, change chapters... nothing. I've tried changing the BD-Live settings with no results. Anyone have this movie?

11-28-2015, 04:03 AM	#11
jalind Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 Location:Terra, 3rd Planet from Sol, Milky Way 4K collection:465 Blu-ray collection:3012 DVD collection:430 Digital collection:10 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 12	Old Thread - Same Problem I came across this thread using Google to search for issues with Starship Troopers loading as it appeared to freeze at the red bar showing the "stuff" from the disc being loaded. Note that I have several different Sony players, all of them several years old, including a Home Theater with Blu-ray. They all have a 64GB USB drive plugged into their rear USB port. Had the same behavior in all of them. Just to see what might happen I let it sit, presumably locked up while trying to load. Lo and behold, after about five minutes, maybe longer as it seemed like forever, the longest I've every had to wait for a Blu-ray to load, it finally started to play the studio intro followed by a trailer for one of the sequels. John

04-12-2011, 01:03 AM	#2
Jutty Power Member Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Beaufort SC (British Expat) 4K collection:253 Blu-ray collection:1273 DVD collection:46 MA collection:2 Digital collection:1033 iTunes collection:79 Trading Score:22	i had the same problem,,then i added the external memory usb ,and it loaded and worked no problem.

04-12-2011, 01:08 AM	#3
fdm Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Way Out West 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- iTunes collection:- Prime collection:- Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:3	For sure the Panasonics need a memory card in place for this (fantastic ) film to play on them. I think the other one that I know of that may have the same constraint is Crank 2. (Not quite so fantastic, but still worth a spin.)

04-12-2011, 01:28 AM	#4
Rob J in WNY Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:'Western' N.Y. State (MEMBER OF THE "ECPP")™ Home Theater Gallery:24 4K collection:30 Blu-ray collection:486 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 15	It's definitely a documented problem with Starship Troopers - hanging on the loading screen. Sony players also suffered from this (my old, now packed-up Sony BDP-S350 was affected, but keeping the USB thumbdrive installed prevented the problem). All three of my Blu-ray setups are networked and have active storage, so the problem is a non-issue for me nowadays.

04-12-2011, 12:14 PM	#5
Uniquely Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Mobile, AL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:171	Thanks guys! I'll give that a shot.

10-16-2011, 05:38 AM	#6
Null Junior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 2	This is a weird and persistent problem. I had to pull the USB drive out of the rear port, shut down, then put it back in and the stupid movie played. It worked before, not sure why it stopped working. It sure seems like a lot of trouble for a movie that only has great effects and wonderful music.

10-16-2011, 05:48 AM	#7
SleeperAgent Banned Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Plateau of Leng 4K collection:19 Blu-ray collection:22 Trading Score:289	Just for reference, same thing happened with my Sony BDP-S380.

09-24-2012, 08:31 PM	#9
memories Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Location:Your sisters panties 4K collection:16 Blu-ray collection:192 DVD collection:169 Blu-ray reviews:3	I just came upon this issue with my Sony BDP-S380. So all I have to do is plug any thumb drive into the front/back of the player, and the movie will load?

04-29-2018, 11:53 AM	#12
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Heh wow it finally worked for me after sitting at the loading screen for like 5 minutes.

04-29-2018, 08:42 PM	#13
stratford Banned Member since:Aug 2009 Trading Score:1	Batman1980 dose the movie start any quicker if you disable internet related options?

06-06-2018, 12:47 AM	#17
thebob8530 Junior Member Member since:Mar 2017	If that does not work, add memory to your player,zip drive etc.

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