Total Media Theater And Corel WinDVD9 Does Not Play X-MEN Blu-ray Disc

[HDTV1080P]

Corel WinDVD9 is not playing the latest 20th Century Fox titles. As far as I am aware I have the latest update and patch. The automatic update does not work at all with Corel WinDVD9. Several 20th Century Fox titles like X-MEN does not work with WinDVD9.

Also Total Media Theater does not play X-MEN using the latest update. The disc loads but the menu screen never appears even after waiting several minutes. This has been the only 20th Century Fox title that I have had problems with running Total Media Theater as far as I can remember.

Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra was able to play X-Men. I did have the player crash a few times but I was able to play the entire movie with all extras on disc one.

Two more issues that I do not like about using computer BLU-RAY software players

1. Unable to manually turn off the monitor when a BLU-RAY disc is inserted do to HDCP issues: No matter what player I am using to play BLU-RAY discs if I want to pause a movie and turn off the computer monitor using the power switch on the monitor I get some type of message about HDCP. Then to play the movie again one needs to reboot the computer. All of the BLU-RAY software packages drop HDCP sync when the monitor is turned off for a few seconds and turned on again. It would be ideal if future BLU-RAY software could re-sync to the HDCP once the monitor is turned off and back on using the manual power switch on the monitor.

2. Power setting problems: When the BLU-RAY software is loaded the power settings are disabled. This is ideal since no one wants the monitor to turn off while watching a BLU-RAY movie. The problem is most of the time all of the BLU-RAY software packages I have used have some type of glitch that forgets to re-enable the power setting rules. For example I have my computer set to automatically turn off the display after 20 minutes if no one is using the computer. The BLU-RAY players will disable this setting when launching like they should. No one wants to be watching a movie and have the monitor turn off. The problem is that most of the time when closing the BLU-RAY software player this feature will not be re-enabled and the monitor is set to never turn off. So most of the time when I get done watching a BLU-RAY movie I need to manually change Vista Ultimate 64 Bit Edition with Service pack 1 to turn off the monitor in 20 minutes. I wish this issue would get fixed. It happens to me most of the time when I use any BLU-RAY player. Only once and a while the BLU-RAY software player will correctly restore the turn off monitor power setting to 20 minutes when the BLU-RAY software is closed.

[khan1670]

Hi, new member here.

I confirm that WinDVD 9 won't play X-men. The player will start but a message comes up saying a product update is required.

However I also have Total Media Theatre and the disc did play fine for me on that player.

Haven't tried any of the other movies yet, just the 1st X-Men.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by khan1670

Hi, new member here.

I confirm that WinDVD 9 won't play X-men. The player will start but a message comes up saying a product update is required.

However I also have Total Media Theatre and the disc did play fine for me on that player.

Haven't tried any of the other movies yet, just the 1st X-Men.

Thanks for the information. I am using version 2.1.6.130 of Total Media Theater and it will not play X-MEN on my system. It is very interesting that you got it to play. Perhaps you are using a diffrent version of Total Media Theater or you have a diffrent graphics driver that allows it to play on your system. Now Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra allows me to play X-MEN with all bonus material on disc one.
I own 3 software BLU-RAY players so at least one out of the three players in theory will always work.

[HDTV1080P]

Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men.

I tried watching Disc 2 of X-Men which is the BLU-RAY bonus disc. I have the opposite results with that disc. Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men. I get the following java script error and selecting either yes or no locks up the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra player. BD-J Application Certification:"This Blu-ray Disc's digital signature is not recognized or is invalid, therefore the BD-J content may be unsafe. Do you want to continue the connection to the BD-Live site? Click "Yes" to continue the connection. Click "No" to continue the playback without Internet access." The funny thing is the bonus disc does not have any BD-LIVE content and selecting yes or no locks up the player.

Both Total Media Theater and Corel WinDVD9 work fine playing the bonus disc with no java script error message poping up. Therefore, for X-MEN I need one BLU-RAY software player to play the movie and another BLU-RAY player to play the bonus disc 2.

[khan1670]

Just FYI, I do have the same version of Total Media Theatre and it plays all the X-Men movies just fine.

WinDVD 9 will not play the movies but does play the extra's discs.

[haste]

No problems with TMT 2 here playing the X-Men trilogy.

and i can also turn off my receiver and tv and not have it lose the hdcp connection...something must be amiss with your setup OP.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men.

I tried watching Disc 2 of X-Men which is the BLU-RAY bonus disc. I have the opposite results with that disc. Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men. I get the following java script error and selecting either yes or no locks up the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra player. BD-J Application Certification:"This Blu-ray Disc's digital signature is not recognized or is invalid, therefore the BD-J content may be unsafe. Do you want to continue the connection to the BD-Live site? Click "Yes" to continue the connection. Click "No" to continue the playback without Internet access." The funny thing is the bonus disc does not have any BD-LIVE content and selecting yes or no locks up the player.

Both Total Media Theater and Corel WinDVD9 work fine playing the bonus disc with no java script error message poping up. Therefore, for X-MEN I need one BLU-RAY software player to play the movie and another BLU-RAY player to play the bonus disc 2.

I am having the exact same problem with X2 X-MEN United. Only PowerDVD 9 Ultra is able to play the movie. I am getting the exact same java script error when trying to play the bonus disc with PowerDVD 9 Ultra. Total Media Theater is working fine with X2 bonus disc but does not work on my system when trying to play the movie.

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men.

I tried watching Disc 2 of X-Men which is the BLU-RAY bonus disc. I have the opposite results with that disc. Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra will not play the bonus Disc 2 of X-Men. I get the following java script error and selecting either yes or no locks up the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra player. BD-J Application Certification:"This Blu-ray Disc's digital signature is not recognized or is invalid, therefore the BD-J content may be unsafe. Do you want to continue the connection to the BD-Live site? Click "Yes" to continue the connection. Click "No" to continue the playback without Internet access." The funny thing is the bonus disc does not have any BD-LIVE content and selecting yes or no locks up the player.

Both Total Media Theater and Corel WinDVD9 work fine playing the bonus disc with no java script error message poping up. Therefore, for X-MEN I need one BLU-RAY software player to play the movie and another BLU-RAY player to play the bonus disc 2.

I am having the exact same problem with X3 X-MEN THE LAST STAND (The old X3 works fine, its just the X3 that was included in the trilogy box set). Only PowerDVD 9 Ultra is able to play the movie. I am getting the exact same java script error when trying to play the bonus disc with PowerDVD 9 Ultra. Total Media Theater is working fine with X3 bonus disc but does not work on my system when trying to play the movie.

I noticed that X3 is on a dual layer disc and 20th Century Fox only used 26.1GB of space. I wish 20th Century Fox would have used a higher bit rate encode so the entire 50GB disc could be filled up for a higher quality picture. The only special thing about the BD-LIVE feature for the trilogy boxset is to purchase a movie ticket for the new X-Men pre-sequel. I really do not want to use BD-LIVE to purchase movie tickets. Hopefully future 20th Century Fox titles will have more BD-LIVE features. The best BD-LIVE feature I have seen so far was "The Chronicles of Riddick" that had a special commentary track on BD-LIVE. It was only offered as streaming commentary with no download option. The problem with streaming commentary over downloading is that streaming only allows one to pause the movie, one cannot scan back or forward. Some Sony titles offer true HD quality movie trailer downloads on BD-LIVE that are nice to watch and offer full scan foward and scan back.

[panamablu]

I'm having same problem here with Windvd9, all new Fox titles are not playing. Anybody have found a solution? I already tried the updates, but I have all updates, and still I get a message that I need one.