WAR: not working on my Sony BDP-S300 - Blu-ray Forum

mritch7 · 01-04-2008, 04:40 PM

anyone else have a problem playing WAR on there player ? i have the latest firmware as well ....i have succesfully watched . Pirates, Live free or Die hard, Harry Potter, and many other new releases ..but for this one it says " Can Not PLay " ...any ideas ?

scorpionkingct · 01-04-2008, 04:43 PM

I have the S301 and going to buy WAR , i hope i dont have the same problem. What Firm V you have? I am running 3.3 and getting this movie next week,.

mritch7 · 01-04-2008, 04:47 PM

im running 3.70

Moefiz · 01-04-2008, 04:51 PM

Check you firmware.The latest one is 3.70 that came out on 12/20.
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...pl?mdl=BDPS300

mritch7 · 01-04-2008, 04:53 PM

i have that firmware ...anyone with this player have success playing this movie ?

mritch7 · 01-05-2008, 04:03 PM

anyone got any ideas its pissin me off big time !

Moefiz · 01-05-2008, 04:07 PM

What firmware are you running.......CHECK.....

krazeyeyez · 01-05-2008, 04:13 PM

just watched war last night on my player and im running 3.3 on the 300. worked fine. had some trouble getting the second disc of lost season 3 to load but after a few tries it ran fine.

Aftermath · 01-05-2008, 04:21 PM

I had this "Can Not Play" issue for the very first time last week. On a disc that previously played fine. I checked the disc and it did have a small finger print, which I cleaned off and then it worked fine. Who knows...
The only major issue I have had with this player is that it will totally freeze once a month or so, and I'll have to unplug and start over.

jw · 01-05-2008, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mritch7

anyone else have a problem playing WAR on there player ? i have the latest firmware as well ....i have succesfully watched . Pirates, Live free or Die hard, Harry Potter, and many other new releases ..but for this one it says " Can Not PLay " ...any ideas ?

I have the same player, I will try it and let you know
Have you watched TDAT on it yet?

rockwell · 01-05-2008, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mritch7

anyone else have a problem playing WAR on there player ? i have the latest firmware as well ....i have succesfully watched . Pirates, Live free or Die hard, Harry Potter, and many other new releases ..but for this one it says " Can Not PLay " ...any ideas ?

WAR played fine on my S300 w/t latest firmware
I've noticed some titles take a few minutes to load.

mritch7 · 01-06-2008, 04:17 AM

yea im running the newest version 3.70 for the 300 ...i have tried to load WAR like 12 times and each time it says CAN NOT PLAY DISK ...no fingerprints or anything , every other disk has worked perfectly

jwbbud....i havent watched TDAT on it yet

Blu-ray Fo Sho · 01-06-2008, 11:27 PM

I purchased war and had a problem when I watched it the other day too. I have not updated the firmware yet and am running version 3.30 on my BDP-S300. The disk played all the trailers and the menu, but I only got a chance to watch the first like 3 min. of the movie before it froze. I held the power button down for a few seconds to reset the BDP-S300...waited again for the disc to load just to have it do it again. I gave up and waited to the following day to watch it. It played fine then, but when I watched the extras it began to freeze multiple times again. Maybe it has something to do with the PCM 7.1 lossless soundtrack...IDK.

UPDATED:
Installed firmware update 3.70 and WAR now plays perfectly.

fupduk2 · 01-06-2008, 11:45 PM

No problems here on my 300. Knock on wood.

scorpionkingct · 01-07-2008, 12:00 AM

I have V 3.3 and watched WAR on S301, and it had issues getting past Loading blue bar when disc is inserted, i have to hit play or menu for the GEAR ICON of LOADING for it to work. After that the movie works fine.,

mritch7 · 01-07-2008, 07:26 PM

i couldnt even get any kinda screen ...wouldnt go past the standard " blu ray logo screen "

Amon37 · 01-07-2008, 07:37 PM

Bad disk? Is this a rental or purchase?

BTBuck1 · 01-07-2008, 10:04 PM

tested it on my s300 (3.7 fw), loaded up relatively quick for a bdjava disc and had no problems playing back. The Pop up menu functions differen't than the ps3 though, you don't get the pip'd video during pop up it just lays over the main movie a lil harder to read, but it works.

jsteinhauer · 01-07-2008, 11:23 PM

If it's a rental, it's either dirty or damaged. Irrespective of what you might here, IMO, BD players are highly sensitive to dirty disks. I have recently taken to ultrasonic cleaning all of my rentals, then using a microfiber cloth and glass cleaner. BD titles from Netflix, about 50% have problems, if you don't clean them METICULOUSLY. I really think too many people masturbate on their rented disks.

01-04-2008, 04:40 PM	#1
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	WAR: not working on my Sony BDP-S300 anyone else have a problem playing WAR on there player ? i have the latest firmware as well ....i have succesfully watched . Pirates, Live free or Die hard, Harry Potter, and many other new releases ..but for this one it says " Can Not PLay " ...any ideas ?

01-06-2008, 11:27 PM	#13
Blu-ray Fo Sho Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Hillsborough, NJ Blu-ray reviews:7	I purchased war and had a problem when I watched it the other day too. I have not updated the firmware yet and am running version 3.30 on my BDP-S300. The disk played all the trailers and the menu, but I only got a chance to watch the first like 3 min. of the movie before it froze. I held the power button down for a few seconds to reset the BDP-S300...waited again for the disc to load just to have it do it again. I gave up and waited to the following day to watch it. It played fine then, but when I watched the extras it began to freeze multiple times again. Maybe it has something to do with the PCM 7.1 lossless soundtrack...IDK. UPDATED: Installed firmware update 3.70 and WAR now plays perfectly. Last edited by Blu-ray Fo Sho; 01-07-2008 at 02:22 AM.

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01-04-2008, 04:43 PM	#2
scorpionkingct Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Connecticut, USA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray reviews:6	I have the S301 and going to buy WAR , i hope i dont have the same problem. What Firm V you have? I am running 3.3 and getting this movie next week,.

01-04-2008, 04:47 PM	#3
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	im running 3.70

01-04-2008, 04:51 PM	#4
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	Check you firmware.The latest one is 3.70 that came out on 12/20. http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...pl?mdl=BDPS300

01-04-2008, 04:53 PM	#5
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	i have that firmware ...anyone with this player have success playing this movie ?

01-05-2008, 04:03 PM	#6
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	anyone got any ideas its pissin me off big time !

01-05-2008, 04:07 PM	#7
Moefiz Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jul 2007 Blu-ray collection:288 DVD collection:20 Blu-ray reviews: 15 Trading Score:70	What firmware are you running.......CHECK.....

01-05-2008, 04:13 PM	#8
krazeyeyez Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:the guy on the couch Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:287 Blu-ray reviews:4	just watched war last night on my player and im running 3.3 on the 300. worked fine. had some trouble getting the second disc of lost season 3 to load but after a few tries it ran fine.

01-05-2008, 04:21 PM	#9
Aftermath Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Haddonfield, IL	I had this "Can Not Play" issue for the very first time last week. On a disc that previously played fine. I checked the disc and it did have a small finger print, which I cleaned off and then it worked fine. Who knows... The only major issue I have had with this player is that it will totally freeze once a month or so, and I'll have to unplug and start over.

01-06-2008, 04:17 AM	#12
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	yea im running the newest version 3.70 for the 300 ...i have tried to load WAR like 12 times and each time it says CAN NOT PLAY DISK ...no fingerprints or anything , every other disk has worked perfectly jwbbud....i havent watched TDAT on it yet

01-06-2008, 11:45 PM	#14
fupduk2 Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:54 Blu-ray collection:328	No problems here on my 300. Knock on wood.

01-07-2008, 12:00 AM	#15
scorpionkingct Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Connecticut, USA Home Theater Gallery:32 Blu-ray reviews:6	I have V 3.3 and watched WAR on S301, and it had issues getting past Loading blue bar when disc is inserted, i have to hit play or menu for the GEAR ICON of LOADING for it to work. After that the movie works fine.,

01-07-2008, 07:26 PM	#16
mritch7 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	i couldnt even get any kinda screen ...wouldnt go past the standard " blu ray logo screen "

01-07-2008, 07:37 PM	#17
Amon37 Power Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:USA,Arizona PSNetwork: Amon37	Bad disk? Is this a rental or purchase?

01-07-2008, 10:04 PM	#18
BTBuck1 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Oceanside, CA. Blu-ray collection:507 DVD collection:1	tested it on my s300 (3.7 fw), loaded up relatively quick for a bdjava disc and had no problems playing back. The Pop up menu functions differen't than the ps3 though, you don't get the pip'd video during pop up it just lays over the main movie a lil harder to read, but it works.

01-07-2008, 11:23 PM	#19
jsteinhauer Gaming Moderator Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:120 Trading Score:66	If it's a rental, it's either dirty or damaged. Irrespective of what you might here, IMO, BD players are highly sensitive to dirty disks. I have recently taken to ultrasonic cleaning all of my rentals, then using a microfiber cloth and glass cleaner. BD titles from Netflix, about 50% have problems, if you don't clean them METICULOUSLY. I really think too many people masturbate on their rented disks.

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