Crank 2 playback issues

[HDPlasma]

Originally Posted by Dwayne

I own a Sony BD 360 and a Panasonic BD 60 and all I get is it tries to load but after a few minutes and a white screen and then audio starts and a 6" picture starts it stops. I have no Internet connection at all but with the newest players that have only been on the shelves a couple of months you would think that a firmware update is not necessary. Panasonic told me this is definately a disc issue from Lionsgate. I do not know what to do. VERY UPSET AND CONFUSED. Both of these players have never once hesitated on any disc and we use them alot. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try this:

Originally Posted by chposer

I had the same playback issues with it. It is not firmware or a BD LIVE issue. If you have external memory port you need to get a 1 GB USB flash drive and plug it into the external memory. I did that on my SON BD-350 and problem solved. Hope that it works for you.

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

Yeah, but if you saw the first one and you know the character, it's supposed to be over the top! I can't wait to see it!

I love and own the first one. It's just like they said, "hey, last time we had him have sex in public- what can we do THIS time?!?" for the whole movie.

... just didn't work for me. I really wanted it to. Plus the scene I was discussing is just... ugh. Anyway, off topic and I'll let it go but I almost wish I had playback issues with this one!

[Frozenpinky]

JESUS CHRIST!!!!! IT'S BEEN A PHUCKIN' HOUR AND I CANT GET THIS BD TO PLAY!!

Sony should have lost! HD DVD should have won. This is GODDAMNED RIDICULOUS!!

All I'm getting is a little square in ther center. I tried it with BD ON and BD OFF.

[romac]

I haven't tried my BD yet, but I just tried to redeem my digital copy in Itunes and it WILL NOT WORK. Anyone else tried yet? I follow onscreen instructions, click redeem code, and it says accessing Itunes store then nothing happens. It never downloads or transfers or whatever.

[solarrdadd]

is anyone using the Oppo blu player having this issue?

[Frozenpinky]

What ever happened to putting a movie in and just being able to phuckin' watch it!?!?!?!?!?!? This sucks. Sony sucks.

How do I get this to play on a Panasonic DMP BD 55?

All I see in a tiny red square in the center of the screen. I can tell its trailers, and then the main phuckin' menu.. This is horrible.

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

That's the point it was not a firmware issue.

You must be connected to the internet, have a SD memory card installed and agree to their EULA in order to watch the movie.

What does that mean?

It is connected to the internet!

I dont know what you mean by a SD MEMORY CARD (I'm not playing it on a camera or a PC. This is a new Panasonic BD55

I dont know what EULA is =(

Am I allowed to watch this god forsaken movie?

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

I do not normally post something like this but it was not a player issue. You have to update the JAVA first in order to watch the movie. It was just released today and I got really annoyed. My player is usually not connected.

How do you updatre Java? This player is connected to the network and has the latest firmware.

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by hometheatergeek

It would not load the movie correctly on my player until I allowed the movie to connect to the Lionsgate BD-Live site and allow it to update the movie.

I have never seen this before. I have the Skynet T2 movie and when it asked to connect I selected cancelled and it would still load. This was different.

How do we "allow" it??

I tried it with BD LIVE "on" and "off" = same thing; a crappy tiny square in the center of the TV. I'm bringing the movie back

[bt12483]

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

JESUS CHRIST!!!!! IT'S BEEN A PHUCKIN' HOUR AND I CANT GET THIS BD TO PLAY!!

Sony should have lost! HD DVD should have won. This is GODDAMNED RIDICULOUS!!

All I'm getting is a little square in ther center. I tried it with BD ON and BD OFF.

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

What ever happened to putting a movie in and just being able to phuckin' watch it!?!?!?!?!?!? This sucks. Sony sucks.

How do I get this to play on a Panasonic DMP BD 55?

All I see in a tiny red square in the center of the screen. I can tell its trailers, and then the main phuckin' menu.. This is horrible.

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

What does that mean?

It is connected to the internet!

I dont know what you mean by a SD MEMORY CARD (I'm not playing it on a camera or a PC. This is a new Panasonic BD55

I dont know what EULA is =(

Am I allowed to watch this god forsaken movie?

Put a "phuckin'" 1GB (at least) SD memory card in the SD memory card slot of your BD55.

Do you know what a SD memory card is?

Do you see the corresponding slot for it on your Panasonic player?

Well stick the memory card in the slot, and the problem should be solved.

If you don't have a memory card, you need to buy one.

They sell for $5 or less:
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&inde...Mozilla-search

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by bt12483

Put a "phuckin'" 1GB SD memory card in the SD memory card slot of your BD55.

Do you know what a SD memory card is?

Do you see the corresponding slot for it on your Panasonic player?

Well stick the memory card in the slot, and the problem should be solved.

If you don't have a memory card, you need to buy one.

They sell for $5 or less:
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&inde...Mozilla-search

I see the slot: right-front-bottom when I open the latch..

Thank you.. But, forget it. I'm not buying a card to play a movie. I BOUGHT A BLURAY PLAYER TO BUY THE MOVIE!!!!! The people at Lionsgate oughta get their ass kicked.

Returning it now. But thank you for the quick reply

[bt12483]

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

I see the slot: right-front-bottom when I open the latch..

Thank you.. But, forget it. I'm not buying a card to play a movie. I BOUGHT A BLURAY PLAYER TO BUY THE MOVIE!!!!! The people at Lionsgate oughta get their ass kicked.

Returning it now. But thank you for the quick reply

It will likely get fixed by Panasonic upgrading the FW. You essentially have a profile 2.0 player without the memory right now, which is where the error is coming from. The disc thinks you have the required memory, but you don't. This problem shouldn't have happened, and is likely the fault of Lionsgate. Bummer. I understand your frustration.

But if you want to enjoy all the content on bluray, you should install at least a 1GB SD card in that slot, to access BD Live content which requires 1GB of internal memory storage.

So feel free to take Crank back, but I would still pick up a 1GB SD card for future titles and content.

[solarrdadd]

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

I see the slot: right-front-bottom when I open the latch..

Thank you.. But, forget it. I'm not buying a card to play a movie. I BOUGHT A BLURAY PLAYER TO BUY THE MOVIE!!!!! The people at Lionsgate oughta get their ass kicked.

Returning it now. But thank you for the quick reply

wow, i understand your anger. are you ever planning to take advantage of BD-live with your profile 2.0 machine? if the answer is yes, then you should buy the 1gb card. what they (lions gate) should have done is at the very begining, give you the "yes or no" option for bd-live download. by the same token, your machine is really not a true profile 2.0 machine because it needed to have the 1gb built into it; it's more profile 2.0 ready. i still understand your feelings, i think the movies gonna be great especially if you liked the first one. a 1gb card will cost about 10 bones or less, trust me i am sure this will not be the first movie this happens on as more and more studios begin the heavy push of bd live content. in a sick way, this movie and others like it will either push blu player makers to include full bd live profile 2.0 machines (1gb included) or it will cause it to fail because of the feelings of folks like you (not that it's a bad thing just getting in on your all caps above!)

what do you think people, should everyone be forced into profile 2.0 bd live (if they offer really cool (a lot cooler than it is now) stuff on it) or should we stay where we are at the pace we are headed?

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by bt12483

It will likely get fixed by Panasonic upgrading the FW. You essentially have a profile 2.0 player without the memory right now, which is where the error is coming from. The disc thinks you have the required memory, but you don't. This problem shouldn't have happened, and is likely the fault of Lionsgate. Bummer. I understand your frustration.

But if you want to enjoy all the content on bluray, you should install at least a 1GB SD card in that slot, to access BD Live content which requires 1GB of internal memory storage.

So feel free to take Crank back, but I would still pick up a 1GB SD card for future titles and content.

Makes sense.

Before I returned it, I tried it in my other player. A Sony BDP S500; and it worked.

Why does it work in the Sony S500 but not the newer Panasonic BD 55?

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

wow, i understand your anger. are you ever planning to take advantage of BD-live with your profile 2.0 machine? if the answer is yes, then you should buy the 1gb card. what they (lions gate) should have done is at the very begining, give you the "yes or no" option for bd-live download. by the same token, your machine is really not a true profile 2.0 machine because it needed to have the 1gb built into it; it's more profile 2.0 ready. i still understand your feelings, i think the movies gonna be great especially if you liked the first one. a 1gb card will cost about 10 bones or less, trust me i am sure this will not be the first movie this happens on as more and more studios begin the heavy push of bd live content. in a sick way, this movie and others like it will either push blu player makers to include full bd live profile 2.0 machines (1gb included) or it will cause it to fail because of the feelings of folks like you (not that it's a bad thing just getting in on your all caps above!)

what do you think people, should everyone be forced into profile 2.0 bd live (if they offer really cool (a lot cooler than it is now) stuff on it) or should we stay where we are at the pace we are headed?

You make some good points.. You should post that as a poll. I like where your head is at

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by Frozenpinky

Makes sense.

Before I returned it, I tried it in my other player. A Sony BDP S500; and it worked.

Why does it work in the Sony S500 but not the newer Panasonic BD 55?

It works in the older player because it isn't 2.0 ready so it automatically ignores the BD-Live function and skips to the disc. the Panny is 2.0 ready (but not complete until you have the SD card installed for extra memory per specs of 2.0) so the disc thinks you are 2.0 capable and tries to load the BD-Live junk. It gets stuck because it's trying to access the local memory but there is none until you install it. It's actually kinda a mix of blame. Lionsgate for not creating a "skip bd-live sh!t" feature and Panny for not making it 2.0 out of the box

[solarrdadd]

i would if i knew how, feel free to throw that up there and give me a mention in it, really! lets see what people think/want!

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by wormraper

It works in the older player because it isn't 2.0 ready so it automatically ignores the BD-Live function and skips to the disc. the Panny is 2.0 ready (but not complete until you have the SD card installed for extra memory per specs of 2.0) so the disc thinks you are 2.0 capable and tries to load the BD-Live junk. It gets stuck because it's trying to access the local memory but there is none until you install it. It's actually kinda a mix of blame. Lionsgate for not creating a "skip bd-live sh!t" feature and Panny for not making it 2.0 out of the box

Ahhh, so its Panasonic's fault and Lionsgate's fault.

[HDPlasma]

Originally Posted by bt12483

It will likely get fixed by Panasonic upgrading the FW. You essentially have a profile 2.0 player without the memory right now, which is where the error is coming from. The disc thinks you have the required memory, but you don't. This problem shouldn't have happened, and is likely the fault of Lionsgate. Bummer. I understand your frustration.

But if you want to enjoy all the content on bluray, you should install at least a 1GB SD card in that slot, to access BD Live content which requires 1GB of internal memory storage.

So feel free to take Crank back, but I would still pick up a 1GB SD card for future titles and content.

I doubt Panasonic can fix this issue as they can't fix the simular issue with Starship Troopers on the BD35.
The resolution to play that movie is to install a 1G SD in the memory slot.
They only cost like $10 so I just keep one in there now even though I don't have anything connected to the Ethernet port "just incase" it's needed like this title.

This may become a new reoccurring issue on future releases on older/current 2.0 players that require an SD card to utilized BD Live.

It's either whine, protest and not watch a title and wait for a resolution or just get an SD card and call it a day.

[Frozenpinky]

Originally Posted by wormraper

It works in the older player because it isn't 2.0 ready so it automatically ignores the BD-Live function and skips to the disc. the Panny is 2.0 ready (but not complete until you have the SD card installed for extra memory per specs of 2.0) so the disc thinks you are 2.0 capable and tries to load the BD-Live junk. It gets stuck because it's trying to access the local memory but there is none until you install it. It's actually kinda a mix of blame. Lionsgate for not creating a "skip bd-live sh!t" feature and Panny for not making it 2.0 out of the box

So if I get the SD Card, it just goes right into the slot, out of the box? Do I have to format it or anything?