Game of Thrones playback issues - Page 10 - Blu-ray Forum

nburgmei · 02-22-2013, 01:58 AM

I am not pleased to hear that because the 2nd season blu-rays are showing up at my house tomorrow.

Could you run that "solution" by me again. So you're saying if I want to play episode 1 (which screwed up) that I should put in disc 2, choose episode 1, and then put that disc in?

I'm having a really hard time believing that Sony could let this go for so long. I knew I should have gotten the Panasonic player to match the TV.

JustDisGuy · 02-22-2013, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by nburgmei

I am not pleased to hear that because the 2nd season blu-rays are showing up at my house tomorrow.

Could you run that "solution" by me again. So you're saying if I want to play episode 1 (which screwed up) that I should put in disc 2, choose episode 1, and then put that disc in?

I'm having a really hard time believing that Sony could let this go for so long. I knew I should have gotten the Panasonic player to match the TV.

You've got it right. Load the Disc 2 menus, select the episode you want to watch from Disc 1 and wait for it to prompt you to change the disc. I don't know if there are problems with the menus on discs 3 and up yet, or not. I also haven't seen anyone else complaining that they're having difficulties, but I doubt I'm the only one...

nburgmei · 03-02-2013, 02:10 AM

Well, you weren't wrong. It stopped 28 minutes into the first episode. I did your trick and it worked....until the 44th minute.

The DVD played fine through the first two episodes of season 2. It also just generally looks better than the blu-ray. The quality isn't as fine, but I've noticed that when the blu-ray is working there are noticeable vertical black lines in some scenes.

Quitoduck · 03-24-2013, 03:23 AM

I have both season 1 & 2 Game of Thrones on BluRay and when I played them in a Samsung BluRay player I couldn't even get past 3 minutes before skipping, no audio, picture freeze. I went out and bought a Sony BDP-S790 BluRay player and have not had any issues playing either season. The verdict: Samsung bluRay players suck!

bandit29 · 03-24-2013, 03:42 AM

Just finished watching season 2 .. like 5 minutes ago.. no playback issues with any disc on my PS3.

iontyre · 02-22-2015, 11:25 PM

No problem with loading and playing disc 1 on my Pioneer BDP-320, but just tried loading it in my PC with an LG blu-ray writer and PowerDVD 9 and it will not play. Just keeps recycling through a prompt about needed a software upgrade, says it completed the upgrade, then fails with the same message again.

BillieCassin · 02-23-2015, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by iontyre

No problem with loading and playing disc 1 on my Pioneer BDP-320, but just tried loading it in my PC with an LG blu-ray writer and PowerDVD 9 and it will not play. Just keeps recycling through a prompt about needed a software upgrade, says it completed the upgrade, then fails with the same message again.

I had the same exact situation, I can't recall all the details because frankly I didn't look too deeply into it once I realized it was hopeless, but it's the LG Blu-ray writer that is the issue. I just ended up replacing mine with another model/brand (it was old anyway).

It has something to do with AACS and profiles and such...once you've put in a disc with a certain profile (for me it was GoT S3), it basically locks out discs, even from playback. Some older discs will play, many won't - it basically just bricks the thing from reliable Blu-ray playback though you can still burn Blu-ray (data or video) just fine from existing files.

If you google with your model number I'm sure you'll find out more about it, but the only solutions I was able to find were way too manual/complex and the essential message I got was it was just too much of a PITA to bother with and it was time to get a new burner.

iontyre · 02-26-2015, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BillieCassin

I had the same exact situation, I can't recall all the details because frankly I didn't look too deeply into it once I realized it was hopeless, but it's the LG Blu-ray writer that is the issue. I just ended up replacing mine with another model/brand (it was old anyway).

It has something to do with AACS and profiles and such...once you've put in a disc with a certain profile (for me it was GoT S3), it basically locks out discs, even from playback. Some older discs will play, many won't - it basically just bricks the thing from reliable Blu-ray playback though you can still burn Blu-ray (data or video) just fine from existing files.

If you google with your model number I'm sure you'll find out more about it, but the only solutions I was able to find were way too manual/complex and the essential message I got was it was just too much of a PITA to bother with and it was time to get a new burner.

I don't think that is my issue. Even Season 3 of GOT plays fine on my LG writer, only Season 4 does not work. Tried several other recent blu-rays, and all play just fine. Only GOT4 has this issue.

Darkhawk9587 · 03-03-2015, 04:33 PM

I've been having issues where the background sound overtakes everything else on the Season 4 blus. Anyone else having this issue?

Nubbiwan · 03-22-2015, 05:34 AM

Just watched the first 8 episodes (having to remove and clean the discs several times before they would play and having to pause and start to resynch the sound) the the disc with the last two episodes would not play no matter what I did. So after over twenty tries and putting other blu rays in to make sure it wasn't my player...i was so pissed i threw the whole collection away. Had similar problems with the other seasons...none this bad.

Overfloater8 · 03-30-2015, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by iontyre

No problem with loading and playing disc 1 on my Pioneer BDP-320, but just tried loading it in my PC with an LG blu-ray writer and PowerDVD 9 and it will not play. Just keeps recycling through a prompt about needed a software upgrade, says it completed the upgrade, then fails with the same message again.

I, too, own a Pioneer bdp 320. Disc 1, season 2, of GAoT played fine. However, when I try to play disc 2-3, season 2 I get an "unplayable disc" error. I have tried inserting disc 2 after playing disc one and my firm ware is completely up to date, but no luck. Did your player have any issues with the season 2 blu rays?

Yojimbo · 03-30-2015, 06:38 PM

When trying to play disc 1 and 2 for season 4, it seemed to take anywhere from 5-10 minutes waiting for the disc to load, and when it finally got to the main menu, it worked perfectly. The rest of the discs loaded just fine, though.

wjasoncul · 03-04-2016, 09:43 PM

Not to thread-necromance

But I just had this problem when revisiting Season 1 in anticipation of the new season coming out to DB. I can't remember which episode it was, but it was where John Snow had just started training at Castle Black. It skipped 6-8 minutes worth of the episode. This was a disc from the original, unedited Season 1 release. I happen to have the DE SteelBook version for season 1, so I tried that disc, and it worked perfectly fine. Sounds like a disc and not a player issue

03-24-2013, 03:23 AM	#184
Quitoduck New Member Member since:Mar 2013	Samsung vs Sony BluRay player I have both season 1 & 2 Game of Thrones on BluRay and when I played them in a Samsung BluRay player I couldn't even get past 3 minutes before skipping, no audio, picture freeze. I went out and bought a Sony BDP-S790 BluRay player and have not had any issues playing either season. The verdict: Samsung bluRay players suck!

03-22-2015, 05:34 AM	#190
Nubbiwan New Member Member since:Mar 2015	Game of Throne Season 4 Blu Ray Just watched the first 8 episodes (having to remove and clean the discs several times before they would play and having to pause and start to resynch the sound) the the disc with the last two episodes would not play no matter what I did. So after over twenty tries and putting other blu rays in to make sure it wasn't my player...i was so pissed i threw the whole collection away. Had similar problems with the other seasons...none this bad.

02-22-2013, 01:58 AM	#181
nburgmei New Member Member since:Feb 2013	I am not pleased to hear that because the 2nd season blu-rays are showing up at my house tomorrow. Could you run that "solution" by me again. So you're saying if I want to play episode 1 (which screwed up) that I should put in disc 2, choose episode 1, and then put that disc in? I'm having a really hard time believing that Sony could let this go for so long. I knew I should have gotten the Panasonic player to match the TV.

03-02-2013, 02:10 AM	#183
nburgmei New Member Member since:Feb 2013	Well, you weren't wrong. It stopped 28 minutes into the first episode. I did your trick and it worked....until the 44th minute. The DVD played fine through the first two episodes of season 2. It also just generally looks better than the blu-ray. The quality isn't as fine, but I've noticed that when the blu-ray is working there are noticeable vertical black lines in some scenes.

03-24-2013, 03:42 AM	#185
bandit29 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Chicago, IL Blu-ray collection:88 DVD collection:17 MA collection:3 Digital collection:117 Prime collection:1	Just finished watching season 2 .. like 5 minutes ago.. no playback issues with any disc on my PS3.

02-22-2015, 11:25 PM	#186
iontyre Member Member since:Jul 2009 4K collection:54 Blu-ray collection:310 Blu-ray reviews:3	No problem with loading and playing disc 1 on my Pioneer BDP-320, but just tried loading it in my PC with an LG blu-ray writer and PowerDVD 9 and it will not play. Just keeps recycling through a prompt about needed a software upgrade, says it completed the upgrade, then fails with the same message again.

03-03-2015, 04:33 PM	#189
Darkhawk9587 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Wisconsin 4K collection:66 Blu-ray collection:487 Trading Score:30	I've been having issues where the background sound overtakes everything else on the Season 4 blus. Anyone else having this issue?

03-30-2015, 06:38 PM	#192
Yojimbo Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:422 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:66 Digital collection:346 Trading Score:51	When trying to play disc 1 and 2 for season 4, it seemed to take anywhere from 5-10 minutes waiting for the disc to load, and when it finally got to the main menu, it worked perfectly. The rest of the discs loaded just fine, though.

03-04-2016, 09:43 PM	#193
wjasoncul Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Jun 2010 Location:MS(the state, not the lady), USA 4K collection:1266 Blu-ray collection:6256 DVD collection:126 Digital collection:1891 iTunes collection:29 Trading Score:248	Not to thread-necromance But I just had this problem when revisiting Season 1 in anticipation of the new season coming out to DB. I can't remember which episode it was, but it was where John Snow had just started training at Castle Black. It skipped 6-8 minutes worth of the episode. This was a disc from the original, unedited Season 1 release. I happen to have the DE SteelBook version for season 1, so I tried that disc, and it worked perfectly fine. Sounds like a disc and not a player issue

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