And the version (build #) you went back to was...? OEM or Retail...?

4617, and it was both OEM and retail (two different systems).

Those instructions sound like a bunch of rubbish. I too am plagued by the audio sync issue in the latest version of PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra (build 5105). BluRay works perfectly but HD DVDs are unbearable after about five minutes. It seems that 5105 was released somewhat recently (given the number of recent threads - late April/early May 2009 - that exist about this audio problem with playing HD DVDs). I'm new to this area so I'm not sure about cyberlink's reputation but some other threads mention TMT. I'm tempted to look into that but hate to spend $100 to fix something that should be working in the first place with PowerDVD.TMT has the same problem. I checked.

I recently installed the OEM version of PDVD 7.3 and then applied the 4407 patch. As part of the installation process I registered the product with Cyberlink but I am still getting the registration prompt dialog box every time I open PDVD up. Is there a fix for this?

TMT has the same problem. I checked.

TMT 3 Plat has the HD DVD audio lag problem too? So what the heck are people using to play HD DVDs then? The older builds of PowerDVD 7.3?

TMT 3 Plat has the HD DVD audio lag problem too? So what the heck are people using to play HD DVDs then? The older builds of PowerDVD 7.3?Yep.

4617, and it was both OEM and retail (two different systems).

I use VCD as the mounting software for ISO's, did you find that 4617 OEM played (HDDVD, BD) ISO's ok?

Thanks.

I'm using 4617 retail and that is easily the best build (no probs with HDDVD or Blu-ray, better blu-ray compatiblity than any PDVD8 build).

I'm using 4617 retail and that is easily the best build (no probs with HDDVD or Blu-ray, better blu-ray compatiblity than any PDVD8 build).


And with HDDVD and BD ISO's?

And with HDDVD and BD ISO's?Sorry I should have been more explicit. Blu-ray isos all great. I do not have isos of HD-DVD (I ripped mine to mkv), but from all I have read here and at Slysoft I think you will be fine.

I use VCD as the mounting software for ISO's, did you find that 4617 OEM played (HDDVD, BD) ISO's ok?

Thanks.

I only have BD ISOs, but they work fine.

I'm still using 4407 in my P4 Media box along with the Japanese TMT version .110 as long as I add it to the play list of TMT or drag and drop I can take full advantage of Vista's EVR and no sw overlays created by the player. It's the only way to avoid it from dropping EVR and adding overlay.

If your depending on 3rd party players for the PC to keep up with the latest BD titles you will run into a world of hurt updating your sw players because it always breaks something or another, if you have a working set up leave it alone!

AnyDVD is very important when it comes to managing your archived media because you never have to update the players and you will not break things in the process of trying to update your 3rd party players. Heck I still run PDVD 6.5 on my workstation.:eek: To me that was the best player they put out for PQ because it was purely hardware driven without sw overlays.

Thanks, P Seastrand, jong1

OK then, I will locate the 4617 OEM upgrade and give it a shot...

Hmmm. I could only find this update whch doesn't say "Ultra" I am not sure if it is the correct one? CyberLink.4617_TaRe38_DVD080917-02_Normal

PowerDVD 7 2008-12-08 PowerDVD 7.3 updates: This file updates PowerDVD 7.3 to PowerDVD 7.3 v4617. This update is for OEM versions of PowerDVD only.
Update: Improves disc title compatibility.
Supports 1080/24p HDTV.

Thanks, P Seastrand, jong1

OK then, I will locate the 4617 OEM upgrade and give it a shot...

Hmmm. I could only find this update whch doesn't say "Ultra" I am not sure if it is the correct one? CyberLink.4617_TaRe38_DVD080917-02_Normal

PowerDVD 7 2008-12-08 PowerDVD 7.3 updates: This file updates PowerDVD 7.3 to PowerDVD 7.3 v4617. This update is for OEM versions of PowerDVD only.
Update: Improves disc title compatibility.
Supports 1080/24p HDTV.

Would you be willing to share the link to that? My PowerDVD7.3 is updated to 5105 I think and I'm having some issues. Folks have recommended I go back to 4617 or one of the 44xx builds.

Marc

Would you be willing to share the link to that? My PowerDVD7.3 is updated to 5105 I think and I'm having some issues. Folks have recommended I go back to 4617 or one of the 44xx builds.

Marc

Here (http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html). It's located under PowerDVD, not PowerDvd Ultra. I had upgraded to 5105 and everything seemed to work fine, but everytime I brought my HTPC out of S3 sleep, I would get a application error when trying to launch PDVD. If I reboot, it would work again. So I'm rolling back to the 4617 as well.

Here (http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html). It's located under PowerDVD, not PowerDvd Ultra. I had upgraded to 5105 and everything seemed to work fine, but everytime I brought my HTPC out of S3 sleep, I would get a application error when trying to launch PDVD. If I reboot, it would work again. So I'm rolling back to the 4617 as well.


Thanks for the 'save' lakaw, that is where I found it too.

Seems like a lot of us are staying away from build 5105...

Does anybody know what going from 4407 to 4617 fixes or adds?

Thanks

Here (http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_US.html). It's located under PowerDVD, not PowerDvd Ultra. I had upgraded to 5105 and everything seemed to work fine, but everytime I brought my HTPC out of S3 sleep, I would get a application error when trying to launch PDVD. If I reboot, it would work again. So I'm rolling back to the 4617 as well.

Thanks lakaw. 102 MB downloading now.

http://www.downloadatoz.com/powerdvd-ultra/img/information.gif

See http://www.downloadatoz.com/powerdvd-ultra/help.html#2 for more information on this update.


Ok, I made this same mistake. I clicked no thinking it would update my build of PowerDVD. How do i get the prompt again? The linked instructions say follow the link below and there is no link.


Edit: Nevermind. This just prompts you to download build 5105 (as I suspected). There doesn't seem to be any way to get just a key update. I can't play ANY HD-DVDs with build 4407. I just get an error message. The strange thing is, I was prompted to update even though I didn't have internet access. How did Powerdvd know there was a newer version?

Ok, I made this same mistake. I clicked no thinking it would update my build of PowerDVD. How do i get the prompt again? The linked instructions say follow the link below and there is no link.


Edit: Nevermind. This just prompts you to download build 5105 (as I suspected). There doesn't seem to be any way to get just a key update. I can't play ANY HD-DVDs with build 4407. I just get an error message. The strange thing is, I was prompted to update even though I didn't have internet access. How did Powerdvd know there was a newer version?

I currently have build 4407 installed, and it plays all of the HD-DVD's I have tried so far but I am running AnyDVD-HD as well, have you tried this?

Also I don't get the prompt to upgrade, or maybe I just don't recall seeing it... ;)

I think I installed a BD only version somehow. The Powerdvd splash screen said BD but not HD-DVD. I uninstalled and went back to the original disk and then installed build 4617. This seems to be working now. No audio sync problems with HD-DVD. I did get the upgrade prompt, but saying no still allowed me to play the disc. Now if I could only get 6 channel audio to work...
Oh. And I don't have AnyDVD.

I had numerous problems with 5105. So I reinstalled 4407, and disable internet access when ever I play a Blu-ray title. Seems to work on newer titles also. Should be the the same for 4617. When I disable internet access, I do not get the update prompt.
You could just use a good firewall program to block PowerDVD from accessing the internet? Takes 10-15mins to configure for your applications but then means you don't need to disable internet access just to play a movie.

I think I installed a BD only version somehow. The Powerdvd splash screen said BD but not HD-DVD. I uninstalled and went back to the original disk and then installed build 4617. This seems to be working now. No audio sync problems with HD-DVD. I did get the upgrade prompt, but saying no still allowed me to play the disc. Now if I could only get 6 channel audio to work...
Oh. And I don't have AnyDVD.

From what I recall you needed to upgrade the OEM version first to build 4407 to get the 6 channel support then to 4617...

The following post explains it:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=15269932#post15269932

I dont know why but under my Aspec Ratio when I play anything, all my Pan&Scan, TrueTheater stretch and Zoom is all GREY OUT. How to enable it?

I am using PowerDVD Ultra 9.

Came back to good old PDVD 7.3 since TMT3 has even more serious issues and fixing them seems to take ages.. of course things weren't quite that rosy with PDVD either:

1) Installed 3730a and updated to the 5105 build.. no blu-rays or hd-dvds would play, just "internal error" as soon as I'd hit play.
2) Uninstalled, installed 3730a again and updated to 4617a, playback worked but for some reason all hd-dvd menus were blank, I'd see the background but no menu entries. I could blindly select the items but decided it was still to annoying to deal with.. uninstall no. 2
3) Installed 3730a again, "screw the updates" and most things seem to work ok. I have had few freezes while playing discs but overall things seem to work.

Anyone seen any of the issues I ran into with the latest two updates? Any other builds I should try? :)

Came back to good old PDVD 7.3 since TMT3 has even more serious issues and fixing them seems to take ages.. of course things weren't quite that rosy with PDVD either:

1) Installed 3730a and updated to the 5105 build.. no blu-rays or hd-dvds would play, just "internal error" as soon as I'd hit play.
2) Uninstalled, installed 3730a again and updated to 4617a, playback worked but for some reason all hd-dvd menus were blank, I'd see the background but no menu entries. I could blindly select the items but decided it was still to annoying to deal with.. uninstall no. 2
3) Installed 3730a again, "screw the updates" and most things seem to work ok. I have had few freezes while playing discs but overall things seem to work.

Anyone seen any of the issues I ran into with the latest two updates? Any other builds I should try? :)

Yep, I had problems like you descibe, so I am staying at build 4407 for now, When I tried 4617 I ran into problems but that could have been the upgrade path I followed.

This time I started fresh with the OEM build that came with the LG drive and upgraded directly to build 4407.

ttol and Al, I have been having about the same experience with a newly purchased LG BH08. I tried the latest BD patch as recommended on the
insert page, but got nothing but "internal error 80004005", so I am back
to the OEM version, which seems to work OK. Is 4407 a worthwhile update?

Hal

ttol and Al, I have been having about the same experience with a newly purchased LG BH08. I tried the latest BD patch as recommended on the
insert page, but got nothing but "internal error 80004005", so I am back
to the OEM version, which seems to work OK. Is 4407 a worthwhile update?

Hal

Hal, everything is relative but I went (and stayed) with build 4407 because it adds 6 CH sound, 24 fps support but still plays both BD and HD-DVD movies as well as movies from ISO's if mounted with VCD or something similar. Build 4617 is supposed to be OK as well but since everything is working at 4407 I am hesitant to move away from 4407.

One of the things to note, most of us run AnyDVD-HD and Vitual Clone Drive, these 2 applications make a lot of the movie playback (without error) possible.

One last caveat that I have found, jumping through multiple versions before getting to the one you need or want never seemed to work for me, my best results were achieved when remove all remenants of PowerDVD, installed the OEM version and then applied the patch to go to build 4407.

Thanks Al, I'll give 4407 a swing.

I've been shooting some HDV with an HV20, installed Vista Pro 9 and done a little editing, but just now adding a burner and trying to figure out which end is up. Havn't tried burning a disk of my own stuff yet and hoping for not too many coasters.

Need to keep up better with the Forums; I'm realizing that most people are finding AnyDVD and VCD essential, so I need to get and learn them.

Hal

4407 seems to be working pretty good, with AnyDVD HD I have been able to play all HD-DVDs and Blu-rays I've thrown at it.. with little poking I was able to find 4407 update for the retail ultra version:

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/patch/powerdvd/7Ultra/Cyberlink.4407__Ultra_R1_DVD080818-02.exe

Only issue I have with this build is that after playing some blu-rays PowerDVD crashes when you try to close it.

I have PowerDVD Ultra 7 and 9 installed on my system. I installed 9 first and then 7. After that, when I insert a bluray, PowerDVD 7 will open and try to play the file, and then it causes 9 to give some error or even crash. I am using Vista, and I went into the Autoplay settings and specified PowerDVD 7 for "HD DVD" and for "Bluray" I specified PowerDVD 9. But 7 still opens and tries to play the disc instead of 9. How do I stop it from doing this?

I have PowerDVD Ultra 7 and 9 installed on my system. I installed 9 first and then 7. After that, when I insert a bluray, PowerDVD 7 will open and try to play the file, and then it causes 9 to give some error or even crash. I am using Vista, and I went into the Autoplay settings and specified PowerDVD 7 for "HD DVD" and for "Bluray" I specified PowerDVD 9. But 7 still opens and tries to play the disc instead of 9. How do I stop it from doing this?

Use TMT ?

I just finished building my HTPC and installed PowerDVD 9 today, and just finished watching my first blu-ray on it. :D

At one point during playback the audio kept going normally, but video sort of froze. I say "sort of" because it wasn't completely still, but rather it kept going back and forth a few frames so that the characters seemed to be performing a strange dance. All the while the audio kept going. Nothing I tried got the video going again, and eventually I had to stop the movie entirely, re-start it and que it back up to where I'd left off. This time the rest of the movie played fine. Is this a known issue with PDVD 9, or with PDVD in general? If so are there any fixes?

I have PowerDVD Ultra 7 and 9 installed on my system. I installed 9 first and then 7. After that, when I insert a bluray, PowerDVD 7 will open and try to play the file, and then it causes 9 to give some error or even crash. I am using Vista, and I went into the Autoplay settings and specified PowerDVD 7 for "HD DVD" and for "Bluray" I specified PowerDVD 9. But 7 still opens and tries to play the disc instead of 9. How do I stop it from doing this?

Turn off auto-play in Powerdvd 7. I don't have it installed at the moment so I'm not sure where the option is located exacty

Guys,

I have been using 4617 for a while without any problems and I have not touched the configuration. But I have started to see problems with some Bluray titles where either I get a severe judder where the frame pauses for a split second 2 or 3 times a second for the whole movie, the audio occassionally gets out of sync and the initial menu does not respond to the arrow keys.

I will get one of these issues now every 2nd or third bluray I play, and at a bit of a loss as I have not updated anything on the HTPC except AnyDVD or reclock (and I turn these off to see if they make a difference and they don't) and the problem seems to be source related as I can throw in a different disk and its all fine. I suspect that 4617 is getting too old now and some of the later disks don't work, although I have had these problems with some older disks as well.

Any ideas? I don't want to upgrade to the latest patch as it has had bad reports. Hopefully Cyberlink are still working on v7 and we get a new patch that fixes things.

I got a new full version of the latest PDVDU 7,3 from Cyberlink after filing an error report and it fixed the audio delay problem with HD DVDs. Just fill out the technical support form on www.cyberlink.com if you have this problem and you'll probably get a link and password for the download along with a new activation key. I won't give out the link I was given.

Can you confirm the version number, is it any different / newer than the versions already available for download?

Does anyone know how I can upgrade 7.3 OEM to the full version? I'm hoping there's a cheap way to do this but I haven't found one. I got my version with a lite-on blu-ray player so I don't think I could even "fake" having an HD DVD problem :p

I'm told 7.3 is the least problematic version, which is why I want to go for that version instead.

I haven't confirmed the version number, but was told it's the same version as the newest patch. I will check the next time I fire up the home theater in a few days. They acknowledged that there was a problem with the newest patch.

OK, thanks. It would be interesting to see if it is a later patch than 5105. I have opened a support call at cyberlink so will see what they say.

i am getting the infamous green screen when playing blu-ray disks, but the audio plays fine, and hd-dvd disks play both video and audio fine. my configuration is as follows:

HP g60-243dx notebook
Vista Home Basic, sp1
Mobile Intel 4 Express Chipset (driver ver. 7.15.10.1518)
LG ggw-h20l blu-ray/hd-dvd/dvd drive (connected via usb)
PowerDVD Ultra 7.3
AnyDVD 6.5.5.9

I have the cyberlink advisor, and for both hd-dvd and blu-ray it says the graphics card and graphics drivers are suspect. however like i said hd-dvd still works perfect, and i have the latest graphic driver. i was hoping someone had tested or had knowledge of a similar system either working or confirmed not to work, for blu-ray

any and all help and assistance will be appreciated

Does anyone know how I can upgrade 7.3 OEM to the full version? I'm hoping there's a cheap way to do this but I haven't found one. I got my version with a lite-on blu-ray player so I don't think I could even "fake" having an HD DVD problem :p

I'm told 7.3 is the least problematic version, which is why I want to go for that version instead.

The differences between the oem and full versions are purely audio related. The 4407 oem patch for 7.3 upgraded Dolby codecs to 6 channel playback and left the DTS codecs at 2 channel. There is a way to get those other 4 channels and have a player that looks like the full version but you'll have to do some searching on how to do it.

The differences between the oem and full versions are purely audio related. The 4407 oem patch for 7.3 upgraded Dolby codecs to 6 channel playback and left the DTS codecs at 2 channel. There is a way to get those other 4 channels and have a player that looks like the full version but you'll have to do some searching on how to do it.

I was mostly interested in being able to use dolby headphone and being able to resize blu-ray movies to fill the screen.

I was mostly interested in being able to use dolby headphone and being able to resize blu-ray movies to fill the screen.

Dolby Headphone will not work properly if the multichannel audio is not decoded in multichannel, so the ability to decode multichannel audio is still relevant. I didn't know the limitation for DTS on these newer builds though, bummer I guess.

Anyway, if you're able to get around that and still want Dolby Headphone, I'd recommend you get a Xonar DX or Xonar D1 (or even a Xonar U1) cards, which will give you Dolby Headphone for everything, not just PowerDVD.

The differences between the oem and full versions are purely audio related. The 4407 oem patch for 7.3 upgraded Dolby codecs to 6 channel playback and left the DTS codecs at 2 channel. There is a way to get those other 4 channels and have a player that looks like the full version but you'll have to do some searching on how to do it.

This is over analog inputs though right? Maybe I'm mistaken but I believe you can get legacy dolby and dts through spdif.

So what your saying is you can you do this legitamitly with the OEM version through specific updates? Or must you somehow hack the software to do so? I have an OEM version but have never used it because I have the retail version as well. I'd like to know since I may just use OEM on one PC and continue to use my retail on my main PC.

On topic with the HD-DVD audio sync, well I have the same issue as well with both my Win7 x64 and Vista x64 installs. However with XP x86 I'm not having any audio issues at all with the latest update. The only difference is I'm using the Xbox HD-DVD player with my XP install and my LG-GGC-H20L with both Vista and Win7. I contacted tech support, they told me to unisntall the software using there guide and then update the full 3730a version to the latest 5501 patch. I still have the same results on Vista while Win7 is better my Harry Potter year one disc locks up about 1:15 minutes in with both 3730a full and the 4407 patch since Win7 doesn't allow me to complete the 5501 update. I'm not sure if a firmware update will help but my H20L is currently on 1.0 firmware. Never felt the need to update it since the player is working fine but if anyone can say the firmware update to 1.03 will help then I will probably do it.

So what your saying is you can you do this legitamitly with the OEM version through specific updates? Or must you somehow hack the software to do so? I have an OEM version but have never used it because I have the retail version as well. I'd like to know since I may just use OEM on one PC and continue to use my retail on my main PC.

On topic with the HD-DVD audio sync, well I have the same issue as well with both my Win7 x64 and Vista x64 installs. However with XP x86 I'm not having any audio issues at all with the latest update. The only difference is I'm using the Xbox HD-DVD player with my XP install and my LG-GGC-H20L with both Vista and Win7. I contacted tech support, they told me to unisntall the software using there guide and then update the full 3730a version to the latest 5501 patch. I still have the same results on Vista while Win7 is better my Harry Potter year one disc locks up about 1:15 minutes in with both 3730a full and the 4407 patch since Win7 doesn't allow me to complete the 5501 update. I'm not sure if a firmware update will help but my H20L is currently on 1.0 firmware. Never felt the need to update it since the player is working fine but if anyone can say the firmware update to 1.03 will help then I will probably do it.

I still have my OEM version that came with my GGW-H20L but never used it. If you had a previous version of 7.3 like 33xx or 34xx you can update to retail 4407 and get dts 5.1/6.1/7.1 via spdif. That's what is displayed on my SC-07when playing certain content with certain codecs.

I still have my OEM version that came with my GGW-H20L but never used it. If you had a previous version of 7.3 like 33xx or 34xx you can update to retail 4407 and get dts 5.1/6.1/7.1 via spdif. That's what is displayed on my SC-07when playing certain content with certain codecs.

I also forgot to mention that the update looks like it only address's Improvement Point, Improve Write Strategy and only mentions XP and Vista support only. So I see no benefit if your just using it to rip and playback.

This is over analog inputs though right? Maybe I'm mistaken but I believe you can get legacy dolby and dts through spdif.

I think so but I never tried using spdif, my soundcard doesn't have it and I'm not using PowerDVD anymore anyway...got tired of playing russian roulette with patches.

Well I've just been installing my retail version on all my machine to test different builds but I do have my OEM disc and just downloaded the update that will give me 6ch audio playback if I choose to install it in the future.

This may be my setup but my XP setup uses an Audigy 2 ZS and Z-5500 speakers. Using a 3.5mm mono plug I use the digital out settings with my Z-5500 but if I change audio settings under the HD-DVD menu to TrueHD my set goes into Dolby Prologic II music/movie mode. If I leave the default Dobly Digital setting then my Z-5500 will tell me the signal is in Dolby Digital. Not a huge deal but I'm guess I will get the same results even if I use my OEM version and update using those specific version to get 6ch support.

Just go to C:/program files/cyberlink/powerdvd/OLRSubmission/ and change OLRStatecheck.exe to OLRStatecheck.old

Thank you so much! This was driving me crazy. I registered with all my real information, but it still gave me this nag. But this fixed it.

Is any (older) version of Powerdvd able to take Blu-ray screenshots of new discs? I'm looking for a way to do this without Anydvd.

I contacted Cyberlink support for problems on build 5105, they first replied that they don't support Winodws 7, and after the second inquiry, they added:

"In response to your concern we have already escalated the issue related with the 5105 patch to the R&D team for analysis."

I hope they really fix the situation, being unable to run the latest release basically means being unable to watch latest blu-rays :(

I have a number of BD disks that won't play with build 4407, is the answer 5105? When I try the BD it asks to install a critical update (5105).

Or does this mess up ISO and HD-DVD's?

I have found 4407 to be excellent up to this point and I guess I could go dual-boot if 5105 is not 'backward compatible'

Just looking for thoughts and experiences... Thanks!

I have a number of BD disks that won't play with build 4407, is the answer 5105? When I try the BD it asks to install a critical update (5105).

Or does this mess up ISO and HD-DVD's?

I have found 4407 to be excellent up to this point and I guess I could go dual-boot if 5105 is not 'backward compatible'

Just looking for thoughts and experiences... Thanks!

5105 messes up HD-DVDs.

The "critical update" consists of BD+ DRM updates. AnyDVD-HD is a better, albeit more expensive, choice.

Anyone know what the update did by chance? I opened up PDVD last night and there was one so I installed it. I'll check there site.

5105 messes up HD-DVDs.

The "critical update" consists of BD+ DRM updates. AnyDVD-HD is a better, albeit more expensive, choice.

For me, 5105 messed blu-rays too.

(On a Windows 7 x64 + ATI HD3870 system)

If that's the download from last night I'll have to test a BR when I get home this evening.

5105 messes up HD-DVDs.

The "critical update" consists of BD+ DRM updates. AnyDVD-HD is a better, albeit more expensive, choice.

That's intersting, I am running AnyDVD-HD....? It says it is scanning the disc but after completion it hands it off to PowerDVD and that is when the problem occurs.

Maybe the version of AnyDVD I am running is too old?

That's intersting, I am running AnyDVD-HD....? It says it is scanning the disc but after completion it hands it off to PowerDVD and that is when the problem occurs.

Maybe the version of AnyDVD I am running is too old?
AnyDVD-HD is updated constantly, mainly to deal with Fox BD+ changes.

AnyDVD-HD is updated constantly, mainly to deal with Fox BD+ changes.

Good point, I see that it is now at: AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.5.7.4 2009-08-06 4838 kB

I am at 6.5.5.5 now and Slysoft clains to have done it's magic, but PowerDVD still wants to go to 5105... I tried the option to disable BD+ features but that did not help either.

I think that PDVD has been updated/modified to refuse to play anything until it is updated to 5105, I can't even play the old HD-DVD/BD discs or ISO files anymore, keep's asking for the update to 5105...

Time to scrub PDVD from the system and start from OEM version or will it happen again when it asks for an update?

Good point, I see that it is now at: AnyDVD & AnyDVD HD 6.5.7.4 2009-08-06 4838 kB

I am at 6.5.5.5 now and Slysoft clains to have done it's magic, but PowerDVD still wants to go to 5105... I tried the option to disable BD+ features but that did not help either.

I think that PDVD has been updated/modified to refuse to play anything until it is updated to 5105, I can't even play the old HD-DVD/BD discs or ISO files anymore, keep's asking for the update to 5105...

Time to scrub PDVD from the system and start from OEM version or will it happen again when it asks for an update?You need to reinstall and then upgrade to no later than 4617 (use your old trusted version if you like). Others have said with great confidence and I have repeated that renaming "evoparser.dll" to, say "evoparser.dll_bak" will stop PDVD7 checking for updates. One or two people have said his has not worked for long for them (the demand to upgrade returned) and a week ago the same happened to me. It may be because I (and they?) also have PDVD8 on the system and its evoparser.dll was causing the problem (I have now renamed that too), or it may be that will will have to keep reinstalling every month or two? People have assured me that they have run for months happily after renaming evoparser.dll, so I am not sure. But even re-installing every few months is better than upgrading to 5105!!

You need to reinstall and then upgrade to no later than 4617 (use your old trusted version if you like). Others have said with great confidence and I have repeated that renaming "evoparser.dll" to, say "evoparser.dll_bak" will stop PDVD7 checking for updates. One or two people have said his has not worked for long for them (the demand to upgrade returned) and a week ago the same happened to me. It may be because I (and they?) also have PDVD8 on the system and its evoparser.dll was causing the problem (I have now renamed that too), or it may be that will will have to keep reinstalling every month or two? People have assured me that they have run for months happily after renaming evoparser.dll, so I am not sure. But even re-installing every few months is better than upgrading to 5105!!

Thanks for all the details jong1, and if I didn't have a number of ISO's that I have yet to watch I would say to heck with it altogether, with standalone BD players nudging the sub $200 range spending hours 'fixing' a software program that I didn't even make a change to is absurd!

I'll wipe out the current PDVD installation and slide in my trusty OEM disk followed by an upgrade to 4407 and then look for "evoparser.dll" and rename it.

This will be my last effort with PDVD, I will retain the HTPC for music and TV shows but if PDVD screws up again I think I will toast it (PDVD) permanently...

This will be my last effort with PDVD, I will retain the HTPC for music and TV shows but if PDVD screws up again I think I will toast it (PDVD) permanently...I reinstalled the earlier version over 5105 and it worked fine.

I reinstalled the earlier version over 5105 and it worked fine.

Good to know, thanks.

Strange thing is I didn't even make a single change to the currently installed 4407 build. All I did was try a recently released BD disc and when I didn't opt for the upgrade to 5105, build 4407 just stopped working and continually asks for the upgrade when trying to play anything! :confused:

Good to know, thanks.

Strange thing is I didn't even make a single change to the currently installed 4407 build. All I did was try a recently released BD disc and when I didn't opt for the upgrade to 5105, build 4407 just stopped working and continually asks for the upgrade when trying to play anything! :confused:
And you were running the latest version of AnyDVD-HD?

Edit: I had a similar problem with PDVD, but it seemed to go away when I reinstalled the earlier version.

Good to know, thanks.

Strange thing is I didn't even make a single change to the currently installed 4407 build. All I did was try a recently released BD disc and when I didn't opt for the upgrade to 5105, build 4407 just stopped working and continually asks for the upgrade when trying to play anything! :confused:Yeah, that's the way it was for me too the one time mine got "blocked" and I have up to date AnyDVD. and even got PDVD7 blocked from the internet in my firewall (and all other services disabled). So it may just be a time thing or maybe PDVD8 was setting a flag in a common area somewhere. Fortunately a quick re-install works.

I am pleased to report that the newest version of Arcsoft Total Media Theater 3 plays HD-DVD without any audio lag.

For those weary of Cyberlink's indifference, there is an alternative.

Where can I pull the build number from ? In "About" I just see 7.3 Ultra...

thanks
DC

With PDVD up on the screen, right click on the program, select 'about' then left click in the area titled "this product is licensed to:"

I am running PDVD 7.3 Ultra 4617 and updating to 5105 just completely screws up my system. I can launch PDVD but as soon as I try to play anything it crashes. Also I don't see anything in the 'Audio' tab in the configuration window. I can only see 2 empty dropdowns. I am on Vista 64.

I am on Vista SP2 32-bit. Same problem with 5105 build. Also, the BD Region radio buttons under "BD Region" tab of Configuration are all greyed-out and none is selected with 0 remaining changes. OEM 4407 build had this right at 5 changes.

So far so good, I completely removed PowerDVD and all folders associated with it, rebooted the system and started over:

First I installed the OEM version (build 2911c) that came with my LG drive, next I upgraded to build 4407.

Before I did anything else I renamed "evoparser.dll" to, "evoparser.dll_bak".

Interestingly enough the first time I ran PDVD it asked for an update when I loaded a BD disc (movie - 21), I replied no and it launched and played, hmmm?

Then I tried Casino Royale from and ISO and it worked as well but did not ask for an update, I hope that this holds up, although it is not a lot of work to blow-away and reload PowerDVD, it of course shouldn't be necessary either. :mad:

My fingers are crossed! :eek:

I contacted Cyberlink support for problems on build 5105, they first replied that they don't support Winodws 7, and after the second inquiry, they added:

"In response to your concern we have already escalated the issue related with the 5105 patch to the R&D team for analysis."

I hope they really fix the situation, being unable to run the latest release basically means being unable to watch latest blu-rays :( So powerdvd doesn't work with 7 at all then? The wife picked me up a bluray drive from newegg and I spent a good chunk of the weekend trying to get it to work.

Newegg also shipped 7.3 powderdvd.

So powerdvd doesn't work with 7 at all then? The wife picked me up a bluray drive from newegg and I spent a good chunk of the weekend trying to get it to work.
What are the symptoms? I had issues in 2007 and early 2008, but they went away after the drivers matured.

Regarding HD-DVD, Arcsoft TMT 3 supports it and does not have the audio lag. $65 if you can find a coupon.

So powerdvd doesn't work with 7 at all then? The wife picked me up a bluray drive from newegg and I spent a good chunk of the weekend trying to get it to work.

Newegg also shipped 7.3 powderdvd.


Someone did make PDVD 7.3 works under Win 7.
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=30186

Someone did make PDVD 7.3 works under Win 7.
http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=30186
I had it working, too.

What are the symptoms? I had issues in 2007 and early 2008, but they went away after the drivers matured.

Regarding HD-DVD, Arcsoft TMT 3 supports it and does not have the audio lag. $65 if you can find a coupon.

Coupon?

Also, I see HD-DVD references in pictures but I didn't see anything official, do you know if this is a stated direction with ArcSoft?

Thanks,

Also, I see HD-DVD references in pictures but I didn't see anything official, do you know if this is a stated direction with ArcSoft?
This discussion should be moved to the ArcSoft thread but:

The ArcSoft forums are full of TMT3/HD DVD posts and companies aren't in the habit of fixing things they don't support:

http://www.arcsoft.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2954

TotalMedia Theatre 3.0.x.140 Release Notes

NEW FEATURES
1. SimHD supports ATIStream hardware accelleration.

BUG FIXES

1. Random crashing issue in Media Center UI
2. NV GTX 2xx series picture quality issue
3. Full version reverting to trial version
4. Audio crackle and some (but not all) audio dropout issues on HD-DVD
5. 24hz audio sync issues on some ATI hardware
6. Stuttering issues on some ATI hardware
7. Low resolution on Information overlay
8. SB Audigy 100% CPU issue in SPDIF
9. SVCHOST memory leak in Win7 (also corrected in updated releases of Win7)
10. Folder path paramater via command line support restored to TMT2 method (3rd party apps that support TMT2 might still require update to support TMT3.)
11. Subtitles on certain import discs corrected
12. Fix AHCI issue


If you search the forums (here or ArcSoft -- I don't remember which), ArcSoft_Jason posted about the decision to support HD DVD in version 3.

Coupon?

Also, I see HD-DVD references in pictures but I didn't see anything official, do you know if this is a stated direction with ArcSoft?

Thanks,
I found one via a Google search on "Arcsoft coupons." Final cost of a downloaded copy of TMT 3 was $63. That's less than I paid for PowerDVD 7.3 back in the day.

After installation (under Vista x64), I tested it with an HD-DVD for the audio lag issue and found that that had been fixed.

What are the symptoms? I had issues in 2007 and early 2008, but they went away after the drivers matured.

It doesn't even start, just gives a general error and points me to the powerdvd forum, when playing a disk. I ripped it to the disk and tried to play my blu-ray through powerdvd but all I get is a black screen and the sound.

It doesn't even start, just gives a general error and points me to the powerdvd forum, when playing a disk. I ripped it to the disk and tried to play my blu-ray through powerdvd but all I get is a black screen and the sound.Which OS? I had mine working under Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64.

I am on Vista SP2 32-bit. Same problem with 5105 build. Also, the BD Region radio buttons under "BD Region" tab of Configuration are all greyed-out and none is selected with 0 remaining changes. OEM 4407 build had this right at 5 changes.

5105 works fine for me. Vista SP2 32 bit. Try a reinstall? My copy was broken at one stage by updating ATI catalyst and Realtek HD Audio underneath it.

Now, I am running Realtek 2.26 (now 2.30) and Cat 9.7 (now cat 9.8) with no issues with pdvd7.3.

This discussion should be moved to the ArcSoft thread but:

The ArcSoft forums are full of TMT3/HD DVD posts and companies aren't in the habit of fixing things they don't support:

http://www.arcsoft.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2954



If you search the forums (here or ArcSoft -- I don't remember which), ArcSoft_Jason posted about the decision to support HD DVD in version 3.

Thanks for the info, and you are right, I should have asked in the appropriate thread, it was just that one thought lead to another in the same note...

Which OS? I had mine working under Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64.windows 7 64, when I try to start the blu ray the screen flashes for a second and states that windows has changed back to classic view, then I get the general error.

I tried ripping serentity, found the biggest file in the stream folder, played it in power dvd and all I got was a black screen with the Joss Whedon commentary.

I am on Vista SP2 32-bit. Same problem with 5105 build. Also, the BD Region radio buttons under "BD Region" tab of Configuration are all greyed-out and none is selected with 0 remaining changes. OEM 4407 build had this right at 5 changes.

Doi you have a Asus Xonar soundcard? Had the same trouble some time ago and the cause was the Xonars EAX emulation driver.

Any has any problems playing Sunrise blu-ray that just came out (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/sunrise.htm) on PowerDVD Ultra 7? This is the first silent film I ever watch on blu-ray so I'm excited. I have a Pioneer BDC-2202 blu-ray drive on Windows Vista SP1, and PowerDVD just hangs on the main menu when I start the playback.

New update !

.5711

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/Patch/PowerDVD/DVD090826-05/TR090930-016/CyberLink.5711_TaRe43_DVD090826-05.exe

New update !

.5711

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/Patch/PowerDVD/DVD090826-05/TR090930-016/CyberLink.5711_TaRe43_DVD090826-05.exe

I am in shock that they actually decided to support this software. Does 7.3 work on Windows 7?

I'm surprised they were able to release a patch; I thought they had already broken pretty much every feature of this software.

I think 3730a was the best version for HD-DVD playbck, but I am going to give the new patch a try.

EDIT: Just to keep everyone from wasting their time, this new patch has the same audio synchronization problems as the previous patch. Talk about useless.

I am in shock that they actually decided to support this software. Does 7.3 work on Windows 7?

I'm surprised they were able to release a patch; I thought they had already broken pretty much every feature of this software.

I think 3730a was the best version for HD-DVD playbck, but I am going to give the new patch a try.

EDIT: Just to keep everyone from wasting their time, this new patch has the same audio synchronization problems as the previous patch. Talk about useless.

great, i just installed it. I watched The Thing last night (older build) and the audio sync was unreal. I had to pull it out and put it in my Toshiba unit. I had friends over, talk about embarrassing!

Anyone have a link to a build that actually works with HD DVD? I have PDVD9 doe BD and SD. I just want a reliable HD DVD build.

Does Reclock help with the HDDVD audio sync? I am with 4617 and fine. Only problem is that after fast forward it won't resume normal playback, just frame advance.

New update !

.5711


Just installed this, pdvd 7.3 told me an update was available so I installed it.

Now DTS HD Master audio fails to play through my Realtek ALC889 5.1 analog setup, with the same symptoms as for PDVD9 trial (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16933324&highlight=#post16933324). Audio only comes through left and right, nothing from center or sides.

I guess I'll try and revert to 5105, but this is really annoying.

great, i just installed it. I watched The Thing last night (older build) and the audio sync was unreal. I had to pull it out and put it in my Toshiba unit. I had friends over, talk about embarrassing!

Anyone have a link to a build that actually works with HD DVD? I have PDVD9 doe BD and SD. I just want a reliable HD DVD build.

Although I can't say with absolute certainty, I have solid HD-DVD playback with build 4407 and an up to date version of AnyDVD-HD.

Although many others have said 4617 is the last reliable build, I couldn't find any reason to go to 4617 from 4407, nothing in the 5xxx range seems 'good'.

hello!

I'm about to upgrade my HTPC to Windows 7.
Question: What happens if I have CoreAVC (which is fabulous in terms of 720p/1080p MKVs) installed along PowerDVD (which would be used to play blu-ray movies)? Any conflict looming there?

Just installed this, pdvd 7.3 told me an update was available so I installed it.

Now DTS HD Master audio fails to play through my Realtek ALC889 5.1 analog setup, with the same symptoms as for PDVD9 trial (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=16933324&highlight=#post16933324). Audio only comes through left and right, nothing from center or sides.

I guess I'll try and revert to 5105, but this is really annoying.

I have spent an evening trying to get the Powerdvd 7.3 5711 build to work. Basically it seems to be broken for my configuration, whereas 5105 works fine. My config is ATI HD3200, Realtek ALC889, 6ch analog audio to z-5500 5.1 channel speakers. Vista 32bit SP2 all latest updates. Catalyst 9.7 (latest from motherboard manufacturer) latest realtek audio drivers v2.34. I tried powerdvd uninstall and reinstall. I tried various 6 and 8 speaker configurations in the realtek and powerdvd software. I had limited success getting powerdvd 5711 to work by tweaking 6ch-8ch in powerdvd and making corresponding changes in Realtek sound manager. By limited success, i mean I was able to get Wall-e to play once, but then Kungfu panda would refuse to play. Finally, I have reinstalled again, this time applying the 5105 update over my original OEM. Currently I am again able to play blu-rays using 5105, but I am not sure if powerdvd will force me to upgrade soon.

Can the upgrade be prevented?

Has anyone successfully installed this on Windows 7? I'm running Win7 x64 and like update 5105 this one seems to fail at the end of the install process. I guess this is Cyberlink's way of saying I should upgrade to PDVD9 Ultra

Has anyone successfully installed this on Windows 7? I'm running Win7 x64 and like update 5105 this one seems to fail at the end of the install process. I guess this is Cyberlink's way of saying I should upgrade to PDVD9 Ultra

It's working. :)

My OS is WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

Power DVD 7.3 (with update patch 4407) works like a charm on Win7. :cool:

You should be try it with this patch.

It's working. :)

My OS is WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

Power DVD 7.3 (with update patch 4407) works like a charm on Win7. :cool:

You should be try it with this patch.

Thanks for the info but I already know that 3730a installs fine as well as the 4407 update but I was kind of hoping the latest patch would work since 5105 seems to fails to install in a similar fashion to 5711.

I'm getting:

Error 2932.Could not create files C:\Windows\Installer\{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}\1033.mst from script data. Error:32.

After clicking ok/continue I get:

ComponentMoveData had the following error:

Component:
File Group:
File:
Error Number: -1603

I'm starting to debate if I should get PowerDVD9 Ultra but I'm hoping to get it at around $49.99 which most likely mean I'll be waiting for a while. I like some of the newer features and I noticed that PDVD9 plays my Blu-ray movie louder then they play in PDVD7. The upscaling feature of my old DVD is a plus as well.

It's working. :)

My OS is WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

Power DVD 7.3 (with update patch 4407) works like a charm on Win7. :cool:

You should be try it with this patch.

Thanks for the heads up I just pre orderd 32 and 64 Home Premium full versions for 98.00. I'm replacing XP finally on my X64 AMD rig an oldie but trust worthy rig.
My Media box is running Vista and think I'll update that to 32 bit and finally I'll be able to run a worthy 64 bit OS on my AMD rig. I built this system a while back and never did get to really run a 64 bit OS properly. Hopefully this OS will have better support and be more 3rd party friendly. Sounds good so far especially for Cyberlink sw working is a nice surprise indeed!:)

Although I can't say with absolute certainty, I have solid HD-DVD playback with build 4407 and an up to date version of AnyDVD-HD.

Although many others have said 4617 is the last reliable build, I couldn't find any reason to go to 4617 from 4407, nothing in the 5xxx range seems 'good'.

Do you know where I can find any of these older builds?? I may just uninstall and reload it.

New update !

.5711

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/Patch/PowerDVD/DVD090826-05/TR090930-016/CyberLink.5711_TaRe43_DVD090826-05.exe

Thanks for posting that. I launched my oem build and a popup came up telling to download a patch but the build number is DVD090821-08, The one you posted must be the retail build. Here's the link if anyone wants it.

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/Patch/PowerDVD/DVD090821-08/TR090922-057/CyberLink.5711_TaRe43_DVD090821-08.exe

Do you know where I can find any of these older builds?? I may just uninstall and reload it.

They are available from Cyberlink under the 'support' tab from the main page...

http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_CA.html

Or here for PowerDVD Ultra versions...

http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_CA.html

Thanks for posting that. I launched my oem build and a popup came up telling to download a patch but the build number is DVD090821-08, The one you posted must be the retail build. Here's the link if anyone wants it.

http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/Patch/PowerDVD/DVD090821-08/TR090922-057/CyberLink.5711_TaRe43_DVD090821-08.exe

Have you tried this latest version? How does it treat ISO's and HD-DVD's?

Thanks!

Did the 5711 patch break 5.1 TrueHD playback for anyone else? I had the OEM version of 7.3 which limited TrueHD to 2.0 (and would always display it as such in the information box) but it was at least working correctly.

With the patch it now displays "TrueHD 5.1" in the information, and the downmixing is completely messed up. It sounds like it's mixing the Center channel only to the left speaker, and none of the audio options (headphones/2,4,6,8 speakers) seem to have any effect.

Did the 5711 patch break 5.1 TrueHD playback for anyone else? I had the OEM version of 7.3 which limited TrueHD to 2.0 (and would always display it as such in the information box) but it was at least working correctly.

With the patch it now displays "TrueHD 5.1" in the information, and the downmixing is completely messed up. It sounds like it's mixing the Center channel only to the left speaker, and none of the audio options (headphones/2,4,6,8 speakers) seem to have any effect.

It messed things up for me.

I have spent an evening trying to get the Powerdvd 7.3 5711 build to work. Basically it seems to be broken for my configuration, whereas 5105 works fine. My config is ATI HD3200, Realtek ALC889, 6ch analog audio to z-5500 5.1 channel speakers.

Cyberlink support helped out to get me back running when pdvd 7.3 build 5711 broke blu-ray audio. They provided a current version of pdvd8 which seems to work ok... albeit with very limited testing so far.

I'm happy that they helped out. +1 to cyberlink support.

Dale

So what version are you speaking of? ^^^

So what version are you speaking of? ^^^

Powerdvd 8.0.3228.50, Ultra

cyberlink support.
That's an oxymoron!

That's an oxymoron!

Although in this case they have resolved my issue. Credit where due...

Have you tried this latest version? How does it treat ISO's and HD-DVD's?

Thanks!

I installed it but I haven't tried it yet. The only reason its installed is I was trying to get a patch (not this one). My system right now isn't playing nice with HD content unless i use MPC Home Cinema. Maybe next month when I have time to mess with it i'll figure it out.

I have build 5711, and so far, an ISO of Casino Royale (from BD), a HD-DVD version of 300 and A Hard Days Night on BD all work...multichannel all seem OK, but I don't have anything other than a 5.1 sound system so it all works OK for me...luckily, if HD-DVD suport wanes, I have a h/w player for the disks I own...otherwise, my main concern is for BD disc playback.

I have build 5711, and so far, an ISO of Casino Royale (from BD), a HD-DVD version of 300 and A Hard Days Night on BD all work...multichannel all seem OK, but I don't have anything other than a 5.1 sound system so it all works OK for me...luckily, if HD-DVD suport wanes, I have a h/w player for the disks I own...otherwise, my main concern is for BD disc playback.

What is your sound hardware? Mine is Realtek ALC889->z5500 5.1 analog, and this does not work in my case.

They are available from Cyberlink under the 'support' tab from the main page...

http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd/patches_en_CA.html

Or here for PowerDVD Ultra versions...

http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_CA.html

Cool, I assumed most of those links were for specific setups, besides the first link.

Having some playback issues using PowerDVD Ultra (7.3 updated) and a USB Buffalo MediaStation HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo drive. It's a dual boot XP system on newish Mac Pro hardware (8-core/10GB ram). XP is patched SP3, all else updated and running smoothly. My video card is a capable ATI from late 08 (ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT), not top gear but not the worst--better than my '06 Toshiba laptop's video hardware (which is running the same PowerDVD and works fine). Getting lots of stutter/macroblocking on the pic, audio plays fine, with occasional lock-ups.

Not sure how to diagnose the issue (player itself--but 7 is it for HD-DVD support, right?; ATI driver, etc)...help appreciated. Sorry if this has been addressed or is addressed elsewhere, but I did some searching and this thread seems to be the best for the topic. If not--please post a link if you would.

Have done so much searching in many forums but still can't seem to find my problem.

I have windows7 64, an xfx 5750 video/hdmi card (AMD/ATI engine), powerdvd 9 ultra version 2201 and still I don't get the 3rd choice for the HD audio bitstreaming(I belive this should include true hd and dts master). Has anyone been able to get bitstreaming to work with powerdvd 9. I seem to get dolby digital but no true hd or dts master.

My onkyo 905 will decode these

Any help at all

Thanks

Having some playback issues using PowerDVD Ultra (7.3 updated) and a USB Buffalo MediaStation HD-DVD/Blu-ray combo drive. It's a dual boot XP system on newish Mac Pro hardware (8-core/10GB ram). XP is patched SP3, all else updated and running smoothly. My video card is a capable ATI from late 08 (ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT), not top gear but not the worst--better than my '06 Toshiba laptop's video hardware (which is running the same PowerDVD and works fine). Getting lots of stutter/macroblocking on the pic, audio plays fine, with occasional lock-ups.

Not sure how to diagnose the issue (player itself--but 7 is it for HD-DVD support, right?; ATI driver, etc)...help appreciated. Sorry if this has been addressed or is addressed elsewhere, but I did some searching and this thread seems to be the best for the topic. If not--please post a link if you would.
I suspect your USB drive.

Did the 5711 patch break 5.1 TrueHD playback for anyone else? I had the OEM version of 7.3 which limited TrueHD to 2.0 (and would always display it as such in the information box) but it was at least working correctly.

With the patch it now displays "TrueHD 5.1" in the information, and the downmixing is completely messed up. It sounds like it's mixing the Center channel only to the left speaker, and none of the audio options (headphones/2,4,6,8 speakers) seem to have any effect.

5711 worked for a day then I started getting audio sync issues, and Vitrtual Clone didn't work with this patch. So going back to 4407 solved all the issues.

5711 worked for a day then I started getting audio sync issues, and Vitrtual Clone didn't work with this patch. So going back to 4407 solved all the issues.

I am still at 4407 as well... can't mess with success! ;)

I am still at 4407 as well... can't mess with success! ;)

Yup, but I had to try to screw something up or it wouldn't be Windows/Cyberlink! What amaze's me is the new 64 OS, with older Cyber crap with new creative crap drivers it all works.:eek: Of course a few very minor bugs in the sound drivers but no big deal.:D

I am still at 4407 as well... can't mess with success! ;)

Is the the last version that has full HD DVD support? Is there any way to freeze 7.3 and not take anymore updates?

Is the the last version that has full HD DVD support? Is there any way to freeze 7.3 and not take anymore updates?

All 7.3 versions have HD DVD support with different weaknesses. You can say no whenever update is offered but some new blu-ray disks will not play if you dont update.

I'm also on 4407 and it has been working reasonably well for a long time now (90% of disks are no problems). I'm wondering if the latest patch 5711 is worth updating, has anyone else apart from SoGoose have any any success. SoGoose do you have any audio sync issues?

I suppose if it ain't broke....

All 7.3 versions have HD DVD support with different weaknesses. You can say no whenever update is offered but some new blu-ray disks will not play if you dont update.

At this point my only use for PDVD is for HD DVD. I have moved over the OPPO standalone for BD so old school is where I will stay. Its 4407 for life I suppose.

I would not miss having my Blu-rays and DVDs all in one library on my media server for anything. I would hate to go back to shuffling discs.

It is expensive, but PDVD 4617 (probably 4404 too), together with AnyDVD HD plays all Blu-rays perfectly. There should be no reason ever to update.

Yeah, the 4617 (not 4617a) is equivalent to build 2217 (not 2217a) of PowerDVD 8. The most passable builds ever of PowerDVD.

I would not miss having my Blu-rays and DVDs all in one library on my media server for anything. I would hate to go back to shuffling discs.

It is expensive, but PDVD 4617 (probably 4404 too), together with AnyDVD HD plays all Blu-rays perfectly. There should be no reason ever to update.

Do you happen to have Quantum of Solace? I dont have AnyDVD HD, so I dont know if it would helped, but I had to update temporarily to 5711 to play it. Actually I also thought that I saw little bit of image quality improvement once I did, but I could have imagined it.

AnyDVD HD is essential if you wanna keep playing newer discs with older builds.

Do you happen to have Quantum of Solace? I dont have AnyDVD HD, so I dont know if it would helped, but I had to update temporarily to 5711 to play it. Actually I also thought that I saw little bit of image quality improvement once I did, but I could have imagined it.

I am currently at build 4407 (with AnyDVD-HD) and can play Q of S from either ISO or the original disc.

I am currently at build 4407 (with AnyDVD-HD) and can play Q of S from either ISO or the original disc.NO problem with QoS on 4617 with AnyDVD-HD,

NO problem with QoS on 4617 with AnyDVD-HD,

Both original disc and ISO?

I can't remember, 4617 versus 4617a, one was retail and the other OEM right?

I do know that when I went to OEM build 4617(?) everything went to (*^&% in a handbasket forcing me to start with a clean install from the LG OEM version with updates to take me to 4407... the reason for my statement.

"Andy o" alluded to this a few posts earlier, 4617 and 4617a are not exactly the same.

No they're not the same, 4617 is to 2217 (PDVD8) as 4617a is to 2217a. I never used any OEM builds, BTW, they were available as retail updates. I'm not sure if this is still going on, but PowerDVD 7.3 and 8 were both being updated parallel, with contemporaneous builds having pretty much the same bugs. It started going downhill with 2217a in pdvd8 and 4617a in 7.3. For one thing, 2217a didn't support the HD-DVD "hack" anymore, and also it had some HDMI bugs that IIRC 4617a shared. It went even worse from then on.

I have trouble finding the different builds on the cyberlink site, does someone have a link to 4617a to try it out?