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?

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

Few patches for PDVD 7 can be found here including 4617a.
http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html

Are there any tips to getting HD-DVD working on Win7?
Not have much luck with the LG OEM PDVD 7.3.

TMT works fine for me in Win 7x64 so does PDVD 7.3. All my HD DVDs still play back

Hi,
I have a similar problem with my PC. I bought recently a Dell Inspiron 537s which as those components:

Windows Vista Family Edition Premium
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80Ghz
Memory 4Gb
Graphic card: ATI Radeon HD 4350
Monitor: Dell 23" Widescreen LCD
Blu-Ray drive


Strange thing happened. I plugged my PS3 in the monitor with the HDMI cable and it worked well until some day, it stopped working properly. Since then, I am unable to watch Blu-Ray DVD in my PC as well (I was able to do so before), having a message error code 0110 from PowerDVD DX. When I switch to the HDMI input from my monitor to play with my PS3, nothing happens, only black screen.

So, very frustrating, I cannot play PS3 on my monitor neither B-R DVDs in my PC. Anyone has an idea what happened?

Thanks,
Alex

alexandre_lafreniere@yahoo.ca

Are there any tips to getting HD-DVD working on Win7?
Not have much luck with the LG OEM PDVD 7.3.

Is it working on Vista/XP and not on Win7?

There are a lot of issues with builds of PowerDVD 7.3 later than 4617 (audio sync etc), many people have turned off automatic updating for it and use AnyDVD HD to enable playback.

Updates for PowerDVD 7.3 are often related to new playback protection on Blu-rays, often these updates have unwanted side-effects though. So people use AnyDVD HD to strip the protection and can then play the movies with older versions of PowerDVD.

All you need if you want perfect Hd dvd and Blu-ray support in all Windows OS is the following:
- Powerdvd 7.3 Build 3319a RETAIL + 4617 RETAIL update (Ditch the OEM once for all and perform an extensive cleansing before)
- Anydvd
- latest DirectX (August 2009,up to today)
and you are done.

the last update seemed to fix the audio sync problem for me. thank god. will not update until I hit a blu-ray that won't work.

All you need if you want perfect Hd dvd and Blu-ray support in all Windows OS is the following:
- Powerdvd 7.3 Build 3319a RETAIL + 4617 RETAIL update (Ditch the OEM once for all and perform an extensive cleansing before)
- Anydvd
- latest DirectX (August 2009,up to today)
and you are done.

Cool, however,

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I don't know where someone could get a retail version of 7.3, AFAIK it is not sold anymore?

The pb is not so much the installers,they are all over the net,but the activation key.You would have to see with the customer support if they can turn a powerdvd8 one in a 7.3 one.Other than that,well,Al...

The pb is not so much the installers,they are all over the net,but the activation key.You would have to see with the customer support if they can turn a powerdvd8 one in a 7.3 one.Other than that,well,Al...

Ahhh yes, customer support. ;)

At this point I am at OEM 4407 and my fingers remained crossed...

I already have a Toshiba HD-DVD player, the HTPC provides Blu-Ray playback (and ISO's), but if I were required to spend any money I would pick up a standalone Blu-Ray unit rather then investing any more in software players.

I would keep the HTPC for Media Center and TV playback.

Ahhh yes, customer support. ;)

At this point I am at OEM 4407 and my fingers remained crossed...

I already have a Toshiba HD-DVD player, the HTPC provides Blu-Ray playback (and ISO's), but if I were required to spend any money I would pick up a standalone Blu-Ray unit rather then investing any more in software players.

I would keep the HTPC for Media Center and TV playback.


Haha diddo here! I haven't picked up SA Blu-ray as of yet because they are still north of $200.00 up here in Canada. (well the brand name ones anyway) That is why I'm thinking spend 40 or 60 bucks more and get a PS3 or wait... The HTPC works well enough for Blu-ray but still itchin for a SA.

Haha diddo here! I haven't picked up SA Blu-ray as of yet because they are still north of $200.00 up here in Canada. (well the brand name ones anyway) That is why I'm thinking spend 40 or 60 bucks more and get a PS3 or wait... The HTPC works well enough for Blu-ray but still itchin for a SA.

But don't forget that season will soon be upon us (Christmas):eek:

I too am in Canada and see that Best Buy has Sony and Samsung BD players for $180 and LG for $170, given this level of pricing I will soon only use the software player (P-DVD) for the ISO files and take the plunge into the SA BD player world...

All you need if you want perfect Hd dvd and Blu-ray support in all Windows OS is the following:
- Powerdvd 7.3 Build 3319a RETAIL + 4617 RETAIL update (Ditch the OEM once for all and perform an extensive cleansing before)
- Anydvd
- latest DirectX (August 2009,up to today)
and you are done.

This was really helpful! Thanks! I can now watch Harry Potter on Windows 7 without it locking up halfway through the movie. But what about the 4617 retail upgrade? Is it still available on Cyberlink's website? Had to dig around for 3319a retail but I found it. I'm think of just buying Powerdvd 9 for Blu-ray now that it is only 44.99 to upgrade until Nov. 30th. Anyway thanks for the info my HD-DVDs are now working great on Windows 7 x64.

Edit:

Can you link to the 4617 reatil update? I thought I found it but the name is CyberLink_PowerDVD.exe file size 83.1MB, just errors out when installation is trying to complete itself.

Alf,did you find the link that was posted earlier in the thread ? Size of the installer is correct,and the name too.

All you need if you want perfect Hd dvd and Blu-ray support in all Windows OS is the following:
- Powerdvd 7.3 Build 3319a RETAIL + 4617 RETAIL update (Ditch the OEM once for all and perform an extensive cleansing before)

HD-DVD menu navigation is broken in 4617a, someone suggested replacing dxrenderx.dll (or a similar file) with an older version, but I have not tried. Is 4617 better than 4617a? Only 4617a is linked on Cyberlink's update page.

HD-DVD menu navigation is broken in 4617a, someone suggested replacing dxrenderx.dll (or a similar file) with an older version, but I have not tried. Is 4617 better than 4617a? Only 4617a is linked on Cyberlink's update page.

4617 has broken HDCP implementation. That may not matter if you are using AnyDVD.

Anyone remember the difference between 4407 and 4617?

I was using 4617 on Xp and was very happy, but for some reason my patch will not install on W7 (tried several tricks - no go).

So I have 4407 and 4617a both of which do install. Which is best?!

Anyone remember the difference between 4407 and 4617?

I was using 4617 on Xp and was very happy, but for some reason my patch will not install on W7 (tried several tricks - no go).

So I have 4407 and 4617a both of which do install. Which is best?!

I *think* 4617a was just the last version which would play from folder and play HD DVD properly, but its been a loooonnnggg time since I used this program.

Anyone remember the difference between 4407 and 4617?

I was using 4617 on Xp and was very happy, but for some reason my patch will not install on W7 (tried several tricks - no go).

So I have 4407 and 4617a both of which do install. Which is best?!

W7 32 or 64,Jong ?

W7 32-bit.

PDVD7 works great and plays HD-DVD and even does 8-channel LPCM to my AVR (via 5750). As my amp cannot decode the compressed HD codecs no one can tell me any reason to move to PDVD9 (I do not use PDVD for DVDs or anything actually but blu-ray discs).

I *think* 4617a was just the last version which would play from folder and play HD DVD properly, but its been a loooonnnggg time since I used this program.That's the thing. HD-DVD menus do not seem to work with 4617a (did with 4617 :rolleyes:), so I am wondering what the downside would be of going for 4407.

Anyone remember anything else bad about 4617a. I cannot get HD-DVD menus to come up at all but I could probably live with that, but if it is less stable than 4617 that would be a different story!

Anyone remember anything else bad about 4617a. I cannot get HD-DVD menus to come up at all but I could probably live with that, but if it is less stable than 4617 that would be a different story!

Just replace dxRenderX.dll with an older version and the menus work fine with 4617a.

The main advantage I have found with 4617a is that it automatically extracts the core audio (DD/DTS) without having to select "downmix". Of course, this doesn't matter if you are decoding and sending LPCM or simply using analog out.

Replacing dxRenderX.dll did nothing here but, as suggested earlier replacing dxRenderV.dll with the version from 4617 (not a) fixed it!

Jong,if we resume the situation:
on w7 32,you can update to 4617,using the 4617a installer exclusively,BUT you need to use the dxRenderV.dll from 4617 in order to have the hd dvd menus working ?
Wonder if it's the same for w7 64 (Alf717 ?)

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

Yes, it was one of the two suggested in another thread... Thanks for providing the right one. But how can we obtain the 4617 version of the DLL when the 4617 (non-"a") update is no longer available from the Cyberlink download page..?

Page 250 of the present thread,klillevo. It looks like a link to the 4617 retail.

Replacing dxRenderX.dll did nothing here but, as suggested earlier replacing dxRenderV.dll with the version from 4617 (not a) fixed it!

Oops, sorry about that. I must have skipped a line in reading my directory listing.

Jong,if we resume the situation:
on w7 32,you can update to 4617,using the 4617a installer exclusively,BUT you need to use the dxRenderV.dll from 4617 in order to have the hd dvd menus working ?
Wonder if it's the same for w7 64 (Alf717 ?)

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

I've yet to try any other updates since 3319a is working with W7 x64 with HD-DVD support. I'm working with the retail version not OEM if this makes a difference but if it is the link on page 250 then yes it fails to install on Windows 7 x64 however I believe that link is for the OEM version. I do have an OEM disc just never used it since I bought PDVD7.3 before my combo drive arrived.

My Vista x64 partition crashes while trying to run HD-DVDs with version 5711. The movies don't even play they just crash the player. At least HP: The Half Blood Prince worked so I was happy with that. :D I'm starting to wonder if Cyberlink support would hook me up with a copy of PDVD8 like others have been lucky enough to get this way I could have both formats with just different players.

Being a fool, I bought PDVD8 when it first came out. 2217 is not a bad build but no better than PDVD7. later builds have all been broken for various reasons, so getting the latest build of PDVD8 really would not help you much!

Having gotten no help from CyberLink regarding their recent updates that completely broke TrueHD downmixing I'm trying to stick with an older version of PowerDVD that actually works but they're really making it hard for me.

Every other time when trying to play discs, particularly newer ones it seems, the player complains that critical updates are needed. If I choose 'No' to update, the player sometimes starts the disc, but most often will do nothing, or spit out an 'Unsupported disc in drive' message.

Is there any way to keep an older version and still be able to play new discs?


By the way, if anyone has the latest update of any of the PowerDVD versions (build 5711 in the case of 7.3), could you please try to play a movie with TrueHD 5.1 and speaker output set to stereo (preferably using analogue out) and tell me if the sound isn't imbalanced, with the left channel being louder?

Despite clear evidence that only certain builds break the downmixing, CyberLink support seems completely unable to admit that there is any problem on their end. After about 10 unhelpful responses over the course of several weeks, they finally resorted to sending the exact same generic 'Please list the make and model of your receiver' response I already answered when I first submitted the ticket. Unfortunately a great tactic in making pesky customers just give up and go away. :mad:

Having gotten no help from CyberLink regarding their recent updates that completely broke TrueHD downmixing I'm trying to stick with an older version of PowerDVD that actually works but they're really making it hard for me.

Every other time when trying to play discs, particularly newer ones it seems, the player complains that critical updates are needed. If I choose 'No' to update, the player sometimes starts the disc, but most often will do nothing, or spit out an 'Unsupported disc in drive' message.

Is there any way to keep an older version and still be able to play new discs?


By the way, if anyone has the latest update of any of the PowerDVD versions (build 5711 in the case of 7.3), could you please try to play a movie with TrueHD 5.1 and speaker output set to stereo (preferably using analogue out) and tell me if the sound isn't imbalanced, with the left channel being louder?

Despite clear evidence that only certain builds break the downmixing, CyberLink support seems completely unable to admit that there is any problem on their end. After about 10 unhelpful responses over the course of several weeks, they finally resorted to sending the exact same generic 'Please list the make and model of your receiver' response I already answered when I first submitted the ticket. Unfortunately a great tactic in making pesky customers just give up and go away. :mad:

This (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html) is what you need. No need to worry about getting PDVD updates for playback reasons. I don't understand why all HTPC'ers don't have this program yet. :) Not only that, forget about region coding with this software. ;)

Of course I have AnyDVD HD :) but it doesn't seem to help in my case, at least not with all discs. With many of them I still get the prompt to update the software.

Of course I have AnyDVD HD :) but it doesn't seem to help in my case, at least not with all discs. With many of them I still get the prompt to update the software.
Eventually they'll get around to fixing the issues you're encountering.

Of course I have AnyDVD HD :) but it doesn't seem to help in my case, at least not with all discs. With many of them I still get the prompt to update the software.The prompt to update the software is a red herring. AnyDVD can in all but a handful of very new discs (there will be discussion on their web site) play them fine.

What you need to do is:

- uninstall PDVD
- reinstall PDVD and any patches
- rename "evoparser.dll" to "evoparser.dll_bak"
- for good measure, block PDVD from internet access in your firewall application settings.
- You may then see one last prompt to update PDVD but if you decline it the disc will play fine.
- Always rename evoparser.dll and block internet access before trying to play any discs.

Always make sure you re

Thanks a lot! I did a fresh re-install with internet access disabled and it seems to be working now, hopefully it'll stay that way.

Is the evoparser thing just for HD DVD or does it somehow relate to Blu-ray playback as well?

No. the evoparser.dll seems to have nothing at all with HDDVD, despite the name.

Disabling it seems to stop PDVD from checking for updates.

No. the evoparser.dll seems to have nothing at all with HDDVD, despite the name.

Disabling it seems to stop PDVD from checking for updates.I wish this evoparser trick worked for me, but it does not (for my PDVD 7.3 v3319a). :(

Hi guys. I haven't been keeping up with the progress of PDVD, so can someone tell me if it plays Bluray rips? If not, which player does?

If by rips you mean ripping to folders on hard drive, then no.

But if by rip, you mean creating a ISO then yes.

BTW, we have a seperate PDVD 8 and PDVD9 thread

Hi guys. I haven't been keeping up with the progress of PDVD, so can someone tell me if it plays Bluray rips? If not, which player does?

Ok I have a crazy issue. I can load an initial version of PDVD 7.3 then put in my key code. When I then try to install the latest patch it makes it all the way to the end where it says adding shortcut and then craps out with an error code and says rolling back. Then the entire program is completely gone from my machine. It is really pissing me off. Is there anyway I can fix this issue?

Ok I have a crazy issue. I can load an initial version of PDVD 7.3 then put in my key code. When I then try to install the latest patch it makes it all the way to the end where it says adding shortcut and then craps out with an error code and says rolling back. Then the entire program is completely gone from my machine. It is really pissing me off. Is there anyway I can fix this issue?That happened to me with 7.3 retail. I found no way around it. Fortunately 7.3 OEM installed.

Yeah, there are only two ways around it I know - find another version yourself that works e.g. the "a" version of the "non-a" does nto work or visa-versa or go back to Cyberlink support for help. Normally they will send you a full build that will work, but this is only useful if you are happy with the latest build. Fortunately Cyberlink do seem to have pulled the really bad PDVD7 versions. The latest on their web site is pretty functional and easily fixable for the problems it does have (HD-DVD menus).

The latest on their web site is pretty functional and easily fixable for the problems it does have (HD-DVD menus).

Are you saying that build 5711 is working with HD-DVD support? Or do you use an older build?

I was wondering since I have issues with HD-DVD playback on version 5711 is it possible to combine PDVD 7.3 builds? Like can I install PDVD 3319a, back up the files, update to version 5711 and use the 3319a HD-DVD files with build 5711 to regain HD-DVD support? I know its a long shot but I'm willing to try anything right now to get HD-DVD support back with build 5711.

No. They withdrew that botch job. The latest on their web site now is 4617a.

I just mistakenly downloaded and installed 5711.. So it is indeed up there still. Anybody still have somewhere to get 4617?

I just mistakenly downloaded and installed 5711.. So it is indeed up there still. Anybody still have somewhere to get 4617?

I have pretty much every version since 3516. So you all are saying if you have an "a" version it will install as the program and not a patch? Currently I was able to get 3730a to load. So if I uninstall that I should be able to load 4617a? I will give it a shot.

I just mistakenly downloaded and installed 5711.. So it is indeed up there still. Anybody still have somewhere to get 4617?Maybe if you have the direct link. The current download available from their site is 4617a.

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

Hi guys. I have been using PowerDVD HD and it's very good. But I have a few issues/questions....

1)Why isn't my mouse working for the in-movie menu selections? I have an Ikari Steel Series Optical mouse, wired usb. Clicking on the menus in the movie does absolutely nothing

2)As you know, there is a timer to the bottom right of the screen counting from 1 onwards. Is there a way to reverse the timer, so that it shows how much time is left in the program? If not, is there some sort of menu I can pop up that tells me the length of the program? I'm surprised this isn't displayed anywhere.

3)A lot of the options in PowerDVD, particularly for video and audio are grayed out. Can someone explain why?

Maybe if you have the direct link. The current download available from their site is 4617a.

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

Actually yesterday when I tried to play a BD movie with a lower level of AnyDVD-HD running (6.5.5.0), PDVD sent me for a patch, you guessed it 5711!!! :eek:

Of course I did not load it, just updated AnyDVD-HD and I was good once again... phew! :p

Ultra 9 used to work on my Asus CG save for an "TODO" error message in the Windows 7 operating system. Tech support had me uninstall then reinstall downloading an engine from Cyberlink. That's when the REAL problems began. Until now, it would just crash whenever I inserted a BD. After installing engine v.9.0.2320.a, upon inserting a BD, I hear audio but get a green screen. The disc plays briefly then PowerDVD crashes, shutting down completely. Using a HIS Radeon HD 4670 iSilence Video Card - 1GB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, HDMI, and an LG Electronics WH08LS20 Blu-ray Burner Optical Drive. General settings are Country Code: User defined, Region A; Video: hardware acceleration enabled; De-interlacing off; S/PDIF speaker enviro; Aspect ratio: Always maintained, Single/primary device. Any ideas? :confused:

Hey guys:

Well i recently bought a Blu-ray drive from the people at LiteOn (model iHOS104)

I ran the CyberLink BD_Advisor and it OK'd everything with my computer n' everything. But whenever I try to play a Bluray, it just crashes every application I try (I've tried using PowerDVD 9, TotalMedia Theatre 3, and WinDVD2010).

I've checked around the interwebs and have tried almost everything. Making sure my regional code was correct, sufficient power to drive, but it just doesn't seem like anything is working...

Here is what the BD Advisor gave me...just in case anything here looks suspicious..

Plz help me! :(

Check Item BD Ready? Info
CPU : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz Yes
__dwItemID=1001__ : szLibCPUName = Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @
__dwItemID=1002__ : dwLibClockRate = 2327
__dwItemID=1003__ : dwLibFamily = 6, dwLibModel=15, dwLibStepping=6
__dwItemID=1004__ : dwLibNumPhysicalProc = 2, dwLibNumCorePerPackage=2, dwLibNumLogicalPerCore=0
__dwItemID=1005__ : dwLibCorePerPackage = 2, dwLibTotalLogicals=2
__dwItemID=1006__ : szWMIName=Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz
__dwItemID=1007__ : szWMIManufacturer=GenuineIntel
__dwItemID=1008__ : dwWMIMaxClockSpeed=2327
__dwItemID=1009__ : bBatteryExist=0
__dwItemID=1010__ : szGuess=Core Duo TXX (Conroe)
CPU (Hardware acceleration) : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Yes
System Memory : 4096 MB Yes
Operating System : Windows 7 Yes
Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Yes
__dwItemID=1301__ : Adapter Compatibility: NVIDIA
__dwItemID=1302__ : VideoProcessor: GeForce GTX 260
Graphics card video memory : 896 MB
Graphics Card Driver : 8.17.11.9621 Yes
__dwItemID=1501__ : 2D Driver=8.17.11.9621
__dwItemID=1502__ : COPP=Yes
__dwItemID=1503__ : RGBOverlay=Yes
__dwItemID=1504__ : DEVICE=N/A
__dwItemID=1601__ : Driver 0:
__dwItemID=1602__ : [E:] TSSTcorp CDRWDVD TS-H492C
__dwItemID=1603__ : eHCMDrvType=0x000067c7
__dwItemID=1604__ : CDRom=1 DVDRom=1 BDRom=0 HDDVDRom=0
__dwItemID=1611__ : Driver 1:
__dwItemID=1612__ : [F:] ATAPI iHOS104
__dwItemID=1613__ : eHCMDrvType=0x000467c7
__dwItemID=1614__ : CDRom=1 DVDRom=1 BDRom=1 HDDVDRom=0
Blu-ray Disc Drive : [F:] ATAPI iHOS104 Yes
Software Player : PowerDVD 8 8.0.3228.50 Yes
Video Connection Type : Digital(with HDCP) Yes
Program version : 2.0.1001.0
System language : 0409 ENU English English
Time : Fri Feb 05 00:59:16 2010

It is most likely either your video or sound drivers. Make sure you are not overclocking and clean install, first your video driver then, if that does not work, your sound driver.

It is most likely either your video or sound drivers. Make sure you are not overclocking and clean install, first your video driver then, if that does not work, your sound driver.

Ok so I deleted and reinstalled both my video and sound card drivers... Still doesn't work...

But I think I might have stumbled onto some piece of crucial information while doing this....

When I insert the blu-ray, the light on my reader lights up for the opening and closing, and it blinks a little bit after for when the computer reads/registers the disk. BUT, what might be a problem is that while my programs freeze, the disk isn't spinning or the reader doesn't blink indicating that it is trying to think/process the blu-ray.

The thing is....When i don't try to play it in a program, the computer does register the disk, and i can browse it's contents in Windows, so it's not like it's not getting enough power/sending a right signal to the computer.
GAH this is frustrating... :(

I think it is a good start to rip your BD to harddisk with Anydvdhd trial and see if it works. At least you can rule out if the drive is causing the problem.

Ok so I deleted and reinstalled both my video and sound card drivers... Still doesn't work...

But I think I might have stumbled onto some piece of crucial information while doing this....

When I insert the blu-ray, the light on my reader lights up for the opening and closing, and it blinks a little bit after for when the computer reads/registers the disk. BUT, what might be a problem is that while my programs freeze, the disk isn't spinning or the reader doesn't blink indicating that it is trying to think/process the blu-ray.

The thing is....When i don't try to play it in a program, the computer does register the disk, and i can browse it's contents in Windows, so it's not like it's not getting enough power/sending a right signal to the computer.
GAH this is frustrating... :(

If the disc doesn't spin then it would appear that the software isn't accessing the hardware, try a regular DVD movie with Windows Media player/center.

Also, without trying to play the movie bring up the player (PDVD and see if it lists the drive within its settings (configuration). You may have to bring up the player without a disc in the drive and disable 'auto play' to check these settings.

Ok so I deleted and reinstalled both my video and sound card drivers... Still doesn't work...

But I think I might have stumbled onto some piece of crucial information while doing this....

When I insert the blu-ray, the light on my reader lights up for the opening and closing, and it blinks a little bit after for when the computer reads/registers the disk. BUT, what might be a problem is that while my programs freeze, the disk isn't spinning or the reader doesn't blink indicating that it is trying to think/process the blu-ray.

The thing is....When i don't try to play it in a program, the computer does register the disk, and i can browse it's contents in Windows, so it's not like it's not getting enough power/sending a right signal to the computer.
GAH this is frustrating... :(

It sounds like your Drive is going bad. I have one LG drive that won't read some BDs but will read others. My other LG drive reads all discs I try just fine, even the ones the "bad" drive won't.

I think it is a good start to rip your BD to harddisk with Anydvdhd trial and see if it works. At least you can rule out if the drive is causing the problem.

Ok well... I couldn't get the AnyDVDHD trial because it said that the trial expiration date was out. So I found a free one called Blu-ray Disc Ripper 1.2.

So it registered my drive and is currently showing progress on ripping it. So it seems to me that it isn't the drive.

As far as disabling the AutoPlay for PowerDVD, I was able to do that and successfully open up the program. But when I tried to play it, still crashes.

I'm currently on Windows 7 and I'm using PowerDVD 8 with the newest update (which supposedly works for the OS).

Thx for the advice for ripping the media. It's just that blu-rays take up ALOT of space, so it would be much nicer if I can somehow find a way to just play them :P

When I insert the blu-ray, the light on my reader lights up for the opening and closing, and it blinks a little bit after for when the computer reads/registers the disk.

Yeah, never mind. I completely read that part wrong. I thought you said it blinks when opening and closing the drive but then never reads/registers the disk. Don't ask where I got that.

I do recommend that you purchase AnyDVD HD though. No Blu-ray HTPC is complete without it. When the next version comes out, you should be able to download it and run the trial for 14 days. I believe the trial resets with each new version.

After reading various posts about PowerDVD 7.3 in Windows 7, and specifically HD DVD playing in that program, I have done tests and found that the performance of the program varies considerably depending on the hardware in the machine. This whole exercise was part of trying to get a computer set up that was very small yet could play HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs, for use in my GMC Motorhome. Each of the computers I tested has Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, and 2GB of RAM. On each one, I installed the OEM copy of PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 that was included with the LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD drive. Based on other posts, I immediately installed the v4407 update without running PowerDVD at all, then I installed the v5711 update (the latest one). Here are the results:

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard using onboard Radeon 3200 VGA and S/PDIF sound:
-HD DVDs play fine, with Dolby 5.1 audio. I selected "Use S/PDIF" in PowerDVD.

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard with Radeon 4550 video board using HDMI video/audio:
-HD DVDs play OK video but only stereo audio when I selected "Use HDMI" and "PCM" in PowerDVD.
-HD DVDs play with no audio, and the program locks up when hitting Stop, when I selected "Use HDMI" and "Dolby/DTS" in PowerDVD.

Acer Aspire R3610 (Atom/Ion mini desktop computer) using onboard VGA and S/PDIF sound:
-HD DVDs stutter badly (video/audio). I selected "Use S/PDIF" in PowerDVD. If I pause a disc, it will play fine for a few seconds before stuttering again.

The results were the same with a VC-1 disc (Dante's Peak) and an AVC disc (Blades Of Glory).

On all of the machines, Blu-ray discs played fine, both a basic disc with VC-1 and Dolby (Twister) and a Java disc with AVC and DTS (Napoleon Dynamite). The problems or lack of them were the same whether using a SATA-to-USB converter (all three machines), an E-SATA cable to an external port (the Acer), or internal SATA (the Gigabyte with onboard video). All machines were fresh installs within the last couple of months with updated drivers generally; the Acer was just built today.

So, one out of three machines works fine. If I want dual-format playing on any other computer, I will probably need to buy Arcsoft TMT 3 (or maybe AnyDVD HD), it seems.

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oops ^^

Long time reader first time poster

just a big cheers for the info people saved me a lot of headaches

Ok well...
As far as disabling the AutoPlay for PowerDVD, I was able to do that and successfully open up the program. But when I tried to play it, still crashes.


Actually you didn't actually read what I said ;)

Also, without trying to play the movie bring up the player (PDVD and see if it lists the drive within its settings (configuration). You may have to bring up the player without a disc in the drive and disable 'auto play' to check these settings.

Does the PDVD program properly recognize the drive?

Yeah, never mind. I completely read that part wrong. I thought you said it blinks when opening and closing the drive but then never reads/registers the disk. Don't ask where I got that.

I do recommend that you purchase AnyDVD HD though. No Blu-ray HTPC is complete without it. When the next version comes out, you should be able to download it and run the trial for 14 days. I believe the trial resets with each new version.

So how long until the next version is going to come out?

Actually you didn't actually read what I said ;)

Also, without trying to play the movie bring up the player (PDVD and see if it lists the drive within its settings (configuration). You may have to bring up the player without a disc in the drive and disable 'auto play' to check these settings.

Does the PDVD program properly recognize the drive?

Yes the PDVD recognizes the drive. It recognizes that it's drive f, then when I put in a blu-ray it puts the name of the movie next to it (in my case, Coraline).

So after PDVD recognized the blu-ray I went into settings and turned off the autoplay function.. still crashes PDVD whenever I try to hit the 'play' button to start the movie up.

Yes the PDVD recognizes the drive. It recognizes that it's drive f, then when I put in a blu-ray it puts the name of the movie next to it (in my case, Coraline).

So after PDVD recognized the blu-ray I went into settings and turned off the autoplay function.. still crashes PDVD whenever I try to hit the 'play' button to start the movie up.

Well, since it is being recognized by the software player, there is not a lot else you can do, but I am curious when you say 'crashes' what the actual symptoms are...

Do you mean the system crashes or hangs or is it just the PDVD software application that crashes?

Also did you try a regular DVD and Windows media player/center, did this work?

BTW, As far as AnyDVD-HD, a properly configured player and a original movie disc should play without AnyDVD...

Well, since it is being recognized by the software player, there is not a lot else you can do, but I am curious when you say 'crashes' what the actual symptoms are...

Do you mean the system crashes or hangs or is it just the PDVD software application that crashes?

Also did you try a regular DVD and Windows media player/center, did this work?

BTW, As far as AnyDVD-HD, a properly configured player and a original movie disc should play without AnyDVD...

So what happens with PDVD is that it just hangs there when it crashes. I press play, hourglass, and I can't move/do anything with the window.

As far as playing regular DVD's. What seems to be happening is at least a little bit more promising...but not much.

When I play a regular DVD (like through WMP) it almost seems like it would be a codec problem, but i Know it's not. Here's what happens...

The video appears to be severely pixelated without really showing what's going on, the video still plays and I can hear the audio but it's jumpy and glitchy. Whenever I get to a still image (like the FBI warning) it shows clearly and no problems there. I don't know if it might be my motherboard or if the information being sent from the blu-ray player is somehow being throttled. If that's the case, that might be why my PDVD is crashing because it's just sitting there thinking about the information at a ridiculously slow pace. I don't know....just speculating.

So what happens with PDVD is that it just hangs there when it crashes. I press play, hourglass, and I can't move/do anything with the window.

As far as playing regular DVD's. What seems to be happening is at least a little bit more promising...but not much.

When I play a regular DVD (like through WMP) it almost seems like it would be a codec problem, but i Know it's not. Here's what happens...

The video appears to be severely pixelated without really showing what's going on, the video still plays and I can hear the audio but it's jumpy and glitchy. Whenever I get to a still image (like the FBI warning) it shows clearly and no problems there. I don't know if it might be my motherboard or if the information being sent from the blu-ray player is somehow being throttled. If that's the case, that might be why my PDVD is crashing because it's just sitting there thinking about the information at a ridiculously slow pace. I don't know....just speculating.

Hmmm, I would check in Device Manager to see the drive status (properties/general tab), if it all good, then I would suspect the drive as being bad, I have the LG combo drive and it has worked like a charm.

I even picked up the external HD-DVD drive for the xBox (cost me $15) it connects by USB and works fine as well.

Hmmm, I would check in Device Manager to see the drive status (properties/general tab), if it all good, then I would suspect the drive as being bad, I have the LG combo drive and it has worked like a charm.

I even picked up the external HD-DVD drive for the xBox (cost me $15) it connects by USB and works fine as well.


Ya i check the general tab Manager and it seems that it's all there and ready to go. I even uninstalled the driver for it and refreshed it with the Windows 7 Auto driver install.

Ya i check the general tab Manager and it seems that it's all there and ready to go. I even uninstalled the driver for it and refreshed it with the Windows 7 Auto driver install.

I think that it is time to return that drive and try another or a completely different brand...

I think that it is time to return that drive and try another or a completely different brand...

I think i'm going to get a different brand because I already returned it and got a new one from LiteOn so ya..... probably going to get an LG one next time....

I think i'm going to get a different brand because I already returned it and got a new one from LiteOn so ya..... probably going to get an LG one next time....

Good plan, I have the older (not available anymore) LG combo drive, handles HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and it has been great, no compatibility probles with PowerDVD so far for me.

I think i'm going to get a different brand because I already returned it and got a new one from LiteOn so ya..... probably going to get an LG one next time....

You can get a BD/DVD burner at geeks.com and flash it to a GGC-H20L and get the best of both worlds. I may just have to pick up another one before they run out. I purchaesd one about a week ago and no issues with playback of both formats.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GBC-H20L-PB-NP&cat=DVD

You can get a BD/DVD burner at geeks.com and flash it to a GGC-H20L and get the best of both worlds. I may just have to pick up another one before they run out. I purchaesd one about a week ago and no issues with playback of both formats.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GBC-H20L-PB-NP&cat=DVD

So you can flash this drive with the GGC firmware and enable HD-DVD support?

There must be some tips involved to apply a firmware meant for one drive type onto differnt model? Care to elaborate?

So you can flash this drive with the GGC firmware and enable HD-DVD support?

There must be some tips involved to apply a firmware meant for one drive type onto differnt model? Care to elaborate?

Same model same internal parts just branded as Hitachi.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=927751&page=64&highlight=lg+ggc

Same model same internal parts just branded as Hitachi.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=927751&page=64&highlight=lg+ggc

Thanks for the link, I now see what you mean.

Unfortunately the cost into Canada kills the deal, as much as $68 to ship a $75 item is just plain stupid!

I only have the one PC type BD drive (LG) but I do have 2 spare HD-DVD drives (external xBox USB, internal ASUS), so I have the HD-DVD part covered, and after paying $99 for a new standalone Samsung BD player, any BD drive I buy for a PC has to be way under that bar...

Thanks for the link, I now see what you mean.

Unfortunately the cost into Canada kills the deal, as much as $68 to ship a $75 item is just plain stupid!

I only have the one PC type BD drive (LG) but I do have 2 spare HD-DVD drives (external xBox USB, internal ASUS), so I have the HD-DVD part covered, and after paying $99 for a new standalone Samsung BD player, any BD drive I buy for a PC has to be way under that bar...

Yup same here two Xbox one still in the package, also an AX2 Toshiba player brand new and a bunch of other stuff. I really must stop this insanity...:D

Free Trial blu-ray Software (www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/index_en_US.html)

For some reason playing HD DVD:s was not possible anymore last friday when I tried to watch Atonement (critical update prompt always appeared) so I tried to fix the problem. Renaming evoparser.dll did not help. First the problem appeared only with HD DVD:s but after few tries and errors and folder copyings playing BD:s was impossible too...

(I had two different Cyberlink folders (4407 and 5711) which I renamed if I needed HD DVD or BD playback. Something went wrong with that but I do not know when. In december it worked fine but not anymore.)


So: now I have dualboot (2 x Win XP) system. One XP has 3730 installed which seems to be working with all HD DVD:s. Other XP has 5711 which plays every BD I have tried.

Are those versions best available for their purposes? (I use analog 6 ch audio connections,so problems with S/PDIF do not concern me). There is no solution to play both new BD:s and HD DVD:s with same PowerDVD 7 Ultra -version, right? And no, I´m not gonna buy Anydvd.

Yes you are right. Without AnyDVD HD you need two versions of PDVD.

I don't know why this has happend but my PDVD 7.3 will not play HD DVDs anymore, blu ray are still fine. We got a new HD DVD and tried to play it, PDVD closed without a message, the screen did not even turn black. I have tried olde HD DVDs that we have watched before, and the same thing happens. Anyone have any ideas?

I don't know why this has happend but my PDVD 7.3 will not play HD DVDs anymore, blu ray are still fine. We got a new HD DVD and tried to play it, PDVD closed without a message, the screen did not even turn black. I have tried olde HD DVDs that we have watched before, and the same thing happens. Anyone have any ideas?

For me PowerDVD 7.3 quit playing HD-DVD's some time ago...It was one reason I started ripping them. Sorry, not I'm much help.

Mike

For me PowerDVD 7.3 quit playing HD-DVD's some time ago...It was one reason I started ripping them. Sorry, not I'm much help.My v7.3 3319a still plays HD DVDs just fine; sorry I have no idea why some are having trouble.

I'll try Atonement again and see if it still works.

For some reason playing HD DVD:s was not possible anymore last friday when I tried to watch Atonement (critical update prompt always appeared)... And no, I´m not gonna buy Anydvd.FWIW "Atonement" HD DVD plays just fine in my 7.3 Ultra 3319a setup. No AnyDVDHD either.

I did get the "Critical update needed" dialog but cancelled it out and tried again and it works.

FWIW "Atonement" HD DVD plays just fine in my 7.3 Ultra 3319a setup. No AnyDVDHD either.

I did get the "Critical update needed" dialog but cancelled it out and tried again and it works.

Yes, after cancelling the dialog box playback should work, but in my case it did not. No matter how many times I tried.

HD DVD playback started to work again after I uninstalled PDVD, deleted all Cyberlink folders (from Program Files and Documents and settings\All users\Application Data) and removed manually Cyberlink registry key with regedit and installed my first 7.3 Ultra version and 3730 -patch.

HD DVD playback started to work again after I uninstalled... and installed my first 7.3 Ultra version and 3730 -patch.Glad you're working again. My suspicion is that one accidental "Critical update" from Cyberlink results in a non-working system.

Glad you're working again. My suspicion is that one accidental "Critical update" from Cyberlink results in a non-working system.

You have that right, these 'critical updates' got me awhile back, I think that the best solution if you plan to stick with one installtion that handles HD-DVD and BD you need AnyDVD-HD...

Now I can play HD DVD discs with one Win XP installation and BDs with another, but 5710 does not play PAL DVD´s without visible tearing. Luckily 3730 is ok with them.

One problem still exists: When I try to play "Dark Knight" BD with 5710 there are terrible pixellation and other picture problems. With 4406 it played ok. Is there a commonly known problem with that disc? All other BD discs I have seem to work fine with 5710.

I sure hope there won´t be other discs like "Dark Knight", because 3 different OS installations would be too much...

What is wrong with certain Warner BD´s? I tried to play Gran Torino with 7.3.5710. Picture freezed and it was blown into pixels. Same thing as with "Dark Knight". It did not play with 4406 (Dark Knight did), it wanted an update.

So, if I would like to continue using PDVD 7.3, should I boycott new Warner titles? Or is there some kind of cure for this problem?

Other BD´s play just fine.
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Problem "solved": 5105 seems to play Gran Torino without picture problems.

I just wonder how this thing is possible if both software and the disc fullfill the BD standard...

What is wrong with certain Warner BD´s? I tried to play Gran Torino with 7.3.5710. Picture freezed and it was blown into pixels. Same thing as with "Dark Knight". It did not play with 4406 (Dark Knight did), it wanted an update.

So, if I would like to continue using PDVD 7.3, should I boycott new Warner titles? Or is there some kind of cure for this problem?

Other BD´s play just fine.
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Problem "solved": 5105 seems to play Gran Torino without picture problems.

I just wonder how this thing is possible if both software and the disc fullfill the BD standard...



Curious, do you run AnyDVD-HD as well?

Curious, do you run AnyDVD-HD as well?

No, I don´t use AnyDVD. With 5711 picture froze occasionally and there was some kind of flickering or wrong frames or something strange I can´t describe. Tried to update Ati Catalyst drivers but it did not help.

Anyway, when I got one problem "solved", then there is another...

"2012" does not play (menu problem) with either (5105 or 5711) version. But I understand after reading this forum that this is a known problem with PowerDVD 7 and 8? I already tried to contact Cyberlink technical support using their web form. I hope there will be some kind of update or patch from Cyberlink.

No, I don´t use AnyDVD. With 5711 picture froze occasionally and there was some kind of flickering or wrong frames or something strange I can´t describe. Tried to update Ati Catalyst drivers but it did not help.

Anyway, when I got one problem "solved", then there is another...

"2012" does not play (menu problem) with either (5105 or 5711) version. But I understand after reading this forum that this is a known problem with PowerDVD 7 and 8? I already tried to contact Cyberlink technical support using their web form. I hope there will be some kind of update or patch from Cyberlink.

I would recommend trying AnyDVD-HD, I think that you can install a trial version, it has been the saving grace for a number of us...

was wondering if anyone can help,ive tried powerdvd10 but when i launch my iso blu-ray films from hardrive through mediabrowser it doesnt start at beginning it starts anywere from 1min upto 60mins,does powerdvd 9 do this or is it fine at iso films from hardrive thanks

I got very good offer from Cyberlink and now I´m a PowerDVD 9 Ultra user. So "2012" -BD plays ok and I can finally watch it . If the film itself is horrible, that is another matter... :)

I also finally found out why my very old gameport eDio remote control did not work. Somewhere else on this forum someone told that keyboard controls do not work if "BD-J keyboard support" is enabled. Edio kind of emulates keyboard commands so it started to work again when I disabled it. Nice.

I calibrated my Sanyo Z4 -projector too and changed it´s HDMI setting to L1. Now blacks are more black instead of gray. At some point I changed it to L2 but can´t remember why... Before I noticed this I spent hours installing various versions of Ati CCC trying to figure out why picture was so gray.

Now everything works quite nicely.

Has anyone been able to play Avatar on PowerDVD 7.3? I'm using AnyDVD HD in order to not have to update the application but this is the first disc I've had any trouble with. There's the regular screen saying "This Blu-ray uses the latest standards etc. etc." and some time after that the player just completely freezes.

So far I only got it to play once, when I was mashing the chapter skip button during startup (though I don't know if it had anything to do with it.)

Have you got the very latest AnyDVD HD beta? Does it say it supports your version of Avatar?

Avatar is still very much "work in progress" for AnyDVD HD. Several versions have now been cracked, but there are still more to be fixed.

The disc is being decoded fine.

I just tried to update PowerDVD 7.3 to latest 5711 and it works then, I just can't get it to work properly with revision 4617.

Well there you go! If you want it to work with 4617 you will almost certainly need the latest AnyDVD HD (if it supports your version, otherwise you will need to wait a few days).

I guess there is a chance the disc just does not work with 4617, but as you say this has not happened yet. AnyDVD support is the most likely requirement at the moment.

Well there you go! If you want it to work with 4617 you will almost certainly need the latest AnyDVD HD (if it supports your version, otherwise you will need to wait a few days).

They seem hesitant or reluctant to use it for some reason? I recommended it just a few posts above...

Without AnyDVD-HD I just wouldn't bother with PowerDVD, especially anything but the most current version...

Well there you go! If you want it to work with 4617 you will almost certainly need the latest AnyDVD HD (if it supports your version, otherwise you will need to wait a few days).

I guess there is a chance the disc just does not work with 4617, but as you say this has not happened yet. AnyDVD support is the most likely requirement at the moment.
As I said the disc decrypts fine, I can play the contents using MPC-HC.

But it looks like it plain doesn't work with 4617, and I can't use the latest version because of broken TrueHD downmixing. Does anyone know if there's a patch/revision for PDVD 7.3 between 4617 and 5711?

Well, I finally solved it by updating to the latest 5711 patch, but then replacing the audio decoder file with the one from the older revision to circumvent the TrueHD downmixing bug. Kind of shocked that it actually worked. For the first time in a long while I'm not disappointed by something related to CyberLink. :)

Incidentally the 5711 version of PowerDVD plays Avatar even without AnyDVD HD.

I would recommend trying AnyDVD-HD, I think that you can install a trial version, it has been the saving grace for a number of us...

I agree,it would very interesting because for what I've read it's a Java problem which has only been fixed in the last pwdvd9 build and all the pwdvd10 builds.And if this is true,it's a disaster for me (Includind Saving private ryan also)

I am at PDVD 7.3 build 4407 and during movie playback the player just shuts down and exits after about 5 minutes of run time...

Has anybody else experienced this?

I am at PDVD 7.3 build 4407 and during movie playback the player just shuts down and exits after about 5 minutes of run time...

Has anybody else experienced this?

Hi

I am on build 4102 with PDVD 7.3 and i have the same issue:mad:

Have been trying to get it working the whole day. Not sure what the issue is.

If anyone can shed any light on this that would be great:)

Hi

I am on build 4102 with PDVD 7.3 and i have the same issue:mad:

Have been trying to get it working the whole day. Not sure what the issue is.

If anyone can shed any light on this that would be great:)

I tried to playback an older Blu-Ray movie, The Fifth Element, it played fine like it always has, tried Star Trek and it kept closing out....

So I thought about my old friend AnyDVD-HD, funny didn't I just talk about this lifesaver a few posts ago? Updated this, rebooted and all appears to work fine! ;)

I tried to playback an older Blu-Ray movie, The Fifth Element, it played fine like it always has, tried Star Trek and it kept closing out....

So I thought about my old friend AnyDVD-HD, funny didn't I just talk about this lifesaver a few posts ago? Updated this, rebooted and all appears to work fine! ;)

Hi Al

I also have updated my AnydvdHD to the latest beta build. I still have the same issue:(

What version are you using please Al?

Hi Al

I also have updated my AnydvdHD to the latest beta build. I still have the same issue:(

What version are you using please Al?

I am at 6.6.3.8 Beta, and as I mentioned earlier PDVD 7.3 build 4407, I stopped at this version because in conjunction with AnyDVD-HD it plays everything (so far).

I see that you ar at 4102, have you considered going foward to 4407?

I am at 6.6.3.8 Beta, and as I mentioned earlier PDVD 7.3 build 4407, I stopped at this version because in conjunction with AnyDVD-HD it plays everything (so far).

I see that you ar at 4102, have you considered going foward to 4407?

Hi

I am on 6.6.3.9 Beta of AnyDVDHD.

I stuck with what i had because Cyberlink like to change things (sometimes for the worse) when updates are offered. It's a bit like going to give your car in for a service and then getting it back with less functionality than before;)

How do i get build 4407 please? If i let it do a normal update, will that be 4407 or a later version?

Many Thanks!

Hi

I am on 6.6.3.9 Beta of AnyDVDHD.

I stuck with what i had because Cyberlink like to change things (sometimes for the worse) when updates are offered. It's a bit like going to give your car in for a service and then getting it back with less functionality than before;)

How do i get build 4407 please? If i let it do a normal update, will that be 4407 or a later version?

Many Thanks!

I am sure that AnyDVD-HD is not the problem, so you can leave that alone.

As for an update 'offered' through Cyberlink, you don't want that, it will take you to the last (most recent) version they offered which certainly didn't work for me. The last time I did that I ended up blowing it all away, reinstalling the OEM version that came with my LG drive and progressed up from there.

Since you are already at build 4102 and assuming you are on OEM software not Retail then you should be able to choose the update from this page: http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html

The date on it is 2008-09-30 and the file name is LG-ODD.4407_HLDS_DVD080919-02

I am sure that AnyDVD-HD is not the problem, so you can leave that alone.

As for an update 'offered' through Cyberlink, you don't want that, it will take you to the last (most recent) version they offered which certainly didn't work for me. The last time I did that I ended up blowing it all away, reinstalling the OEM version that came with my LG drive and progressed up from there.

Since you are already at build 4102 and assuming you are on OEM software not Retail then you should be able to choose the update from this page: http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html

The date on it is 2008-09-30 and the file name is LG-ODD.4407_HLDS_DVD080919-02

Hi Al

Thanks for helping out :)

If it of any use, i have a Retail version of Pdvd 7.3. Can i use the same link for 4402?

If not, should i just uninstall Pdvd and re install later and then stop at 4402?

Thanks again

Hi Al

Thanks for helping out :)

If it of any use, i have a Retail version of Pdvd 7.3. Can i use the same link for 4402?

If not, should i just uninstall Pdvd and re install later and then stop at 4402?

Thanks again

OK, since you are retail, try this link for a copy of 4407 (retail): http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/patch/powerdvd/7Ultra/Cyberlink.4407__Ultra_R1_DVD080818-02.exe

Remember that if you allow PDVD to get the updates for you it defaults to the most current available, and as we know that may not be what you are looking for.

My suggestion, create a folder and save all of the versions you need to use to restore/update the PDVD installation and work from that.

Let me know how you make out.

OK, since you are retail, try this link for a copy of 4407 (retail): http://update.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/patch/powerdvd/7Ultra/Cyberlink.4407__Ultra_R1_DVD080818-02.exe

Remember that if you allow PDVD to get the updates for you it defaults to the most current available, and as we know that may not be what you are looking for.

My suggestion, create a folder and save all of the versions you need to use to restore/update the PDVD installation and work from that.

Let me know how you make out.

Thanks for the help:)

That is good advice you have given. I will load 4402 and see how that goes and keep you posted. BTW Anydvd HD also has a new Beta build 6.6.4.2

Please describe the problem. What does it do? Are you able to see main menu?, etc.

Also please give your computer specification like CPU and speed, video card spec like chip set (NVIDIA or ATI) and RAM, etc. What is the model number of your HP computer?

This is a stupid question: Is the disk Blu-ray and does your computer have Blu-ray drive? Also is your video card and TV HDCP compliant?

Peter

Hi Peter

I have the exact same hardware as you?? (strange ;-) but i cant play BD anymore? Do you use the new drivers from ATI now? Have you upgraded PowerDVD to ver. 10?? I get intenal error everytime i try to play a BD but with DVD there are no problems? I think the reason is the graphiccard driver but no matter what i install it wont play BD anymore?? Do you have a solotion? Thx

I think you guys have moved on from this issue but I just bought an LED LCD so I'm back on it - I cannot get judder to go away. I'm playing blurrays via PDVD 9. I have an ION mini-ITX with the latest Nvidia drivers. I have IVTC/telecine turned on in the Nvidia control panel and PureVideo hardware acceleration turned on in PDVD. Currently, I have deinterlacing turned off in PDVD, but I have tried every combination of IVTC, deinterlacing, and PureVideo I can think of, but nothing cuts out the judder. Can you guys help me out or tell me what to try to pinpoint my problem?

Never mind. I was using a custom resolution which wouldn't let me change the refresh rate. After setting it back to the native resolution, it would let me alter the rate down from 60 Hz to 24 Hz. The judder is gone, but Windows goes over the edge (overscan) but I guess I'll just have to deal with that. Otherwise, I don't know how to get the 24 Hz rate back.

steps to fix powerdvd 11 ultra internal error code 80004005.

#1 uninstall powerdvd 10
#2 install Powerdvd 11 ultra

then it worked for me.

ps I installed anydvd hd and ran the program don't know if that helped?

Cyberlink has shut off PowerDVD 9 for any movies made after June 2011. Cyberlink wants you to pay $80 to upgrade. This rendered my LG Blue-ray Rom inoperative to playing Blue-ray movies. PowerDVD 9 came bundled with my LG BH10LS30 DVD Rom. I have discussed the issue with Cyberlink and LG and they do not care that one can not play the latest movies. LG refused to give me my money back for the Blue-ray brick they sold me.

Cyberlink has shut off PowerDVD 9 for any movies made after June 2011. Cyberlink wants you to pay $80 to upgrade. This rendered my LG Blue-ray Rom inoperative to playing Blue-ray movies. PowerDVD 9 came bundled with my LG BH10LS30 DVD Rom. I have discussed the issue with Cyberlink and LG and they do not care that one can not play the latest movies. LG refused to give me my money back for the Blue-ray brick they sold me.

You do have other options:

1) Get AnyDVD HD. This will take care of decrypting the Bluray so it should work with your older version of PowerDVD. You can try it before you buy it and more info is available here (http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html). It isn't cheap, but it's one of those must have utilities on pretty much any HTPC. There is at least 1 other similar option (DVDFab Passkey (http://www.dvdfab.com/passkey-for-blu-ray.htm)), but AnyDVD HD seems to be the most popular one and it's the one I use.

2) Switch to ArcSoft TMT. If you watch for discount codes, you can buy the current version for around $60 - less than the cost of upgrading to the latest PowerDVD.

3) Use AnyDVD HD (or Passkey) in conjunction with a player like J River Media Center, Media Player Classic, etc. These options won't give you the full Bluray menus and all the Java stuff, but in some ways that's a nice plus.

Basically, once the protection has been removed from a Bluray by AnyDVD HD or Passkey, you have a bunch of player options, including some free ones.

Cyberlink has shut off PowerDVD 9 for any movies made after June 2011. Cyberlink wants you to pay $80 to upgrade. This rendered my LG Blue-ray Rom inoperative to playing Blue-ray movies. PowerDVD 9 came bundled with my LG BH10LS30 DVD Rom. I have discussed the issue with Cyberlink and LG and they do not care that one can not play the latest movies. LG refused to give me my money back for the Blue-ray brick they sold me.

Hey Johnny, welcome to the AVS Forum!

I still have a version of PowerDVD installed on the HTPC, doubt that I will ever upgrade it though, they have made the whole process a bit painful not to mention expensive. I used to love this solution, everything on one machine, watched a ton of movies this way but it wasn't without issues. I have so many BD drives and HD-DVD drives I should open a store! :D


I have AnyDVD-HD to go with PowerDVD and if that gives up the ghost I will rely on my HD-DVD and BluRay standalone players... I won't shell out one penny more for a software package to play movies on the HTPC. :mad: