Computer Won't Play BR Disc-Security Iss

[Shatinator]

Hello--

I need some serious help!

Long story short I have HP Intel Core i7 64 bit OS running Windows 7

It has a blu-ray player/burner, but HP version is the most un-user friendly ever. So I installed a CyberlinkDVD player, all is well into one day, the player changes my region codes, by itself. Only allowing me to play DVD. So I replace it and up to Cyerlink DVD11, which tells me before it operates I need to enable DVI, not VGA. I purchase the necessary tech and all is well until today when player tells me it can't play disc because it doesn't support HCDP.

Now these are disc I have played before without issue, but I click on more info leading here:

http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/support/cs/faq-content.do?id=10816

"In some OEM versions, CyberLink PowerDVD cannot output Blu-ray and CPRM disc content to analog display devices due to copy protection. To play this content, you must use a display device with a DVI or HDMI input interface that supports HDCP copyright protection."

But I went through this mess to get the2nd version up & running to start with??

When I run the comparability test with the player, it shows-
I failed on this-
[COLOR=BLUE]Video Connection Type :[/COLOR] [COLOR=RED]Digital (without HDCP)

[/COLOR]Also Windows Update tells me that ATI display driver has stopped working..

So I am completely lost on the what to do...help

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Basically, everything involved must be HDCP compliant: the video card, the Blu-ray drive, the display, and the player software. Something in that chain is not HDCP compliant and that's why it's failing.

Now I'm reminded why I wouldn't bother trying to play Blu-rays on a PC.

Look to see if your video card is HDCP compliant. That may be the problem.

 

[farmkid]

Well, if it worked before, and doesn't now, then everything must be HDCP compliant and something has broken. I think the key is here:

Also Windows Update tells me that ATI display driver has stopped working..

If your display driver has stopped working, then that may have broken the chain of HDCP compliance. It seems something has corrupted your display driver or a configuration file somewhere so that driver isn't loading and Windows is just loading a generic driver instead. Try removing and reinstalling the driver. You might also look for a program that will completely remove everything ATI-related (I think ATI has such a program available, if I remember right) to be sure that it doesn't leave anything behind that could foul up your reinstallation.

 

[YellowSubmarine]

(Disclaimer: Since you're from the US, this post doesn't contain a solution to your problem, but it might help those who are not from the US, or if the DMCA ever gets repealed, or if your lawyer claims something contrary to what I've stated below. I'm not a lawyer, so ignore anything that resembles a legal advice.)

There are unlicensed Bluray players that don't follow the HDCP requirement. Note that they are not illegal (even in the US) – they merely implement the officially published format specifications. They, however, can't play disks with DRM (except under certain conditions which involve living in Europe). This means that you won't be able to play purchased disks this way unless you move to France first.

As an example, VLC 1.2 will be getting support for Bluray, and nightly builds seem to be available at this point. Support is incomplete (e.g. menus don't work), and disks with DRM can't be played. But it's going to play disks you've authored yourself, such as family videos, that you've written to BD-R.

Good luck with getting your PC to play films, hope you get it to work without having to resort to purchasing an external player.

 

[Shatinator]

(Disclaimer: Since you're from the US, this post doesn't contain a solution to your problem, but it might help those who are not from the US, or if the DMCA ever gets repealed, or if your lawyer claims something contrary to what I've stated below. I'm not a lawyer, so ignore anything that resembles a legal advice.)

There are unlicensed Bluray players that don't follow the HDCP requirement. Note that they are not illegal (even in the US) – they merely implement the officially published format specifications. They, however, can't play disks with DRM (except under certain conditions which involve living in Europe). This means that you won't be able to play purchased disks this way unless you move to France first.

As an example, VLC 1.2 will be getting support for Bluray, and nightly builds seem to be available at this point. Support is incomplete (e.g. menus don't work), and disks with DRM can't be played. But it's going to play disks you've authored yourself, such as family videos, that you've written to BD-R.

Good luck with getting your PC to play films, hope you get it to work without having to resort to purchasing an external player.

Yes, I am completely aware of all the bogus encoding both with the Region problem with DVD and the A,B,C regions for Blu-Ray. But you see that doesn't apply - Blu-rays I tried were US version of ST TOS and Blade Runner both that I had played prior with out issue.

BTW since you brought it up, this region code 'thingie' is simuliar to buying a toaster that refuses to toast wheat, because you need to buy a toaster from Asia to do that..

At any rate, I've contacted HP about this since both my add on and their internal are not functioning. Only difference the DVD11 wont play at all & the internal starts up for 15 seconds and then decides to tell me that the material is protected--odd; like it wants too--but not really!

 

[YellowSubmarine]

By the way, I wasn't talking about region coding, but about difference in legislation between the countries. Namely, the US has a law that makes it illegal to circumvent the copy protection of your disks even if it is for the purpose of watching them. It's the copy protection that breaks the playback for you - the software that's been authorized to decrypt it is forced to degrade or block the video if you don't have a compliant video card and monitor. I don't know where region coding comes into play, since I don't know at which layer it is implemented.

In short, it would seem that you're a victim of the copy protection which is supposed to prevent unauthorized reproduction, while in reality it only degrades the experience for paying customers like you.

People (such as the VLC programmers) have been working to fix that experience by providing everyone with access to the disks and F/OSS tools to do so. Unfortunately, they can't fully do so because of various issues, at least not out of the box, but I felt I had to mention their effort nonetheless. They have actually been doing something for us unlike the people who produce the Bluray drives and films who are responsible for your issue.

 

[Shatinator]

Just to let all you good people know, after many unnecessary hours, the problem was solved. Best I can figure out is that the blu-ray redundant security system was triggered by one of my programs design to make watching legitimate dvds easier.

At any rate thanks for all the advice.

 

[BillJ]

Just to let all you good people know, after many unnecessary hours, the problem was solved. Best I can figure out is that the blu-ray redundant security system was triggered by one of my programs design to make watching legitimate dvds easier.

At any rate thanks for all the advice.

You realize your signature is missing a 't'?

 

[Shatinator]

Just to let all you good people know, after many unnecessary hours, the problem was solved. Best I can figure out is that the blu-ray redundant security system was triggered by one of my programs design to make watching legitimate dvds easier.

At any rate thanks for all the advice.

You realize your signature is missing a 't'?

How Embarrassing--

Thanks