However, I have no problems in running any of my HD-DVDs or "regular" DVDs in these programs. WinDVD 9 just stops whenever I try to play a Blu-Ray disc. and needs a hack for HD-DVD (thanks, Cyberlink!) PowerDVD8 has to be upgraded to Ultra in order to play Blu. PowerDVD 7 shows multicoloured snow (actually, small squares) instead of the proper image, although it plays the sound properly.
Yet, none of these software players will work with my Blu-Ray discs (I have only two of those anyway). I also have PowerDVD Deluxe 7, PowerDVD Deluxe 8 and WinDVD 9. I have AnyDVD running in the background at all times. mkv files, via MPC or VLC ( CoreAVC is also installed). In fact, I can play any HD format I want, from 720. The machine, is, for the moment, connected to a monitor via VGA, I'm not using DVI.Īs you can see, my hardware is more than adequate for HD. I would have gladly paid more for the upgrade, and have in fact paid $170 more for the new drive and non-working software upgrade.Īnyway, this is a serious problem that will sadly end up with me shipping both a PC and an optical drive back where I got them if someone can't provide me with a solution.I have a HD-DVD/Blu-Ray DVD unit in my Athlon64 X2 4600+, sporting a Radeon X1650 (with AVIVO hardware acceleration) and 2 GB of RAM, under Vista Ultimate.
I paid almost $70 for it.īut I replaced the DVD combo drive my PC shipped with with the same exact model BD ROM/burner as reported in the OP, and I have been unable to find any links to updated firmware or even a Windows driver (it uses the 9 year old generic CD-ROM driver from Microsoft and an "Update Driver" trip claimed that was the best, latest driver for it.Īll of this could have been avoided if Dell/Alienware had offered a configuration with a BD ROM/burner included, because really who still uses DVD in 2015? The main reason I bought it was I wanted a small form factor, quiet HTPC with 3D Blu Ray capacity for my Sony Bravia 3DTV.
The CyberLink Power Dvd Ultra 14 upgrade ain't that cheap anymore. None of my Blu Ray disks will play, not even WWZģ.
it does the same thing, it says its loading the movie and then it suddently pops the error message: Cyberlink PowerDVD cannot play this content because it is corrupted.
I have the EXACT same problem, with three differences.Ģ. These are the only Blu Ray movies that I have, every disc I put in, A New Hope, Empire, etc. On a side note my FN/F4 key (eject) does not work with this drive, even after re-installing the Alienware On-Screen Display software from the Dell website.
When I run the Blu-ray Disc and 3D advisor tool provided with PowerDVD suite, it just recognize everything (including the drive) and says that each component of the computer pass the test. The error message is different: "Cyberlink PowerDVD cannot play this content because it is corrupted" but it does not play any of my Blu-ray movies except War world Z. I thought it might be because the drive is not listed with this PowerDVD version, therefore I bought (very cheap BTW until 1/1/15: $34) the full latest version: PowerDVD 14 ultra. Please contact your optical drive manufacturer for assistance" I have installed PowerDVD 10 (which came with an external drive I have) and it says: "Cyberlink PowerDVD cannot authenticate the optical drive. I am unable to play (except one: World War Z) any of my Blu-ray movies. I purchased an Alienware 14 and replaced the DVD drive with a Blu-ray drive (MATSHITA/PANASONIC BD-MLT UJ267AM)