[RESOLVED] suddenly my BD player won't playback BlueRay's
My Powerdvd16 player installed with Microsoft windows 10 has always worked for me .. but today out of the blue it has stopped playing back Blue DVD's
.. regular dvd's can play but not my Blue Ray discs thru my onboard LG BD /HDDVD disc player ..
when I run the cyberlink BD advisor says I don't meet standards for display playback.. ( have attached the logs snip in this post ..)
I really don't really want to upgrade and pay another $50 / 60 for powerdvd17 -that may not work either .. I have sent off support to their website but expect too much interaction with them ..
Ideas ? My Radeon HD 7700 has the latest drivers ..
Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]
Rebooted a couple of times .. AND it now reports that all has passed to play back blue ray.. but new problem has surfaced .. It is stuck on region 2 and the notice reads :
In the drop-down, select a specific country that you want CyberLink PowerDVD to use. Select System Location if you want use the same country as your operating system uses.
trouble is the drop down box is grey out and won't allow me to change to region 1 .. see diag .. also have posted by dxdiag notes..
Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]
playing around here.. : regular dvd's no problem my region 1 IAMMMMworld refuses days it is region 2 .. My region 1 disc of Blues Brothers in Blue ray plays back fine., back to IAMMMMworld same issue with region 2 .. the back of the set states region A.. and I'm sure I have played that disc before .. many many months ago ..
Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]
...and my Region A Blue ray of South Pacific plays back fine ... This is frustrating .. , I have three blue ray players One is PC mounted ( problem here ) the other is a multiplayer sony deck in the livingroom plays back both region 1 and 2.. .. but ..! I have another BD player in bedroom will try out that problematic disc in the strictly only region 1 player ..
Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]
Ok got it figured out .. You can't change region settings while a disc is sitting ( even if not playing ) in your tray you have to remove said disc and then you can change the region settings .... You'd think cyberlink could take an extra measure of correctness and add that note in their help files .. which is not there BTW ...
Windows 10 Home 64 Intel® Core™ i5-8265U (1.6 GHz base frequency, up to 3.9 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores)
17.3" diagonal HD+ SVA BrightView WLED-backlit (1600 x 900) 256 GB - 5400 rpm SATA
Windows 10 //21H1 (OS Build 19044..2251) 64bit //Google Chrome 118.0.5993.89 (Official Build) (64-bit)/ 16GB Memory/ AMD Radeon HD 7700 series Video Card//N68C-GS FX2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core /[/B]