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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Skeptikus on October 02, 2003, 02:19:33 pm
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I get an error message:
"This DVD-Video content is protected by Macrovision.
The system does not satisfy Macrovision requirement.
Can't continue playing this disc."
Disc is original, WinDVD and Realplayer can play the disc.
I tried both drives, different DVD's, I keep getting the same message (for rc1 and rc2 dvd's).
It simply comes down to that I can't play DVD's with MediaCenter. Not nice.
Any fixes, workarounds, user instruction etc. so I can play DVD's with MC9?
Thanks
Media Center Registered 9.0.180 -- C:\Programme\Media\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1794 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 628 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)
Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive D: PHILIPS DVD+RW-D01 Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:12 MaxSpeed:12 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
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Search for "free DVD filters" on this web page:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/encoding_plugin.html
Install them and see if MC works better with DVD's.
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Thanks! Downloaded, installed/registered. Didn't work though.
Another piece of software did the trick ("Region-Free",
http://www.dvdidle.com/).
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Thanks! Downloaded, installed/registered. Didn't work though.
Another piece of software did the trick ("Region-Free",
http://www.dvdidle.com/).
I wonder about the legalities of Region-free... isn't the whole point behind region codes that the movie mafia wants to prevent you from viewing movies in a region other than where the DVD is sold?
I ended up buying a set-top DVD player that can be hacked with the remote for "region-free" and I bought two DVD-ROM players (one for each of the two regions I'm interested in).
It would seem that Region-free (though expensive at $40) is a better deal than buying an extra DVD-ROM.
I also wonder why MC was being difficult when the other DVD player software weren't.
Scott-
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NVidia changed thier drivers (post 40.72) to deliver that message if you have some kind of TV out function installed, wether on the video card or a seperate card. Other media player developers gotten around it somehow.
Let us know what hardware and drivers you are using.
Try this link for a start: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=nvidia+macrovision
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I wonder about the legalities of Region-free... isn't the whole point behind region codes that the movie mafia wants to prevent you from viewing movies in a region other than where the DVD is sold?
I ended up buying a set-top DVD player that can be hacked with the remote for "region-free" and I bought two DVD-ROM players (one for each of the two regions I'm interested in).
It would seem that Region-free (though expensive at $40) is a better deal than buying an extra DVD-ROM.
I also wonder why MC was being difficult when the other DVD player software weren't.
Scott-
I've got two DVD players (PC only, don't have TV), RC1 and 2. The whole thing started with a DVD that resulted in WinDVD freezing reliably. Realplayer could play it, sort of, sometimes, or at least chapters. Then I had the glorious idea (well, initially it didn't make non-sense) to try another player...
Buying RC1 DVDs is legal here, making them available for rent is not. To me it seems that the raison d'etre for the region codes is a flawed business model. <optimist>Therefore it probably won't survive.</optimist>
Region Free is a good choice, the package with DVDIdle is a waste of $10 since the cache renders the fast forward function useless.
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NVidia changed thier drivers (post 40.72) to deliver that message if you have some kind of TV out function installed, wether on the video card or a seperate card. Other media player developers gotten around it somehow.
Let us know what hardware and drivers you are using.
Try this link for a start: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=nvidia+macrovision
44.03, I never had any problems with WinDVD or Real, but now that you mention it Cyberlink's PowerDVD is unusable (e.g. color and other distortions), perhaps after I upgraded the driver.