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Trill304

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PowerDVD support
« on: January 22, 2012, 07:52:07 am »
I am relatively new to the software and have had trouble trying some of the methods mentioned on the forums to address blu-ray ripping and playback. I was curious as to if there was an option to configure Media Center to use an external program to play blu-ray movies (such as CyberLink PowerDVD 11)?  I would like to try to avoid having to purchase AnyDVD HD or the like...
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Trill304

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Re: Re: PowerDVD support
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 01:08:20 pm »
Any thoughts out there?  I am really stumped.?
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Re: PowerDVD support
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 02:10:49 pm »
You can select external playback for specific types in Options > File Types.

More on Blu-ray here:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Blu-ray
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Re: PowerDVD support
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2012, 02:18:40 pm »
WIll give it a try thanks.  Hopefully this will work for blu-ray movie playback via physical media.
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Trill304

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Re: PowerDVD support
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2012, 03:02:12 pm »
So i went to options -> File Types -> Other -> Blu-ray (bluraydisc).  I left File Association alone and changed Playback Method to "External Program (custom)" and selected the drive path to the executable of PowerDVD11 (in this case, C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD11\PowerDVD11.exe).  I then tried to start a blu-ray disc by right clicking on the disc under "Drives & Devices" and selecting Play.  JRiver sits at a black background with the movie poster up with "* Opening..." at the bottom of the screen and never actually plays.  Is something wrong with the configuration?  Is MC not compatable with PowerDVD?
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