WinDVD and BD+

cmaeditor · Post by **cmaeditor** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:31 am

Up until Fox put out the X-Men trilogy on Blu-ray, I was pretty much able to play most Fox Discs, but since then every disc either tell me that I need to update my drive's firmware( which it is) or I get a black screen and nothing happens. I've updated WinDVD with the current March 2009 patch and still nothing. Is Corel going to issue a new update that fixes this?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:39 am

First time we hear of patches and new releases is usually at the same time as everyone else - they appear on their website. Occasionally we get asked to try out a pre-release of a patch but alas none relating to this software.

Kraster · Post by **Kraster** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:56 pm

sjj1805 wrote:First time we hear of patches and new releases is usually at the same time as everyone else - they appear on their website. Occasionally we get asked to try out a pre-release of a patch but alas none relating to this software.

I have had an open "question" to Corel Support since 5/2/2009 regarding this issue. I've found that all new Fox BD+ discs (The Wrestler, Notorious, Slumdog Millionaire, to name a few) have this problem.

So far only response from support has been to reinstall the SW and all 3 patches in order. Didn't work. I hope they come up with something soon. It is ruining an otherwise great product.

Everyone should submit this problem to them when they come across it so they understand the severity of the issue.

morgandc2 · Post by **morgandc2** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:00 am

I would like to know what the difference between the hardware and software BD players and why you don't have to continually update a software player...

morgandc2 · Post by **morgandc2** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:17 pm

Which three patches in what order if you don't mind me asking...

oddius2008 · Post by **oddius2008** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:58 pm

Unfortunately you get compatibility issues with stand alone blu ray players, the studios answer to that is not out problem tough wait for a firmware upgrade from the manufacturer.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:29 am

morgandc2 wrote:I would like to know what the difference between the hardware and software BD players and why you don't have to continually update a software player...

You have that back to front, you update software BD players, you do not update hardware BD players. (Well - not normally!)

A hardware BD player is something that you hook up to a television set.
A software BD player is some software that you install into a computer so that you can play discs on your computer.

cmaeditor · Post by **cmaeditor** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:41 pm

Corel just release a new July 2009 patch and it seems to have fixed the BD+ issue with the Fox releases in my initial post.

oddius2008 · Post by **oddius2008** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:07 pm

Hi sjj1805,

Got a firmware update for the standalone but that only adds BD live I think, and which I don't really care for, especially if WDVD 9BR+ and PDVD 7.3Ultra attempts are anything to go by.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:40 am

oddius2008 wrote:Hi sjj1805,

Got a firmware update for the standalone but that only adds BD live I think, and which I don't really care for, especially if WDVD 9BR+ and PDVD 7.3Ultra attempts are anything to go by.

Which is why I placed in brackets (Not normally).
All manner of things can get the odd firmware update every now and again, mobile phones, DSLR Cameras. Software players are updated much more often either by way of a software patch or even by a newer version.

It is "normal" for software to be updated.
It is "rare" for hardware to get new firmware.