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    Avatar BD not playing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by breakablecookie, Dec 26, 2010.

  1. breakablecookie

    breakablecookie Notebook Guru

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    I recently did a clean re-install of windows 7 and now I cant play avatar on BluRay anymore. I can play all of my other Bluray movies except for Avatar. I did all of the new updates for Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 and nothing has worked. Can anybody tell me how to get this movie to play? It used to play before I reinstalled windows so I know it isnt my BD player or the disc.
     
    breakablecookie, Dec 26, 2010
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  2. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I was not able to get avatar to work with powerdvd8. I had to upgrade to 9. Then I was so unhappy with powerdvd 8 i got total media theater. Good luck, StevenX
     
    stevenxowens792, Dec 26, 2010
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  3. Tchamber

    Tchamber Notebook Consultant

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    I work at a local electronics retailer, and we run into this problem not just with laptops, but with many Blu Ray players. The only way around it is not software, but firmware. You need to find the manufacturer of your disk drive, and see if they have provided a firmware update. If not, then you're stuck, it won't play. It's a new DRM idea the studios use to prevent piracy.
     
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  4. steviejones133

    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There was also, as i recollect, a major controversy over thta particular blu ray....many people in the uk could not get it to work on a tv let alone a laptop....ive had problems with it too....it plays abut doesnt want to resume from last point....all my others woirk fine its just that avatar sucks big time ....
     
    steviejones133, Dec 27, 2010
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  5. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    useless DRM Grrr..will hate the idea of being stuck with a fully working BluRay drive.
     
    katalin_2003, Dec 27, 2010
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    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    It uses redbird protection the Powerdvd that comes with the system needs to be upgraded i believe 4 times before I could play it on my lappy but it worked I had to uninstall and reinstall that version than I had enough of that crappy version and purchased Powerdvd 10 Mark 2 and I must say I am extremely happy I wanted to get the totalmedia theatre but I purchased Pdvd 10 before I found out that the new version of the Arcsoft total media supported 64 bit systems. The previous version I tried was really buggy, new version cant tell you but I swear by mark 2. simply awesome!
     
    Mechanized Menace, Dec 28, 2010
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  7. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i failed to play the dvd with power dvd i had to get winDVD 2010 to get it to run
     
    granyte, Dec 28, 2010
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