*HP HDX DRAGON Owners Lounge, Part 1*

You need this (QuickPlay Background Capture Service (QBCS)), but you can safely disable QuickPlay Task Scheduler (QTS) if you don't record TV in QuickPlay.

 

People who have changed the bogus Malaysian Optiarc BD-ROM BD-5500A with a proper (Made in Japan) Panasonic UJ-210 or 220 drive or similar can indeed burn Blu-ray (R and RE).

 

Thanks for the advice Dom & Kindheart. I'll have a look at the Panasonic.
The PowerDVD thing isn't really an issue, as I do have it installed.

Cheers,

CJ

 

Microsoft says Vista Service Pack 2 does Blu Ray burning:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Whats-included-in-Windows-Vista-Service-Pack-2-SP2

I guess Windows 7 has it built in.


For some reason I was thinking PowerDVD burned as well. Oh well. Seems like there are several free options for playback (The DVD you mentioned, MediaSmart DVD Software, PowerDVD, Nero etc) and burning then (Nero, AnyDVD, etc). I guess the confusion came in because one needs to speak about two different Operating Systems and two different functions with varying softwares.


Hmm I've never even tried that DVD. I'll check it out thanks.

 

QPService.exe is not QuickPlay Background Capture Service (QBCS).

We have:

Autorun:
HPKBDAPP.exe
QLBCtrl.exe
QPService.exe

Services:
Com4QLBEx.exe = Manuell
hpqWmiEx.exe = Manuell
QPCapSvc.exe QuickPlay Background Capture Service (QBCS) = Auto
QPSched.exe QuickPlay Task Scheduler = Auto

As i wrote earlier. HPKBDAPP.exe was in autostart on earlier versions of
QuickTouch. But now its not. After starting it manuall bass/treble and onscreen work. I wonder why its not longer autostarted after installing Quick Launch Buttons v6.50.7.1 (SP45889). I mean HPKBDAPP.exe is QuickTouch and not Quick Launch.

I wish HP gave us some easy driver that just make all the buttons work. The application mix is confusing. And QuickPlay has also not longer support. So something to assign the funktions/apps we want to the Quick Launch Buttons would be cool.

 

No problem. Something other things to consider.. while the UJ 220 is nice in that it goes inside the HDX, you can't use it with other players without an enclosure, but the other thing is that it's the slower burner than the others I mentioned. It's 2x speed where as the external ones I mentioned are 4x but..and as stated are only external because they're sata not ide which is what I believe the UJ 120 and 220 are to be able to work inside the HDX. So if you want faster burning and the ability to use it with other pcs, you'll need to go with the external one(s), if you want the convenience of having the burner inside the HDX but get a slower burn speed, you'll need to go with the SJ 220.

 

I does have blu-ray burning in as much the same way it does have conventional DVD burning. Good for using a DVD like a USB drive and for burning ISOs in case of Win7. But burning projects are not just limited to these scenarios. The DVD I mentioned installs a full version of Power2Go with Blu-ray burning capability.

 

The UJ-210 is better as it has much newer firmware (2009 - if your drive is Sony's Panasonic UJ-210 S: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=VGNAR370&upd_id=4477&os_id=28 [v1.06] - works in the HP HDX), capable of playing the latest BD extras/BD Live/BD Java. It is theoretically slightly slower than UJ-220 on the BD burning side of things, but the latest firmware has almost brought the UJ-210 at same levels/speeds as the UJ-220. They are also well priced these days and a new or 'refurbished with warranty' UJ-210 can cost the same price as, or even less than, the bogus BD-5500A.

 

I posted previously about reassigning the QuickPlay buttons.*** The tone control in newer HP models does not rely on HPKBDAPP, hence the dropping out of it. Com4QLBEx is Automatic on the TX2 Touchsmart and is essential for mute button and OSD operation (works with SmartMenu and HP sound driver) on that model. So you see there are differences, even though the QuickLaunch package is trying its best to maintain backward and "all-models" compatibility. HP does not officially support Win7 on your HDX nor that version of QuickLaunch on it.

Preventing HP Wireless Assistant from auto-startup can reduce your boot time by 20 to 30 seconds. You can still run it manually from start menu or Control Panel, if/when needed.

***i used bat2exe to create the exe. it is easier to create your own; make sure you select run as invisible before compiling. http://www.f2ko.de/English/b2e/index.php

 

WHat do you mean you have Blu Ray burning capabilities? Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. The UJ-120 is a Blu Ray ROM player, not a burner that one can use to to burn Blu Ray discs.

 

The UJ-120 and UJ-210 are different models. the former is a player only (bd-rom); the latter (UJ- 210) is a burner (BD-R/RE).

one twenty
two ten
there is a difference!

 

PERFECT !!!

THANKS A LOT

 

Huh? Like I was saying isn't the UJ 210 (which I have) ONLY a Blu Ray ROM Blu Ray PLAYER, and not a Blu Ray BURNER? Why compare these two?

 

Right, I thought you were saying you can burn Blu Rays on the UJ 120. Thanks for clarifying.

 

No, the UJ- 210 (two ten) is also a Blu-ray burner! It burns blu-ray (BD-R/RE), not just DVDs. But if yours is the UJ-120 (one twenty), then it can't; the 120 is a different model.

 

Typos..bah! I MEANT to ask if you were saying 120 was a burner..ah! Just skip it Lol. I got what you're saying

 

Anyone know why when you import your DigitalPersona fingerprints for each site and IM etc it doesn't work sometimes? Like for example when I brought up the newest Yahoo IM it doesn't use the ones I already saved for it.

 

HA! You're right! It memorizes the manual adjustment using fn + F7 or F8. Weird. But good.

Thanks for pointing that out!

 

AnyDVD HD just to be specific for those that are buying/trying.

 

So, if I understand here, this will just swap right in?

 

procedure for installing a video card update please, aside from installing over existing drivers?

just wondering do you uninstall the restart in safe mode and install new drivers in safe mode?

i ask because when i uninstall current drivers and restart to regular windows...it installs a default driver (but only after another restart.)

then when installing the new ones and restart, they don't take.

 

I just went throught this same thing trying to update to 195.55. Basically, all you need to do is go into control panel and uninstall the nVidia drivers. Reboot. Upon restart, if windows reloads the same nVidia drivers, then go into device manager and do an uninstall, but be sure to checkmark the "delete the driver software for this device" option. Then reboot again. Now, Windows will install either a generic driver or the nVidia driver that came with Windows 7 (I assume you have Windows 7??).

Then you can install whatever you want (195.55) and it takes it normally.

That was my experience. I'm sure other video driver guru's here have their opinion too...

 

Man I'm being sloppy. Sorry. While HD comes with AnyDVD and is part of the trial you are correct.

 

Yes, perfect fit, and it will even take your existing HP plastic bezel instead of the one that comes with it.

 

For the 1x speed yea you just put it in and use the correct software to play and burn and you're good. What I'm wondering is how easy it is to find firmware for your particular one you buy, which is why if I get an internal one I will get the faster UJ 220. I will likely get the external one not only because it's faster but because I can use it with other PCs. But while I don't know how that person can claim it's the fastest burner when the UJ 220 is faster as he even states in his answers on the bottom (maybe he forgot to change that part?), yea it will work via an easy swap.

 

After uninstalling both the NVIDIA drivers and Physix (if they show separately on the Add/Remove section), after the reboots following each uninstall, I also use DriverSweeper to make sure there are no Nvidia Display driver or Physix traces left. Then I install the newest NVIDIA driver. I guess it's not something you have to do but some would suggest it.

 

Uninstalling the PhysiX does not make sense!
I would not recommend it.
Not with a driver change.

 

drivesweeper? can you link it?

wasn't being picky with anydvd. just wanted to know if people were going to buy it, they would have to purchase the anydvd hd license so they don't say it didn't work and it does (if they bought regular)

 

http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-(Setup)_d1655.html

CJ

 

Why not? Doesn't physx get better through time?

 

http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper. Good thinking You're right.

 

You beat me to it

 

make this day a beautiful day.
Renounce Driver Sweeper!

 

PhysX is updated only
It does not hurt, but it also has no benefit.

 

with installer or pure binaries?

 

Small error of 195.55 in the brightness control.
After changing to a different power plan .....
1st ------> 1xFn + F8 one step darker. On further pressing the usual bright. (always reproducible)

or 2 -> XXXxFn + F7 "(immediately after the energy plan amendment)" and nothing happens. (not always reproducible)

to 2 If this error occurs, 1xFn + F8 (here it comes error 1 on) and then dim as usual with Fn + F7

This driver error I had on both HDX. In relation to the improvements it is negligible.

dv7t click my smily!----------------------------------------------->

 

Yes, I noticed that too. And I agree, still a keeper.

LOL, clever.

 

@ 2.0 Be honest, you can not Pinballman suffer.

Since your BIOS Link, he is gone.
Should I be worried !?

EDIT: Hello ...... 2.0 I hope you are looking for here no mistake.
Did not have made (not here!!) wanted to laugh with you.

 

LOL, yeah, now I'm starting to worry. Hopefully it's because of the Thanksgiving holiday that we haven't heard from Pinballman.

 

Lol! That was clever

 

i must have missed the cleverness :confused2:


anyway, have not downloaded anything. i'm guessing i should not either.

renouncing something means to leave or not claim it, am i correct?

if anything this driver sweep thing is confusing. i don't need it, and there is no info on developer, so i guess i will renounce or pass on it.

 

@ dv7t

YES!
Not to use Driver Sweeper.
If you still have no problems, then Driver Sweeper can create problems.
If you have problems, will not solve this Driver Sweeper.

Still possess two Gericom notebook. These are now 10 years old. On both Windows ME "Initial installation". No errors, very quickly. OS maintained by hand. If hot, I know what I write. :GEEK:

EDIT: Surpassing the wrong thing too much in the registry, "as an element of truth is missing."

 

ok, that's what i thought. no problems. never had problems installing over when it comes to an upgrade from nvidia, so i will stick with that when it's whql. thanks.

 

@ dv7t
You have misunderstood me!
"Driver Sweeper tool will not install !!
195.55 install. !!! And indeed, in any case. The best Nvidia drivers for HDX from starting.

 

i don't think i misunderstood you. i think you misunderstood me.

i said i will not install driversweeper.

i will install the nvidia driver, but not until it's official, not beta.

 

@ dv7t
ok, then everything perfectly.

 

Because many private questions (private mail) to me because of this message from CompTrekkie:

and my Answer to CompTrekkie:

Question on RickiBerlin: How did you get the videos to your HDD?

Answer by RickiBerlin: There are many programs for it. I have however done by hand. (do not unnecessarily large number of tools on my HDX) And so it is not too easy for you ..... here are just a smiley link, for the first video. (Caution: direct download)--------->
The rest you already you must do yourself, but that will probably be easy.

@ CompTrekkie: Hope this is ok. But without me, the videos were indeed not on your side.

 

Uh if PhysX updates, and you have an old one but shouldn't uninstall it and get a new one, why uninstall the old NVIDIA driver and install the newer one to replace it?


Also why do you dislike DriverSweeper? I thought it did a great job at getting rid of the things the NVDIA driver installation/uninstaller leaves behind. That's all it gets rid of if you check the appropriate boxes. It's found them when regedit Find/searches don't. I've not had a problem using it at all.

 

here is the easy way if you want to do it manually.

here is that link first of all to the vids
http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q86/comptrekkie/HDX Vidoes/?start=all

next click any of them for example the first one
http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q86/comptrekkie/HDX Vidoes/?action=view&current=1-battery-1.flv
(this will start playing in your browser most likely and the address bar is above)

next all you so is change the "s" in s134 to "vid" as in vid134
next just delete the "?action=view&current="
next hit enter and it will prompt you to save.

recap
change the s134 to vid 134, delete the part after the last "/" up to the first number.

 

quick question everyone who knows:

i hear burning at a slower speed 4x vs. 16x, let's say for a dvd, will make the data more reliable for whatever reason. is this true?

besides longer times, what is the effect of burning at a slower speed as far as playback in another computer? will it spin slower when played back as well, or is this just a data transfer rate ONLY when burning?

wondering if there are any negatives to burning at a slower speed, aside from longer time?