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    Hp DV9060 : Can play HD DVDs through QuickPlay but NOT through Media Center

    Discussion in 'HP' started by KwadGuy, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. KwadGuy

    KwadGuy Newbie

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    I have a HP DV9060US laptop (HD DVD drive, Windows Media Center 2005, etc.).

    All Windows updates are installed. Quickplay version 3.2 (latest) installed.

    I can play a HD DVD if I launch Quickplay from the Desktop.

    HOWEVER, if I launch Windows Media Center and try to play a HD DVD though that interface, it says it doesn't see any DVD in the drive. The same thing happens if I use the DVD quicklaunch button while booted into Windows: It opens Media Center, and then tells me it can't find a DVD.

    What the heck? It seems Media Center isn't working properly with Quickplay.

    This kind of defeats the purpose of putting Media Center on a laptop like this.

    Anyone else seen this problem? Any solutions (other than just using Quickplay directly, obviously).

    Also, it seems to take the HD-DVD drive the better part of a minute to fully recognize a HD-DVD disk. Is this typical?
     
    KwadGuy, Sep 11, 2007
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  2. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Media center may not support HD-DVD discs yet and so it cannot play them.

    and yeah my drive seems to take a while to recognize my HD-DVD
     
    SideSwipe, Sep 11, 2007
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  3. KwadGuy

    KwadGuy Newbie

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    This is definitely NOT the case. Media Center (XP) supports HD-DVD playback through integrated third party apps--which is what Quickplay is SUPPOSED to be. But it just doesn't work, at least on my laptop.
     
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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    third party apps?

    then if quickplay is this app then it works with quickplay as you said

    essentially media center needs quickplay to run cuz it doesnt support it on its own, so thats why you cant just use media center, cuz it needs the movie to be launched via quickplay.

    as for when you boot up, I think this might be an issue with HD-DVD requirements which calls for such things as the right driver and monitor and whatever or it could be that the quickplay version that boots up just doesnt support playing HD-DVDs that way yet.
     
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  5. KwadGuy

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    Uh, no. If I insert a standard (non HD) DVD and select play DVD from Media Center, Media Center opens Quickplay and plays it. In other words, Media Center knows about Quickplay and uses it to play the DVD. (I can also play the DVD by launching QuickPlay directly).

    If I insert a HD DVD and select play DVD from Media Center, it says "no DVD inserted" after trying to read the disc in the drive. HOWEVER, I can successfully play the DVD by launching QuickPlay directly. So there is some problem with the integration of QuickPlay and Media Center.
     
    KwadGuy, Sep 11, 2007
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