Blu-ray needs to be in the drive at boot

[anydvdproblems]

Hello Team

I haven't purchased AnyDVD HD yet, just running the latest version in trial mode.
If I can get this problem fixed, happy days and will likely proceed with purchase.

The problem I am having Is the Blu-ray needs to be in the Drive at boot for AnyDvd to decrypt it properly.
I am not even trying to burn or copy the disc.

I have built a media centre PC with Kodi installed and am only trying to watch the Blu-Rays.
If I have the Blu-ray in the drive when the computer boots then I don't have a problem, the movie plays fine I can even take the blu-ray out and put it back it and it continues to work.

If I boot with no Blu-ray in the drive wait for windows to load - and or Kodi then put the blu-ray in Anydvd in the status window claims it has removed the protection ect but it hasn't or something has gone wrong because I cant see the contents in Windows explorer and it wont play either.

I have a feeling its the dodgy DVD drive I am using it seems to be a weird oem model that has no firmware support for it.

DVD drive is a Pioneer BDC-207DBK - although my computer seems to only detect it as a BDC-207D (which I don't even think exists.)

I appreciate your time looking into this for me.

 

[Adbear]

Definitely an issue with your system as I've run AnyDVD HD on many systems over the years and never had to have the Blu-ray disc in the drive at boot up to make it work.

What version of Windows are you using?

 

[anydvdproblems]

I am currently running Windows 8.1 64bit,

It's a very strange issue, I don't know what the drive would be doing *differently* for it to only work when a blu-ray is in the drive at boot up as apposed to inserting a disc after boot up.

I have done a fair bit of googling and coming up blank - not sure if I am googling the wrong phrases to help me sort it out, but I am trying...

Hopefully I can fix it without replacing the drive.

thanks

 

[Adbear]

Have you installed all the motherboard drivers after installing Windows?

 

[anydvdproblems]

Yes, installed all the latest drivers for the Motherboard from the manufacturer website using ASRock H81M

 

[ddjmagic]

If you turn off/exit AnyDVD, does Windows explorer then see the contents of the Blu-ray drive? (when the disc isn't in the drive on boot)

 

[anydvdproblems]

Hmmm ok your onto something - it has nothing to do with Anydvd - If I dis-able anydvd and disable autostart then restart with the blu-ray not in the drive windows wont see it properly - If I restart again with the disc in the drive windows then sees it.

google seems to be showing up some different answers now I will try a few out, none are for my specific drive but might help....
Hopefully its not a dud drive.....

Any ideas keep throwing them at me.

cheers.

 

[ddjmagic]

Have you tried it without running Kodi at all? I had some problems a while back not seeing the contents of my BD drive (though this was because I was using XBMC as the Shell)

 

[anydvdproblems]

I am using Kodi as the Shell but I turned that off while I was troubleshooting.

HOWEVER, that being said I have fixed the problem, and thought I would let you know what steps I took in-case others run into the issue.

When I realised this wasn't a AnyDvd problem and more of a windows/hardware problem I tried a few different google searches and came upon this answer.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/asiasupp...dvd-drive-is-not-recognized-in-windows-8.aspx

Resolution:

1. Run Command Prompt as an Administrator. Type cmd in Windows 8 Metro UI and press cltr+shift+enter

2. Type following and say enter

reg.exe add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\atapi\Controller0" /f /v EnumDevice1 /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

3. Reboot the system

4. Verify if the problem has been resolved.

In between adding this key to the registry I also uninstalled the DVD drive from device manager - turned the computer off disconnected the DVD drive from the board - both sata and power - Turned the PC back on - Then switched off again - connected the power and sata but this time connected to a different Sata point on the board.

powered on and everything is working, I did have to re-install AnyDVD again but I am assuming that's because I changed the Sata point on the board.

Thanks to everyone who helped nut this one out.

cheers.