Captain_Harlock
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Hello again everybody!
I'm new here, and I don't (yet I hope) have much to contribute...
I have a question though and I hope that somebody might be able to answer it. First of all, let me say that I only have the "trial version" of AnyDVD HD (6.1.3.3). I was hoping to buy this great proggy soon, but then I stumbled upon a slight problem...
Does anybody know where WinDVD BD stores its Blu-ray region code information in Vista?
In an earlier thread "SuperGoof" posted the location of where PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra stores its Blu-ray region code information in both XP and Vista, so actually I'd like to THANK him a lot!!! :clap:
As PowerDVD still seems a bit buggy when it comes to Blu-ray, at least on my system (Sony Vaio VGN-AR31S notebook) the only program that plays Blu-ray discs properly w/o crashing (as PowerDVD 7.3 unfortunately does) is the bundled WinDVD BD for Vaio (current version 8.0.08.70_2 or 8.0.08.95 with yesterday's "mandatory" AACS-key update).
The proble is that WinDVD BD seems to locate AnyDVD HD running in the memory and simply refuses to even start playback as long as AnyDVD HD is running!!!!! As soon as I exit AnyDVD HD, WinDVD happily starts BD playback perfectly!!!
I must admit it is not so much the RDM/AACS thing that bothers me, it is more a problem of the BD region codes... So far I only have either "all region" Blu-ray discs or Region B ones (as I live in Europe). But with PowerDVD 7.3 crashing and WinDVD playing just fine but NOT with anyDVD running, the BD-region thingy might turn sour soon...
Anyway, thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. I'd appreciate any help, ideas or input.
Happy Easter to everybody from Greece
Petros
I'm new here, and I don't (yet I hope) have much to contribute...
I have a question though and I hope that somebody might be able to answer it. First of all, let me say that I only have the "trial version" of AnyDVD HD (6.1.3.3). I was hoping to buy this great proggy soon, but then I stumbled upon a slight problem...
Does anybody know where WinDVD BD stores its Blu-ray region code information in Vista?
In an earlier thread "SuperGoof" posted the location of where PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra stores its Blu-ray region code information in both XP and Vista, so actually I'd like to THANK him a lot!!! :clap:
As PowerDVD still seems a bit buggy when it comes to Blu-ray, at least on my system (Sony Vaio VGN-AR31S notebook) the only program that plays Blu-ray discs properly w/o crashing (as PowerDVD 7.3 unfortunately does) is the bundled WinDVD BD for Vaio (current version 8.0.08.70_2 or 8.0.08.95 with yesterday's "mandatory" AACS-key update).
The proble is that WinDVD BD seems to locate AnyDVD HD running in the memory and simply refuses to even start playback as long as AnyDVD HD is running!!!!! As soon as I exit AnyDVD HD, WinDVD happily starts BD playback perfectly!!!
I must admit it is not so much the RDM/AACS thing that bothers me, it is more a problem of the BD region codes... So far I only have either "all region" Blu-ray discs or Region B ones (as I live in Europe). But with PowerDVD 7.3 crashing and WinDVD playing just fine but NOT with anyDVD running, the BD-region thingy might turn sour soon...
Anyway, thanks a lot for taking the time to read this. I'd appreciate any help, ideas or input.
Happy Easter to everybody from Greece
Petros