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[Resolved] Blu-ray - video playback is all green

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dalemccl

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I just purchased AnyDVD HD and a Blu-ray drive and have tried playing some Blu-ray discs using PowerDVD 8 Ultra. Most discs result in the video being a solid green. That is, there are the expected black bars at the top and bottom of my 4:3 monitor, but the video area itself is solid green - no picture. The information that PowerDVD displays as it plays shows the expected video bit rates and identifies the video type (for example VC-1) so it is seeing the video but not displaying it. Audio is fine. So far this has occured on every VC-1 and MPEG-4 AVC disc I have tried (Casino Royale, I am Legend, POTC At World's End, Independence Day). An MPEG2 Blu-ray disc (Night at the Museum) played correctly.

My monitor is not HDCP compliant. If I exit AnyDVD HD, PowerDVD won't even attempt to play the disc, which I expected. But I thought AnyDVD HD eliminates any issues related to HDCP compliance, so I wonder whether the green screen is unrelated to HDCP.

My system is Intel Quad-core 9550 2.83 GZ, 8 GB RAM, ATI EAH 3450 video card (low-end but HDCP compliant), Vista Ultimate 64 bit. The video connection path is DVI out of the video card into a DVI port on a KVM switch, DVI out of the KVM switch into DVI on the monitor.

I am not sure whether the DVI on the KVM switch is HDCP compliant, but again I would think it wouldn't matter since I am using AnyDVD HD.

Any thoughts on what could be wrong.
 
Try rolling the graphics drivers back to 8.10, and what build of PDVD 8 are you using?
 
Adbear said:
Try rolling the graphics drivers back to 8.10, and what build of PDVD 8 are you using?
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Well, today it is working right. I think this may be what happened when it was not working yesterday:

I had PDVD open when I inserted the disc (it takes up the whole screen so I could not see the AnyDVD HD notification that it is scanning the disc) and after inserting a disc, I waited about 30 seconds before hitting play. I have used AnyDVD and CloneDVD for a long time with standard DVD's and 30 seconds was always enough time. Today with PDVD not yet open so I could see the AnyDVD HD scan message, I noticed that from the time I insert a disc it takes about 30 seconds until AnyDVD HD pops up the message that it is scanning the disc. Then it takes another 3 minutes or more before the message disappears. I didn't realize that it takes that long (probably it has to do a lot more work with HD than with standard DVD).

I think the problem yesterday was that I was hitting play in PDVD before AnyDVD HD had completed its scan. Today I kept PDVD minimized so I could see the AnyDVD HD scan message and waited until it disappeared before attempting to play the disc. And it plays fine. I apologize for the false alarm and wasting everyone's time.

By the way, is it normal for AnyDVD HD to take several minutes to scan the disc?
 
dalemccl said:
By the way, is it normal for AnyDVD HD to take several minutes to scan the disc?
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It can depending on the disc (if the disc contains BD+) and system specs or if you're scanning a dvd containing structural protection. Do not open Clonedvd, Powerdvd, or any other program that may access the disc while Anydvd is scanning. Wait for Anydvd to finish scanning first.
 
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