

Still got the same “you must upgrade” message. I tried some other titles I already owned and knew for sure I’d watched using the same hardware and software. So I pulled out my trusty HP6 and tried it. That happens, and it’s been a couple years. Huh? Okay, so maybe there’s new tech in the current Blu-Ray. Popped one of them in and … up popped a message saying that PowerDVD had to be upgraded. Then Amazon Prime Instant Video came along, and I stopped watching DVDs and Blu-Rays for quite a long time.ĭuring the Black Friday sales this year, there were several Blu-Rays that I’d wanted to analyze (it’s a writer thing, don’t worry about it) hadn’t shown up yet on APIV, and were insanely cheap, so I ordered them. Got a few more Blu-Rays, and they all worked fine. I got the drive, installed PowerDVD and 2 updates, got my first Blu-Ray (I think it was Harry Potter 6) and it worked perfectly.
Cyberlink powerdvd 15 not playing blu ray software#
OEM version of the software) it supports software decoding for Blu-Ray, which was needed since I don’t have a separate video card with hardware Blu-Ray decoding (they have noisy fans). I researched the software, PowerDVD 8 BD Edition, that came bundled with the Blu-Ray drive (i.e.
Cyberlink powerdvd 15 not playing blu ray Pc#
I bought a Blu-Ray drive for a PC in April 2010 for a quad-core system that was built in 2009 to be ultra-quiet and support HDMI off the motherboard.

You’ll see why in a moment.įirst off, the background.

So, I appealed to CyberLink tech support, which gets my vote for worst-designed tech support system EVER. I’m not talking about NEW titles, but the same titles that USED to work on the same hardware with the same software a year or two ago. This is a chronicle of my dealings with CyberLink tech support, after I discovered that Blu-Ray discs no longer played on my system. Even so, this post is a little different.
