Update blu ray firmware?

[treeroy]

I have an internal blu ray drive, an Asus BC-12D2DHT. I watched a blu ray the other day and it was fine but I'm trying to watch another one and every time I try to play it, it comes up with a message saying :

 

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WARNING

Your Blu-ray Player requires an update in order to play this disc.

Please visit your Blu-ray Player manufacturer's website and follow their instructions to update your Blu-ray Player.

 

 

then comes up with this:

 

 

 

I've gone on the Asus website and downloaded the latest driver but doesn't make a difference.

 

Any ideas?

[Saddy]

Maybe check if your hdmi/dvi slot got unhooked or dislodged? 

[TheCamba]

Are you downloading the latest driver or firmware?  You mention both in your post and finish it with a driver.

 

Try using it with VLC instead of CyberLink.  I really hate that software.

[Levent]

yeah cyberlink software needs an update, download it from cyberlinks website.

[Saddy]

 

Just now, Levent said:

yeah cyberlink software needs an update.

I signed up for cyberlinks website a year ago for testing there video production software, and it will never allow me to unsubscribe from the email list. I get emails every week about their sales and it is annoying af.

[treeroy]

1 minute ago, TheCamba said:

Are you downloading the latest driver or firmware?  You mention both in your post and finish it with a driver.

 

Try using it with VLC instead of CyberLink.  I really hate that software.

Actually just looking, I downloaded the Asus E-Green utility which is not the driver. THere doesnt seem to be anything else for my drive on their website.

 

Any idea how to update the firmware?

 

I tried with VLC and got this:

[treeroy]

2 minutes ago, Levent said:

yeah cyberlink software needs an update, download it from cyberlinks website.

weird, I watched a different film literally 3 days ago and it was fine.

[TheCamba]

3 minutes ago, treeroy said:

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I looked on the website as well and didn't find any firmware available.  I would think it's an update for CyberLink.  Get away from it as fast as possible.

 

I think it has to do with security on the disks.  I remember having to do that with my BR drive years ago when I got a movie that had just come out.  It's frankly a pain.  

[treeroy]

8 minutes ago, Levent said:

yeah cyberlink software needs an update, download it from cyberlinks website.

 

awesome... I'm gonna go loopy any minute now lol.

[treeroy]

eh, seems like it's just planet of the apes that I can't play. tried a few other blu rays and they're fine.

[TheCamba]

9 minutes ago, treeroy said:

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I looked on the website as well and didn't find any firmware available.  I would think it's an update for CyberLink.  Get away from it as fast as possible.

 

I think it has to do with security on the disks.  I remember having to update Cyberlink years ago when I got a movie that had just come out.  It's frankly a pain.  

 

[Saddy]

Just now, treeroy said:

eh, seems like it's just planet of the apes that I can't play. tried a few other blu rays and they're fine.

What is the globe on the back of the dvd's box number?

[Saddy]

It is a geo lock, meaning it only can be played in the designated area of the globe. The number can be found on the back of the dvd case.

 

 

[treeroy]

3 minutes ago, Saddy said:

What is the globe on the back of the disk's number?

Where do I find that? The disc was bought in the UK and it has UK classification on it so don't see why it would be locked to a different region.

 

With regard to region lock it just says "A B C these discs will only play in blu-ray players manufactured to operate in your region and showing at least one of these symbols (A B C) on their back panel, instruction manual or packaging"

 

But on the disc it just has the ABC triangle so does that mean its region unlocked? I can't find any other reference.

[Saddy]

[Saddy]

Just now, treeroy said:

Where do I find that? The disc was bought in the UK and it has UK classification on it so don't see why it would be locked to a different region.

 

With regard to region lock it just says "A B C these discs will only play in blu-ray players manufactured to operate in your region and showing at least one of these symbols (A B C) on their back panel, instruction manual or packaging"

 

But on the disc it just has the ABC triangle so does that mean its region unlocked? I can't find any other reference.

Wait does it have any letter in the middle, or is it all the letters and nothing in the middle? The one in the middle indicates a region lock.

[treeroy]

1 minute ago, Saddy said:

Wait does it have any letter in the middle, or is it all the letters and nothing in the middle? The one in the middle indicates a region lock.

back of the box:

 

disc:

[Saddy]

Just now, treeroy said:

back of the box:

 

disc:

Hmm, its not region lock then. Sorry that I am unable to assist you with your problem.

[treeroy]

1 minute ago, Saddy said:

Hmm, its not region lock then. Sorry that I am unable to assist you with your problem.

well thanks for trying anyway

[KenjiUmino]

this is what i see:

 

1. VLC can't handle the protection on this particular disc

2. PowerDVD needs a patch/update before it can handle the protection on this particular disc

3. you need to have the paid version of PowerDVD to get patches/updates (that is what? 50 bucks a year?)

4. several hours of time wasted already to get a fucking BD movie playing just because some paranoid asshats decided that fancy copy protection is a good thing and sure helps them to secure a lot of income. 

 

and the next minute they wonder why so many people pirate .... and decide to invent an even more fucked up copy protection as a reaction that makes all of this even worse

 

this makes me so angry it isn't even funny ... 

 

anyways ... i know there is a piece of software that lets you play those difficult BD movies ... i just don't remember the name right now ... i'll ask my brother tomorrow - he's the one who found it and uses it the most

[TheCamba]

19 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

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MakeMKV?

[GreenZombie]

Try the KODI media player program. You can change DVD and BD country settings

The program can be downloaded from https://kodi.tv/download

 

[KenjiUmino]

14 hours ago, TheCamba said:

MakeMKV?

doesn't help with protected media AFAIK - besides that - i think the OP just wants to watch the movie, not copy it

 

the player my brother uses is called leawo blu-ray player and so far it worked with every disc we threw at it - even those discs where VLC failed

 

 

[treeroy]

17 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

this is what i see:

 

1. VLC can't handle the protection on this particular disc

2. PowerDVD needs a patch/update before it can handle the protection on this particular disc

3. you need to have the paid version of PowerDVD to get patches/updates (that is what? 50 bucks a year?)

4. several hours of time wasted already to get a fucking BD movie playing just because some paranoid asshats decided that fancy copy protection is a good thing and sure helps them to secure a lot of income. 

 

and the next minute they wonder why so many people pirate .... and decide to invent an even more fucked up copy protection as a reaction that makes all of this even worse

 

this makes me so angry it isn't even funny ... 

 

anyways ... i know there is a piece of software that lets you play those difficult BD movies ... i just don't remember the name right now ... i'll ask my brother tomorrow - he's the one who found it and uses it the most

I have the paid version of PowerDVD. I don't know why the patch updater told me I couldn't as I had a trial version. I paid like £50 for it and it's not an annual renewal, I'm sure when I bought it that its a full licence. It's ridiculous. I ended up watching Planet of the Apes on some shitty pirate site, even though I've paid for the blu ray, paid for the blu ray player and paid for the software licence. It's flipping frustrating.

[KenjiUmino]

18 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

and the next minute they wonder why so many people pirate ....

 

14 minutes ago, treeroy said:

I ended up watching Planet of the Apes on some shitty pirate site, even though I've paid for the blu ray, paid for the blu ray player and paid for the software licence. It's flipping frustrating.

THIS is exactly what i was talking about ... stupid corporate morons.

 

but instead of fixing this and making it easier for their cusomers to enjoy the content they paid for on whatever device they want to ... they make it even more complicated and restricted so people turn to pirated content even faster ...