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10-13-2008, 11:40 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 340
|  Blue Ray Player won't play Blue Ray movies
Okay I just received my laptop with it's Blue Ray player. the player is an Optiarc BD Rom BC-5500S. I purchased the movie "The Happening" and it does not play. All it displays is a black screen. No audio or video. I read up on it and it looks like it requires some firmware update to work with HDCP encryption or something. I've tried everything I can to find this update, but I can't find it anywhere. I'm getting pretty frustrated about this. It looks like I received a player that doesn't even play movies but only self filed movies. Any ideas? Going nuts... | 
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10-13-2008, 11:53 PM
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I can't brain today Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 311
| Re: Blue Ray Player won't play Blue Ray movies
From what I've read looks like you will just need to wait for a firmware update on this website Blu-ray - Sony NEC Optiarc Europe
None available yet, which sucks for you
EDIT: It looks like they have the P-ATA fireware version there, but not the S-ATA version
Might have to wait a little longer depending on what version you need
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Last edited by [t..o..m]; 10-13-2008 at 11:57 PM.
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10-14-2008, 12:19 AM
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Yep this is pretty much what I figured out too. Same information. Hopefully it's released soon...
Any chance there's a software blue ray player that has the update built in to it? A type of media player?
Last edited by Mak213; 10-14-2008 at 09:18 PM.
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10-14-2008, 09:19 PM
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You can try some codecs. I know that Klite and some others have added support for the H264 format. I think that is the HD one. But you would have to try things like VLC.
IF anything they would be included on the BD.
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10-14-2008, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mak213  You can try some codecs. I know that Klite and some others have added support for the H264 format. I think that is the HD one. But you would have to try things like VLC.
IF anything they would be included on the BD. | Just tried Klite, but it looks like it doesn't support Blue Ray at all. | |
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10-15-2008, 10:03 AM
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__________________ R.I.P. Danny L. Trotter
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10-23-2008, 04:46 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 340
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Man still no driver update and no software works. What's the point of paying an extra $100+ for a blue ray player when it doesn't even work. Ridiculous.
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10-24-2008, 08:16 AM
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Right here on the page it has the firmware for laptop drives: Blu-ray - Sony NEC Optiarc Europe
The sata driver thats missing is for 5.25" drives.
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10-24-2008, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ricanflow | Wahoo "Released: 21.10.2008"! Trying it now!
EDIT: Guess not...
"Important: Our Firmware Updates are not compatible with those provided by OEM vendors (e.g. HP, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens etc.). You may damage your drive if you flash it with incompatible firmware."
Mine says current version 1.83 and it fails the flash because the flast is 1.04
Last edited by smashedpumpkins; 10-24-2008 at 01:53 PM.
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10-24-2008, 05:12 PM
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