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Is there any free software to play my HD DVDs?

EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
edited April 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Can't seem to find anything. :?:

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I would have assumed any HD-DVD drive must come with basic playback software, right? Maybe not...

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    I would have assumed any HD-DVD drive must come with basic playback software, right? Maybe not...

    I hooked an xbox360 drive.. I have it running with trial software but it has no sound.

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  • tachyontachyon Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Unfortunately, I think your out of luck. Looks like many others have tried, and even the $$ software doesn't always work:

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1211868

    You may have to resort to other 'methods' and play via VLC/media player of choice.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    tachyon wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I think your out of luck. Looks like many others have tried, and even the $$ software doesn't always work:

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1211868

    You may have to resort to other 'methods' and play via VLC/media player of choice.

    Do those methods invole me poping the disc in or me having to rip the damn disc?

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  • tachyontachyon Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    tachyon wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I think your out of luck. Looks like many others have tried, and even the $$ software doesn't always work:

    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1211868

    You may have to resort to other 'methods' and play via VLC/media player of choice.

    Do those methods invole me poping the disc in or me having to rip the damn disc?

    Unfortunately, the latter. :whistle:

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I tried this sort of thing a while ago. Most software fucks up the playback somehow.

    I then tried to rip and encode the few HDDVD movies I own so I could at least watch the damn things. This turned into such an ordeal I ended up saying 'fuck it' and bought them on bluray.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Dr_Keenbean wrote: »
    I tried this sort of thing a while ago. Most software fucks up the playback somehow.

    I then tried to rip and encode the few HDDVD movies I own so I could at least watch the damn things. This turned into such an ordeal I ended up saying 'fuck it' and bought them on bluray.

    FUCK

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I would suggest emailing HD Nation. Their one host Robert Heron has shown playing back HD-DVDs on a PC.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Dark Shroud wrote: »
    I would suggest emailing HD Nation. Their one host Robert Heron has shown playing back HD-DVDs on a PC.

    I love that show...

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    MakeMKV works for Bluray I am pretty sure it also works for HD DVD.

    It streams to such things as VLC

    So you would open makemvk turn on streaming then open VLC and point it towards that

    Oh and it has a mac port - so BLU RAY ON MAC

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    useless4 wrote: »
    MakeMKV works for Bluray I am pretty sure it also works for HD DVD.

    It streams to such things as VLC

    So you would open makemvk turn on streaming then open VLC and point it towards that

    Oh and it has a mac port - so BLU RAY ON MAC
    Failed to decode audio/video data for title #4 - invalid mux or internal error, title skipped.
    VC-1 video stream without TFCNTR information is not supported, sorry. Few HD-DVDs use it anyway.
    Failed to decode audio/video data for title #5 - invalid mux or internal error, title skipped.
    VC-1 video stream without TFCNTR information is not supported, sorry. Few HD-DVDs use it anyway.
    Failed to decode audio/video data for title #6 - invalid mux or internal error, title skipped.
    Failed to open disc

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    You might just have to buy an Xbox 360 to play your HD-DVDs. :(

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    Dashui wrote: »
    You might just have to buy an Xbox 360 to play your HD-DVDs. :(

    I can get them to play with PowerDVD but no way helll am I paying 60 bucks to play a dead format.. It would be fucking cheaper to pick up a used banned xbox or something.

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  • GothicLargoGothicLargo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    EliteLamer wrote: »
    no way helll am I paying 60 bucks to play a dead format

    Interestingly enough I have a friend who spends more money then I could justify spending on laser discs. His collection is actually pretty impressive (Tron, Hook, basically all the big films that you could get on LD).

    But yeah HDDVD is dead; see if the manufacturers have a trade in program for rebates on blu ray copies.

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  • EliteLamerEliteLamer __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2010
    I bought the player to play all of those 99 cent movies and I only have one movie.

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