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Old July 6, 2010, 06:19 AM
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Hello,

I must be really dumb because it seems I can't play a blu-ray movie properly. The movie itself is always in B&W, the menus appear in color, the PG13 thingy is in color, but as soon as we get to the 20th Century Fox, its back in the post WWII era.

The system is a Core i3 530 along with an H57 mobo, no dedicated GPU. The softare used to view it is Cyberlink PowerDVD8 (with the latest update), it was bundled with the blu-ray reader which is a Samsung SH-B083L.

Got the latest graphics drivers from Intel, but now I don't know where to look at anymore.

Edit: Don't know if it can help, but I am running it through an HDMI cable (I tried DVI too) to my Dell U2410 monitor.
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Old July 6, 2010, 06:44 AM
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Everything HDCP compatible?
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Everything HDCP compatible?
As far as I'm concerned it is, but then again, I haven't done research for everything. I tried to figure out if the i3 530 and the mobo were. The mobo is, I assume the i3 530 is also.

I just researched and my monitor is however it says it like this "Digital Visual Interface - Digital (DVI-D) with HDCP", would this mean is only HDCP compatible over DVI (which either way I have tried).
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Cyberlink has a test utility on their website to see if everything is up to snuff.
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Could be a bad HDMI cable that doesn't pass HDCP well? I don't know really...

Could try Slysoft's programs to remove that nasty DRM stuff. Although it's semi-illegal I suppose, but at least you could determine if it's HDCP or not.
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Cyberlink has a test utility on their website to see if everything is up to snuff.
Yes I ran that and it did tell me there was a problem with my graphics, but I got the latest drivers.
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Old July 6, 2010, 02:30 PM
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You could resolve all software issues if you were to rip the movie as an MKV....

It was reasons like this that I gave up on PowerDVD and TMT. I've had nothing but problems w/ their software.
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Alright, I have fixed the black and white issue by changing the power plan of the IGP from balance to maximum performance. However, now I have a nice blu-ray playing at horrible frame rates.
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try vlc? i thought the new igp's were able to play hd, maybe 720p?
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VLC won't read blu-ray without copying it to the HDD.
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I'm using a i3 530 with a Gigabyte H55N and Power Dvd 10. I don't have a problem with Blu Ray disks or rips.
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I'm using a i3 530 with a Gigabyte H55N and Power Dvd 10. I don't have a problem with Blu Ray disks or rips.
Did you modify anything from the stock settings of your CPU/mobo/software ?
Its highly possible I am forgetting something, perhaps u can help me figure it out.
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I never really had to modified anything.
I'm connected to a receiver and it pretty much worked right out of the box but I'm adding a 5770 soon.
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A little update. After the changes I made to the performance I did not do anything but afterwards when I tried playing blu-ray again, it was working. Almost perfectly... The only problems were the previews that looked like fireworks. The movie itself was smooth and in color this time... There even was sound... So I guess I will leave things the way they are now, unless someone comes up with a solution for me.
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