Blu-Ray plackback problems with tv-out and/or spdif

Shadow_Zero

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2008 08:18 Messages: 3 Offline

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Oct 30, 2008 10:43

This week I purchased the LG-GGC-H20L (with PowerDVD 7) and have been fiddling a bit with it to get it to work properly.

First of all, my specs:
- LG-GGC-H20L
- Kingston 2GB DDR2 (2x1GB) PC6400 800Mhz CL5 Dual Channel Kit
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (AM2, 2x2.6GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400MHz
Bus, 65W, Boxed)
- Sapphire Radeon HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 (PCI-e, 2xDV, HDMI,
Passive) 11116-00-20R
- Seagate 500GB SATA-300, 32MB, Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS
7200rpm
- Asrock AliveNF5-eSATA2+ R3,0 , nForce 520 (ATX, PCI-e, Sound,
LAN, SATA II, RAID)
- Windows XP SP3
- SoundBlaster Live Audigy

My wish is to watch Blu-Ray discs via the tv-out of my videocard (HD component video) to my Philips 32PW9551 HD CRT TV and using the SPDIF out of my SoundBlaster Audigy for audio to my receiver.

I read the following in the faq:

Blu-ray Disc specification only allows video output to one display device at a time.

so that made me realize I can't watch in clone mode. But also with my TV as the primary (and only) display I'm having problems.
I can start the blu-ray disc, but with PowerDVD set to SPDIF, the audio and video aren't smooth at all and sometimes my PC even crashes. Setting the audio to standard 2CH seems to work ok, but then I keep getting the following error:

Cannot intitalize secure display session -(error code=0122) You may try the following resolution to solve the problem.

1) Imcomplete graphics driver. Please make sure your graphics driver meets minimum criteria

2) Do not use dual-monitor to playback this movie (Clone mode)

Use Cyberlink BD/HD advisor

When I use the advisor, all the checks turn out green.

I need to do some more testing, but I think if I set the audio to 2CH and the video to my PC-monitor, it works ok (though I have the idea I still have slowdowns and need to restart then).
All the drivers and software are updated to the latest version (LG firmware, ATI driver, PowerDVD7 etc.)

So first of all:
1. Why does setting the audio to SPDIF cause slowdowns and crashes?

2. Why do I keep getting error code=0122 ?

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Stephen

Newbie Joined: Nov 10, 2008 17:26 Messages: 2 Offline

Nov 11, 2008 13:54

I have the same problem. I purchased the same drive and have a similar configuration. My machine has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, Sound Blaster Audigy, and an ATI 2066 XT PCIe video card. I'm running Vista Ultimate with SP1.

I am able to get Dolby Digital and DTS through SPDIF if I play DVDs through Vista Media Center. However, the same disc via PowerDVD only plays back in 2 channel stereo. No matter how I configure the settings, once the DVD playback starts in PowerDVD it reverts to 2 channel stereo.

I've sent a support request but still have not received any reply. Any ideas?

-Stephen

Anthem

Newbie Joined: Nov 09, 2008 16:44 Messages: 6 Offline

Nov 11, 2008 19:13

I believe the bundled version of PowerDVD that comes with the LG GGC-H20L supports 2CH audio only.

When I start PowerDVD and select Activate I see the following:

Thank you for using PowerDVD. You are currently running PowerDVD BD+HD 2CH version.
with internal pack(s): MPEG4 AVC Pack, Mobility Pack

Anyone confirm?

Stephen

Newbie Joined: Nov 10, 2008 17:26 Messages: 2 Offline

Nov 11, 2008 19:36

There is an update for the LG version. Mine says I have the "6CH" version.

-Stephen

CyberVisions

Newbie Location: Baltimore Joined: Oct 06, 2008 19:07 Messages: 3 Offline

Nov 12, 2008 23:05

Quote: This week I purchased th LG-GGC-H20L (with PowerDVD 7) and have been fiddling a bit with it to get it to work properly.

First of all, my specs:
- LG-GGC-H20L
- Kingston 2GB DDR2 (2x1GB) PC6400 800Mhz CL5 Dual Channel Kit
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (AM2, 2x2.6GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 400MHz
Bus, 65W, Boxed)
- Sapphire Radeon HD2400 XT 256MB DDR3 (PCI-e, 2xDV, HDMI,
Passief) 11116-00-20R
- Seagate 500GB SATA-300, 32MB, Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS
7200rpm
- Asrock AliveNF5-eSATA2+ R3,0 , nForce 520 (ATX, PCI-e, Sound,
LAN, SATA II, RAID)
- Windows XP SP3
- SoundBlaster Live Audigy

My wish is to watch Blu-Ray discs via the tv-out of my videocard (HD component video) to my Philips 32PW9551 HD CRT TV and using the SPDIF out of my SoundBlaster Audigy for audio to my receiver.

I read the following in the faq:

Blu-ray Disc specification only allows video output to one display device at a time.

so that made me realize I can't watch in clone mode. But also with my TV as the primary (and only) display I'm having problems.
I can start the blu-ray disc, but with PowerDVD set to SPDIF, the audio and video aren't smooth at all and sometimes my PC even crashes. Setting the audio to standard 2CH seems to work ok, but then I keep getting the following error:

Cannot intitalize secure display session -(error code=0122) You may try the following resolution to solve the problem.

1) Imcomplete graphics driver. Please make sure your graphics driver meets minimum criteria

2) Do not use dual-monitor to playback this movie (Clone mode)

Use Cyberlink BD/HD advisor

When I use the advisor, all the checks turn out green.

I need to do some more testing, but I think if I set the audio to 2CH and the video to my PC-monitor, it works ok (though I have the idea I still have slowdowns and need to restart then).
All the drivers and software are updated to the latest version (LG firmware, ATI driver, PowerDVD7 etc.)

So first of all:
1. Why does setting the audio to SPDIF cause slowdowns and crashes?

2. Why do I keep getting error code=0122 ?

If you're still getting a cloned display error, then you're still in dual (cloned) or multi-display mode. The error is HDCP generated, but it will also display if you're using an old HDMI or DVI cable.

Your other problem has nothing to do with SPDIF - you barely have enough processing capability & RAM to move the BD video signal, much less any audio. You need at least 2gb of RAM for either XP or Vista, and you shouldn't have any other programs running and as few background processes running as possible - turn off any utilities (A/V programs, Spycatcher, Malware programs, etc), applications or anything else that's eating RAM.

You can use a program called Memory Boost to reclaim used RAM that isn't automatically reclaimed by the system. It'll also help you narrow down RAM hogs on your system. MB is sold by Tenebril, and it's available as a 15 day trial.

Still, if you want to do BD's - get out of XP. Primarily of the Ancient School
HP Pavilion HDX 9301TX Dragon
Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8ghz, 4GB DDR2 RAM
512MB 8800M GTS | 20.1" 1080p WS | 2 320GB SATA HD’s
Blu-Ray BD-ROM | Vista Ultimate 64 | Adobe Master Collection
Sony G.A.P | N.A.P.P.[

Gary

Newbie Joined: Nov 07, 2008 06:27 Messages: 7 Offline

Nov 13, 2008 01:07

Quote: You need at least 2gb of RAM for either XP or Vista, and you shouldn't have any other programs running and as few background processes running as possible - turn off any utilities (A/V programs, Spycatcher, Malware programs, etc), applications or anything else that's eating RAM.

ROTFLMAO!

You're seriously suggesting that this person use either XP or Vista, and be connected to the internet (a compulsory requirement of PowereDVD so that it can impose its faulty patches onto your system and then fail to load your disks' media) but to do this without the protection of AV and other malware programs?

And are you also offering to come around and fix their crapped out systems when the inevitable happens?

You should write comedy. Your technological advice sure sucks.

Shadow_Zero

Newbie Joined: Oct 30, 2008 08:18 Messages: 3 Offline

Nov 13, 2008 03:39

@CyberVisions:
The specs you're speculating don't match with what Cyberlink advises: http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/products/main_1_en_US.html (see requirements). If it WAS really the issue, I would've expected that Cyberlink support already told me so, but they're looking in a different direction.

If I just use my PC monitor with VGA connection it works fine. It's really in tv-out mode. With PowerDVD 8 I don't seem to get the error 0122 anymore, but it's still very unstable when I use tv-out or spdif. Especially starting up seems to be hard, once it's running it often goes pretty well.

@Stephen:
I installed PowerDVD 8 and there I got 5.1 sound. I needed to switch the PowerDVD setting from 'primary audio device' to AC3 or DTS. Not sure now if I did that with PowerDVD 7, will do some more testing on that department. But perhaps Anthem is right and the bundled version doesn't go beyond 2ch audio...
Stephen, what update are you referring to? http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/patches_112_en_US.html ? (well, what else I guess XD )