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This will be very interesting to see if the developing teem comes up with anything concerning reclock or at least their own version of it.
From all the reading I have been doing it is not easy to make a Blu-player that works in Windows. I have been told it's an after thought, that if a given Windows operating system was designed with a Blu-ray player in mind, no one would be having problems. I have my doubts about that though.
Apparently one of the problems to over come is the video/audio sync conflict. I have read that a computer has two separate clocks, one for each and this makes it very difficult to design a working player around this, even if the clocks are out by one millisecond, it will cause problems. A stand alone player has one clock where both the audio and video run off of.
Myself, I did finally convince Digital River to return my money as I simply could not get the jerky playback to stop. Shutting background tasks off helped a little each time, but the problem was never cured.
Even with reclock I could not get the DTS sound to work and that was quite possibly because reclock did not support it.
I can get TMT5 to work really well, I watched two movies last night with out a single problem. This is very confusing, why is it that Power DVD works for others, but not all ? The same can be said for TMT5, many have huge stuttering problems with TMT5 while Power DVD works great.
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Here's the link to Cyberlink's cleaner tools, second post.
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/21448.page
and CCleaner, which may also be necessary. (registry cleaner, run it as many times until it finds nothing)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
It has also been reported that you do not need to have a previous Cyberlink product on the hard drive for an upgrade to work, at least when it comes to Power DVD12.
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That's interesting, on mine it did three. I will reinstall it and found out.
And your welcome.
I spend most of my time over at the HP forums, some topics can go on for pages trying to figure out other peoples computer problems, this is sort of a change for me. 
The trial installed 3, perhaps the full version install 4, assuming that is what you have.
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If everything is working properly, I would leave things alone. Most of them are small only taking up around 300 KB on the drive, some of the 64 bit ones are bigger at 11 to 14 MB, but still not that big.
If you must get rid of them, uninstall them all along with DVD12. Run your registry cleaner again as many times as necessary to clean up the mess. When you reinstall DVD12, the necessary ones will automatically be installed along with DVD12.
If you going to go ahead with this, as a precaution, create a manual Windows restore point before you begin.
The strange thing about them is that they are elusive to find on the Microsoft site. I tried putting the info into Microsoft's search box and while a whole whack of them came up, the one I wanted didn't.
It would almost seem that Microsoft develops custom ones for specific vender's, that would explain why they are not readily available.
It would be great if a software developer would come along and explain the whole thing, what I know about them is what I have learned through obsessive experimentation.
Here is a simple explanation of what they are, sort of...
http://ask-leo.com/do_i_need_these_microsoft_visual_c_redistributables.html
It would explain why Power DVD9, 10, 11 etc. doesn't always work the way they should. The explanation points out that not all of Cyberlinks DVD programs are written entirely by Cyberlink.
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That sucks, you can buy a Blu-ray drive for a laptop. They come with out the face plate and yours can be removed and snapped in place on the new drive. They are pretty much all a standard size, there are some that are very thin, but those are only on the very new machines.
Here is what you should be seeing.
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So far all of Cyberlinks Power DVD versions use these distributable packages, they allow their software to interact and run with in the Windows environment. When an old application is uninstalled, they remain of the hard drive.
In some case the old ones can conflict when a new piece of software is installed. In my case ones left behind from DVD10 would interfere with DVD11.
It also appears that the more applications that a piece of software has, the more of these things the program needs and that holds true to Power DVD12 with all of it's bells and whistles.
TMT5 does not require any distributable packages as does Cyberlinks Media Smart DVD ( a watered down version of a Power DVD product for HP computers)
It is interesting to know that the old ones left on your drive do not appear to be interfering with the proper functioning of DVD12 or Virtual Clone drive.
Thanks for your response !
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Have the ver. 12.0.1312.54 installed as a trial. The settings are believed to be appropriate but the blu ray disc inserted into the computer disc drive [Hitachi HTS545032B9A300] ejects the disc. The computer manufacturer indicates that the drive will play Blu Ray discs. I write to inquire if there is a software app that would test the drive for Blu Ray compatibility. Seeking guidance on how to troubleshoot this issue
I am confused, that Hitachi number you gave is for a hard drive, not for a DVD/Blu-ray Drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145256
What ever your drive is there will be two lenses seen when the drawer is open, one will have a blue tint to the lens and that one is for Blu-ray. There will also be a Blu-ray logo on the drawer face as well, 99.9% of the time.
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I was going to suggest that next.
How many Microsoft Redistributable packages do you have in Programs and Features after the clean up. I would be really curios to know ? Cyber DVD12 installs 3, so there will be at least that.
Thanks
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Hey,
but now 12 will not play when mounted. Anyone experienced the same issue?
After you mount your ISO there should also be an option at the top of that list to use DVD12 to play it, is that listed ?
If it is, clicking on it should work.
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@ flogger
Interesting little piece of software, but it's not free. Power ISO.
@ msv6001
If you want to watch your ISO files of your movie with Power DVD12 or any computer player you need to mount them on a virtual drive first. Ounce installed it will show up in "Computer" as another drive with a new letter assigned to it by Windows. Right click on the drive and there will be an option there to "Mount", browse for your ISO movie file.
Ounce mounted Power DVD12 will play it automatically play it if it's set up that way. Here's the link and it's free.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html
It's at the bottom of the list "Virtual Clone Drive"
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I don't think there is a way to disable it unless you have your graphics card set to refresh at what the movie is before you mount it.
It doesn't work properly either, 99% of Blu-ray's have a frame rate of 23.976, and Power DVD12 wants to change it to 24 Hz. or 24 fps. When you allow it to do this the video becomes jerky and stutters.
Also note that setting your video card at 23.976 helps with the jerky playback, but does not help, at least with my problem anyway.
If your 9.5 version works, then don't waste your money on DVD12.
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With me, if I double click on the ISO file itself it automatically is mounted. If I have Power DVD set to play Blu-ray's automatically in the "Control panel" Power DVD will simply play the ISO ounce it's automatically mounted.
Also, if Power DVD10 is working for you, don't upgrade. Power DVD12 is the same product as far as I can tell when it comes to the actual playability of Blu-ray's. With DVD12 all they did is tack on more redundant features.
Here is the link the Virtual Clobe Drive if you're not already using it.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
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They obviously changed it then  , but there was a time when you needed the Ultra version.
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You need the Ultra Version and the most expensive one it is.
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Ah Ha Ha Ha 
I don't think they know their own product, I would be really curious and surprised if it could play the ISO files directly. I suspect you are dealing with some guy in India who is reading from a script who has been told that it can play anything including ISO files.
We'll see.... 
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You need a virtual drive like Virtual Clone Drive or Daemon Tools Drive. I find that VCD is more user friendly then Daemon Tools.
To answer your question, no, Power DVD12 will not play ISO files directly.
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Not that I am standing up for Cyberlink, but it may be the movie. It is heavily copy protected and DVD12 may not be up to the task. I made some ISO files of it and they were unplayable.
Try installing a trial of TMT and see if that will save your evening. Here is the latest version, make sure and have the software disable Windows Aero.
http://www.arcsoft.com/downloads/tbyb/totalmediatheatre5_retail_tbyb_all.exe
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Here's the link to Power DVD10.
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp54501-55000/sp54746.exe
If it won't install, get your computer guy to use 7-Zip or what ever he wants to unpack the install folder. Ounce the file is unpacked click on the folder (sp54746) and look for the SetUp Application file of 310 KB to begin the installation. (10th one from the bottom)
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Power DVD12 is their latest and greatest, it is supposed to play everything, install their trial and find out, that's the only way to be sure and that is why they have a trial.
I am just little confused about your post, I know you have DVD8, but it sounds like you have a paid for Power DVD10, is this true ?
If you have an HP computer Power DVD10 is free for HP owners, I can give you the link.
I have an old copy of Power8 and 10, I also get the same update messages. I just close the box by clicking on the "X" in the upper right hand corner and I then can play my movie. Have you tried that ?
Turn your WiFi off before playing a movie and close the update message by clicking on the "X" as described above.
I believe that Cybelink puts these messages out there to get you to buy their newer versions, but I have no proof of this.
I will reinstall Power8 on one of my machines, try one of your movies and see if it will play.
I'll report back later. 
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Or even better, just to simply be able to enter a purchased product key to unlock the trial. ArcSoft is now doing this and Win DVD has always been that way as far as I know.
I am going to check out DVD12 this weekend and see how it goes regardless.
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I think he means the white triangle pointed out with my green arrow.
I couldn't figure out how to attach a screen shot, but if you open the attachment, it's there.
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