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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.
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I have an LG GGC-H20L, SAPPHIRE 100225L Radeon HD 3870 512MB 256-bit GDDR4 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready video card, and Sanyo 42" Diagonal Integrated Digital Wide Screen LCD FULL HDTV (1080p). All are HDCP compliant.
When I try to use PowerDVD to watch a BluRay movie it plays for approx 5 seconds and then says my system is not HDCP compliant. Regular DVDs play correctly.
Any suggestions?
This is a very common problem, and one that I respond to on several forums several times a week.
Your problem is that you're trying to playback a BD using your system in either dual(cloned) or multi-display mode. HDCP will not allow you to use 2 displays while playing a BD, which is why you're getting the HDCP compliance notice, the reason regular DVD's work fine, and the reason you've been beating your head against a wall trying to figure out why the stupid thing won't work right.
In order to use it with a notebook and external display, you need to use your external as the PC's Primary Display - then run PowerDVD with a BD. You shouldn't have any problems. The only other issues have been PowerDVD updates - if you don't have the latest update, you might have problems playing back some of the newer DVD's. Forget any "You need a firmware update" messages. One, you won't find one that you can use, and two, they've already solved the problem via a software update anyway.
Ack Ack...
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Guys,
You're doing way too much for a simple problem - With BD's never assume it's a driver problem because it usually isn't.
Narrow it down some:
First - If you're using a notebook or desktop that has a remote control for your BD player (e.g., my HDX notebook has a docked remote) then you have to adjust your sound from the remote - it's assumed if you have a remote that you're using it to control playback, not a mouse. Stupid? You bet.
Second - If you're outputting to an external monitor, you have to redirect the audio from your PC to the monitor, as default speaker setup is normally set for PC or Headphones. Open your Sound tab, find the current default setting, then click on HDMI or SPDIF, whichever you have, then click on Default. Restart and you should have audio. Yes, SPDIF out works if you have HDMI-HDMI connected.
Third - if you're using DVI-HDMI, DVI doesn't carry audio - you need HDMI-HDMI or a separate audio cable to go to an external monitor.
Lastly - If you're using an external monitor, don't forget that it has it's own HDMI settings as well. If the HDMI channel you're going into isn't setup to receive audio, you won't get anything. This of course depends on the specific HDTV you have. You can normally access HDMI settings from the remote.
If none of these help, put down your specific setups and BD players so there's more info to draw from.
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