Blu-ray playback

[balky]

Hi,

Is anyone able to tell if it is possible to watch blu-ray using DVBV.

the discussions I found on blu-ray were only in German.

Thanks.

[Tjod]

No the DVBViewer is not able to play Blu-ray. Because of the encryption it will although not add in the near future.

Some m2ts are Possible to play via DVBViewer:

DVBSource: H.264, AC3

if you disable DVBSource (Options > DirectX > Use DVBSource for Mpeg Files) and have Haali Media Splitter installed it is possible to play m2ts contained H.264, VC-1, LPCM, AC3, DTS.

 

There is although a tool DVBViewer Switch witch allows to start PowerDVD/WinDVD from the OSD Menu and go back if you ends watching Blu-ray.

http://www.DVBViewer.info/forum/index.php?showtopic=25516

[balky]

Thanks Tjod,

I am really interested in trying the switch, is there a way I can translate the thread in the link you gave me to english, the thread is in German.

Thanks once more.

[Tjod]

In the DVBViewer_Switch_1.7.2.1.zip is a DVBViewer Switch.pdf in this are the English instructions (page 8-14).

[balky]

Excellent...

Thank you!

[balky]

Tjod,

I have finally downloaded and configured the DVBV switch app...

The current issue is that when I insert a blu-ray disk, go on the OSD menu and select play blu-ray, the TV program continues and powerdvd tries to start up at the same time, and after a while the two programs run in parallel...

The remote control continues to work with DVBV only, and I have to manually stop powerdvd.

I am running on Win XP Pro SP2, and using powerdvd8.

DVBV and PowerDVD both work very well as separate entities, but the switch seems not to be working as expected.

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

[Tjod]

I have no idea because i did not use DVBViewer Switch (i have no blu-ray drive and no PowerDVD7/8).

[Portisch]

Tjod,

I have finally downloaded and configured the DVBV switch app...

The current issue is that when I insert a blu-ray disk, go on the OSD menu and select play blu-ray, the TV program continues and powerdvd tries to start up at the same time, and after a while the two programs run in parallel...

The remote control continues to work with DVBV only, and I have to manually stop powerdvd.

I am running on Win XP Pro SP2, and using powerdvd8.

DVBV and PowerDVD both work very well as separate entities, but the switch seems not to be working as expected.

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

 

The DVBV App will not be closed by DVBViewer Switch. The Switch only stops the AV-Playback of DVBV.

Then PowerDVD will be executed like C:\program files\cyberlink\powerdvd\powerdvd.exe DVD-Drive

The DVD-Driver has to be defined in the DVBViewer_Switch.ini file. Then PowerDVD will start playback of the DVD-Disk.

 

If you use a keyboard to control DVBV it is possible to use the Keyboard Hook option to stop the keyboard commands sent to DVBV and send them to PowerDVD. Keyboard hook is only working with the source keyboard!

 

Take a look into the configuration folder of DVBV and search for the default.remote file. The commands have to look like this:

	<Command Name="Stop" Value="114" ID="93" System="-1">
  <Event Source="Keyboard">SHIFT M</Event>
</Command>

 

Also start the DVBViewer_Switch with the parameter "-DEBUG". Then you can see infos about the Switch handling in the osderror.log file.

 

Look like:

15.08.08 12:42:57 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer Switch is trying to connect to DVBViewer...
15.08.08 12:42:57 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer Switch Version 1.7.2.1 is now connected to DVBViewer
15.08.08 12:42:57 DVBViewer Switch Info: Last active channel was ProSieben
15.08.08 12:42:58 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer stopped Playback Event
15.08.08 12:42:58 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer stopped Playback
15.08.08 12:42:58 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer Fullscreen OnTop is aktive
15.08.08 12:42:58 DVBViewer Switch Info: PowerStrip Parameter /T:1280,440,40,220,720,5,5,20,71208,528 was executed
15.08.08 12:42:58 DVBViewer Switch Info: Try to start POWERDVD 7.3 now...
15.08.08 12:43:00 DVBViewer Switch Info: POWERDVD is started.
15.08.08 12:43:00 DVBViewer Switch Info: Winhook.dll is loaded.
15.08.08 12:44:34 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Next Received
15.08.08 12:44:34 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:45 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:45 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:46 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:46 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:47 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Right Received
15.08.08 12:44:47 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:49 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:49 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:50 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:50 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:51 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:51 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:52 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Down Received
15.08.08 12:44:52 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:53 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Up Received
15.08.08 12:44:53 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:55 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD Up Received
15.08.08 12:44:55 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:44:59 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD OK Received
15.08.08 12:44:59 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:47:22 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Next Received
15.08.08 12:47:22 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:47:24 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Next Received
15.08.08 12:47:24 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:48:22 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: OSD OK Received
15.08.08 12:48:22 DVBViewer Switch Info Hook Handling: Sent Hotkey 1 to the DVDPlayer
15.08.08 12:50:23 DVBViewer Switch Info: POWERDVD got terminated. Closing DVBViewer Switch now!
15.08.08 12:50:23 DVBViewer Switch Info: PowerStrip with Parameter /T:1280,440,40,220,720,5,5,20,74250,528 was executed
15.08.08 12:50:26 DVBViewer Switch Info: Rezapp to channel ProSieben
15.08.08 12:50:27 DVBViewer Switch Info: Set back Fullscreen OnTop
15.08.08 12:50:27 DVBViewer Switch Info: DVBViewer Switch is now disconnected from DVBViewer

[balky]

Thanks,

I have followed the install guide to the last letter, and the issue remains exactly the same, whenever I insert a blu-ray disk, the switch comes on, but DVBViewer doesn't stop, so powerdvd and DVBViewer become active at the same time.

The only thing I haven't done yet is to start the switch with the DEBUG parameter...

How do you do that?

 

Thanks.

[Portisch]

Thanks,

I have followed the install guide to the last letter, and the issue remains exactly the same, whenever I insert a blu-ray disk, the switch comes on, but DVBViewer doesn't stop, so powerdvd and DVBViewer become active at the same time.

The only thing I haven't done yet is to start the switch with the DEBUG parameter...

How do you do that?

 

Thanks.

 

1. Be sure auto playback is disabled in PowerDVD options! Otherwise PowerDVD will startup when a Video-disk got insered. Then DVBV & PowerDVD will run at same time. This have nothing to do with the Switch.

 

2. Disk insered, DVBV running, then for testing you can use Windows Start->Run.. then enter:

C:\Folder to the Plugin\DVBViewer_Switch.exe -debug

 

Like: C:\Program Files\DVBViewer\Plugins\DVBViewer_Switch.exe -debug

 

Then the Infos will be written to the osderror.log in the DVBV config folder.

 

More infos about the debug Option can be found in the PDF-Description of the Plugin.

[Simonlee]

Hello I have a completely separate playback issue but cannot find any related topic nor anywhere in the manual. It may be just a simple question. I recorded an one hour program as 4 .ts files, cutting out all commercials in between and then added them up into a playlist. Playback the playlist was all ok EXCEPT the subtitle reset to none everytime the next .ts file was played and had to manually changed subtitle back to teletext 801 to view subtitle. Is there any way to default subtitle settings when making playlist? Please advise. Thanks.