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PC Blu-ray help still needed [VGA not acceptable?]
12 years ago
I recently bought an external samsun 3d blu-ray writer, this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli....._gw_p_t_1_20HG
It burns data disks well but I cannot watch blu-rays with it because my PC only has onboard graphics with just a VGA output.
Apparently you need a DVI or HDMI connection to even watch blu-rays because of some complete and utter BS anti piracy crap. Apparently not being able to watch it at the best possible quality means you can't watch it at all?
Has anyone here run into this same issue and found a way to trick it into thinking you have the right connection?
Eventually I will get a graphics card for my PC that does have a HDMI port but for now I just wanna be able to watch my blurays even if they won't be at the quality they could be.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Sli....._gw_p_t_1_20HG
It burns data disks well but I cannot watch blu-rays with it because my PC only has onboard graphics with just a VGA output.
Apparently you need a DVI or HDMI connection to even watch blu-rays because of some complete and utter BS anti piracy crap. Apparently not being able to watch it at the best possible quality means you can't watch it at all?
Has anyone here run into this same issue and found a way to trick it into thinking you have the right connection?
Eventually I will get a graphics card for my PC that does have a HDMI port but for now I just wanna be able to watch my blurays even if they won't be at the quality they could be.
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/.....lurayissue.jpg
The above image is what I get with Cyberlink Power DVD 10, the media player that came with the drive and so should have no trouble playing blurays.
VLC is no better and it's error message is much less helpful.
On the bright side when trying to work out how to even play a bluray in the program I found a forum post about it which mentioned AnyDVD HD, a program able to decrypt a bluray as it's being used allowing you to watch blurays in other programes.
I downloaded the trial from http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html and tested it and I was able to watch Avengers assemble in both ZPM and PowerDVD 10 so I do have a workaround now to watch my legally owned blurays despite not having the hardware output to pass the antipiracy crap they have XD
Well.... I have that for 21 days at least, then back to square one as the software costs FAR more than a graphics card with a HDMI output XD