Try - updating the driver for the blu ray drive from the manufacturer website, or downloading some freeware piece of crap bluray player programme, will probably do the job fine.
Damn computers eh?
:-)
mooghead
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Wilki Amieva
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[b]pittrek wrote: [/b] 1920x1080 = HD RESOLUTION. The term "high definition" only says how many pixels must the screen be capable to show, it says nothing about the way how the screen is connected to the source of the signal [/QUOTE]
As a matter of fact, (Full) HD is defined by a higher resolution standard (1920x1080 pixels) AND an all-digital interface. RTFM!
[b]pittrek wrote: [/b] 1920x1080 = HD RESOLUTION. The term "high definition" only says how many pixels must the screen be capable to show, it says nothing about the way how the screen is connected to the source of the signal [/QUOTE]
As a matter of fact, (Full) HD is defined by a higher resolution standard (1920x1080 pixels) AND an all-digital interface. RTFM!
matt z
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[b]Benn wrote: [/b] What on earth did you expect? Did you ever try to play a CD on a turntable? Same result as with your Blu-Ray disc.[/QUOTE]
Man, that's just like the time i had to give up walking around and taking the bus with my 45's and player... it was difficult... but i eventually upgraded to cassette.
[b]Benn wrote: [/b] What on earth did you expect? Did you ever try to play a CD on a turntable? Same result as with your Blu-Ray disc.[/QUOTE]
Man, that's just like the time i had to give up walking around and taking the bus with my 45's and player... it was difficult... but i eventually upgraded to cassette.
tcc
I thought at first that I had to buy a Blu Ray player just to play one disc (i.e. the DOOL). When I researched on the net about Blu Ray players, I then realised that Blu Ray players can also play DVDs. So, it is not that bad to upgrade and buy a Blu Ray player if it also plays DVDs. To avoid over-working the PC, I prefer not to use the PC to do things which can be done on standalone machines because PCs are more expensive to replace.
Togg
Sorry but welcome to the 21st century... if you want to watch Blu rays in that way you have to be prepared to update it every ten mins and have major issues when new disks get released.Blu Ray players are now pretty cheap so I suggest going to buy one and them watching it on a decent TV screen. The way you are doing it is madness. It has nothing to do with Queen Productions
Daniel Nester
Pittrek, I hear you on the anti-clutter front. It just to happens that I have a cheapo DVD player that we use for our player in the living room. I bought it at first for the ethernet connectivity. At the time I was trying to break free from cable TV and their bills, which seemed to double every six months.
There are issues having the BluRay in the living room. I'd much rather have it in my attic room/mancave/office, so I can watch Metropolis in peace, and now this documentary. But it's not the worst situation.
I'm afraid the answer is we're nerds and we have to put up with the clutter. I just sold my freaking laserdisk player over the summer--the only disks that remain are Rare Live, Greatest Hits, and Withnail and I and Spinal Tap. So it was time to say bye-bye to that. I actually wish I had a VHS player and a cassette deck, and am considering getting both, if for not other reason than to digitize old media.
I do have an 8-track deck, though.
Anyway, I think the responses to your OP are from recognizing this sort obsessive grumpiness in ourselves!
There are issues having the BluRay in the living room. I'd much rather have it in my attic room/mancave/office, so I can watch Metropolis in peace, and now this documentary. But it's not the worst situation.
I'm afraid the answer is we're nerds and we have to put up with the clutter. I just sold my freaking laserdisk player over the summer--the only disks that remain are Rare Live, Greatest Hits, and Withnail and I and Spinal Tap. So it was time to say bye-bye to that. I actually wish I had a VHS player and a cassette deck, and am considering getting both, if for not other reason than to digitize old media.
I do have an 8-track deck, though.
Anyway, I think the responses to your OP are from recognizing this sort obsessive grumpiness in ourselves!
Indo77
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[b]brians wig wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]GratefulFan wrote: [/b] [b]
[/b] It's a recent measure to prevent people from ripping (off) HD content...
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Haha!
That's the biggest laugh ever!
First thing I did when I got my copy was extract the files on my PC using free software easily found on the internet, strip the protection and then back them all up on my Queen video hard-drive; Something which, I might add, I'm legally allowed to do here in the UK, so long as it's purely for my own purposes.
I'm more pissed off at the fact that it's NTSC again (well, 60i), which means they've had to create frames to fit the format and therefore added drag and jerking to the picture.
Whilst the sound is a major improvement, compared to the HD broadcast on the BBC, the new bluray is hard to actually watch.
I can't believe that QPL go to all the trouble of making their product "sound" perfect, but then they happily let Universal fuck it all up by converting PAL video material to NTSC.
3/4 of the world use PAL as their DVD format you know, so why do we constantly end up pandering to the fucking Yanks and their lower quality video format??????? [/QUOTE]
Sadly this is now common practice with music DVDs. Screw PAL, make everything NTSC because that format is compatible with 99% of DVD players. It doesn't matter you lose 100 lines of resolution. I doubt the Bluray release will add much to the DVD since the majority of the original footage will have been shot on PAL videotape anyway. The interviews may look nice and the stuff shot on film.
[b]brians wig wrote: [/b] [QUOTE]
[b]GratefulFan wrote: [/b] [b]
[/b] It's a recent measure to prevent people from ripping (off) HD content...
======================================================================================= [/QUOTE]
Haha!
That's the biggest laugh ever!
First thing I did when I got my copy was extract the files on my PC using free software easily found on the internet, strip the protection and then back them all up on my Queen video hard-drive; Something which, I might add, I'm legally allowed to do here in the UK, so long as it's purely for my own purposes.
I'm more pissed off at the fact that it's NTSC again (well, 60i), which means they've had to create frames to fit the format and therefore added drag and jerking to the picture.
Whilst the sound is a major improvement, compared to the HD broadcast on the BBC, the new bluray is hard to actually watch.
I can't believe that QPL go to all the trouble of making their product "sound" perfect, but then they happily let Universal fuck it all up by converting PAL video material to NTSC.
3/4 of the world use PAL as their DVD format you know, so why do we constantly end up pandering to the fucking Yanks and their lower quality video format??????? [/QUOTE]
Sadly this is now common practice with music DVDs. Screw PAL, make everything NTSC because that format is compatible with 99% of DVD players. It doesn't matter you lose 100 lines of resolution. I doubt the Bluray release will add much to the DVD since the majority of the original footage will have been shot on PAL videotape anyway. The interviews may look nice and the stuff shot on film.
bigV
Okay, so let me get this straight...
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors, not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V.
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors, not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V.
inu-liger
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[b]bigV wrote: [/b] Okay, so let me get this straight...
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors,not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V. [/QUOTE]
Touché!
[b]bigV wrote: [/b] Okay, so let me get this straight...
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors,not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V. [/QUOTE]
Touché!
pittrek
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[b]Benn wrote: [/b] What on earth did you expect? Did you ever try to play a CD on a turntable? Same result as with your Blu-Ray disc.[/QUOTE]
I have the correct software + the correct hardware for playing BluRay discs. ALL OTHER BluRay discs work perfectly. The only problem is that I don't have my monitor connected digitally. It's and absolutely DIFFERENT case than playing a CD on a turntable
[b]Benn wrote: [/b] What on earth did you expect? Did you ever try to play a CD on a turntable? Same result as with your Blu-Ray disc.[/QUOTE]
I have the correct software + the correct hardware for playing BluRay discs. ALL OTHER BluRay discs work perfectly. The only problem is that I don't have my monitor connected digitally. It's and absolutely DIFFERENT case than playing a CD on a turntable
pittrek
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[b]Togg wrote: [/b] Sorry but welcome to the 21st century... if you want to watch Blu rays in that way you have to be prepared to update it every ten mins and have major issues when new disks get released.Blu Ray players are now pretty cheap so I suggest going to buy one and them watching it on a decent TV screen. The way you are doing it is madness. It has nothing to do with Queen Productions[/QUOTE]
Do you people have problems with understanding the written word or is it a problem with my language ? 99% of the posts in this thread have absolutely nothing to do with my first post.
I'm talking about copy protection. I'm talking about the most idiotic "copy protection" ever invented. I am talking about the fact that a video company thinks it has the right to order their customers what they should do with their own property which I consider a serious moral problem.
I stopped buying copy-protected CDs, because I have the moral right to rip my own, legally bought CDs to FLAC.
I never bought and never will buy any audio or video from an online store, because they have DRM.
I have stopped buying DVDs from companies which put the idiotic "You would never steal a car" warning on their discs, or which put unskippable trailers and commercials before the main menues.
Now I have added a new item to my "blacklist" - BluRay discs with HDCP "protection".
All that I was trying to say is that I'm gonna vote with my wallet and in the case that Universal / Queen Productions will keep producing HDCP-protected BluRays, that this was the LAST of their BluRays which I ever bought.
I apologize for the tone and language used in my first post, but I was very angry and in huge pain.
[b]Togg wrote: [/b] Sorry but welcome to the 21st century... if you want to watch Blu rays in that way you have to be prepared to update it every ten mins and have major issues when new disks get released.Blu Ray players are now pretty cheap so I suggest going to buy one and them watching it on a decent TV screen. The way you are doing it is madness. It has nothing to do with Queen Productions[/QUOTE]
Do you people have problems with understanding the written word or is it a problem with my language ? 99% of the posts in this thread have absolutely nothing to do with my first post.
I'm talking about copy protection. I'm talking about the most idiotic "copy protection" ever invented. I am talking about the fact that a video company thinks it has the right to order their customers what they should do with their own property which I consider a serious moral problem.
I stopped buying copy-protected CDs, because I have the moral right to rip my own, legally bought CDs to FLAC.
I never bought and never will buy any audio or video from an online store, because they have DRM.
I have stopped buying DVDs from companies which put the idiotic "You would never steal a car" warning on their discs, or which put unskippable trailers and commercials before the main menues.
Now I have added a new item to my "blacklist" - BluRay discs with HDCP "protection".
All that I was trying to say is that I'm gonna vote with my wallet and in the case that Universal / Queen Productions will keep producing HDCP-protected BluRays, that this was the LAST of their BluRays which I ever bought.
I apologize for the tone and language used in my first post, but I was very angry and in huge pain.
pittrek
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[b]bigV wrote: [/b] Okay, so let me get this straight...
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors, not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V. [/QUOTE]
1. I absolutely hate the remasters. Their bonus discs however are absolutely FANTASTIC :-) But for the standard album tracks I'll stick with my Abbey Road remaster and my 2001 Japanese mini-vinyls, I prefer their sound.
2. Absolutely useless release, the shops are still full of the original 1999 release.
3. I'd absolutely LOVE to see it, I still regret that I couldn't get to London because I was too busy :-(
4. The only good thing is the release of the first night, but I wonder how did they manage to f**k up the quality of the video so much :(
5. Yes, I agree
6. What ? The lossless files were actually lossy ? That's the first time I hear about it
7. WONDERFUL BOOK ! I absolutely LOVE IT! But yes, the interview CD was a fiasco
8. I love the documentary, but the BluRay made me pretty angry
9. + 10. Exactly :-)
And the Deep Cuts were great !
[b]bigV wrote: [/b] Okay, so let me get this straight...
1. The 2011 remasters, despite having been hailed as the "definitive Queen sound" or something along those lines, were full of remaster errors, not to mention the waste of space on the second CD.
2. The Platinum Collection was re-released, but we don't know if GH3 has been remastered or not.
3. The exhibition was a success and it was a must-see for any Queen fan... if you happened to be a Londoner, that is.
4. The Live at Wembley re-release was nice and all, but most of the extras from the earlier edition were discarded like excreta.
5. The Live at Wembley box set was an overpriced piece of crap according to most people.
6. The Royal Orb (I wanna know who dreamt that up and what they were smoking at the time) promised lossless audio files, but delivered lossy formats.
7. The 40 Years of Queen book was probably the best Queen-related product this year, but from what I gather it had numerous omissions, not to mention the interview CD fiasco.
8. Days of Our Lives has technical problems and I don't even want to comment on the disparity of extras between the DVD and the Blu-Ray editions.
9. The Queen Extravaganza. 'Nuff said.
10. Adam Lambert. Again - 'nuff said.
Are you seriously telling me that the only good quality product in this - Queen's 40th anniversary year - was the friggin' Deep Cuts collections?
V. [/QUOTE]
1. I absolutely hate the remasters. Their bonus discs however are absolutely FANTASTIC :-) But for the standard album tracks I'll stick with my Abbey Road remaster and my 2001 Japanese mini-vinyls, I prefer their sound.
2. Absolutely useless release, the shops are still full of the original 1999 release.
3. I'd absolutely LOVE to see it, I still regret that I couldn't get to London because I was too busy :-(
4. The only good thing is the release of the first night, but I wonder how did they manage to f**k up the quality of the video so much :(
5. Yes, I agree
6. What ? The lossless files were actually lossy ? That's the first time I hear about it
7. WONDERFUL BOOK ! I absolutely LOVE IT! But yes, the interview CD was a fiasco
8. I love the documentary, but the BluRay made me pretty angry
9. + 10. Exactly :-)
And the Deep Cuts were great !
MERQRY
pittrek wrote:
Togg wrote: Sorry but welcome to the 21st century... if you want to watch Blu rays in that way you have to be prepared to update it every ten mins and have major issues when new disks get released.Blu Ray players are now pretty cheap so I suggest going to buy one and them watching it on a decent TV screen. The way you are doing it is madness. It has nothing to do with Queen Productions
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Do you people have problems with understanding the written word or is it a problem with my language ? 99% of the posts in this thread have absolutely nothing to do with my first post.
I'm talking about copy protection. I'm talking about the most idiotic "copy protection" ever invented. I am talking about the fact that a video company thinks it has the right to order their customers what they should do with their own property which I consider a seriousmoral problem.
I stopped buying copy-protected CDs, because I have the moral right to rip my own, legally bought CDs to FLAC.
I never bought and never will buy any audio or video from an online store, because they have DRM.
I have stopped buying DVDs from companies which put the idiotic "You would never steal a car" warning on their discs, or which put unskippable trailers and commercials before the main menues.
Now I have added a new item to my "blacklist" - BluRay discs with HDCP "protection".
All that I was trying to say is that I'm gonna vote with my wallet and in the case that Universal / Queen Productions will keep producing HDCP-protected BluRays, that this was the LAST of their BluRays which I ever bought.
I apologize for the tone and language used in my first post, but I was very angry and in huge pain.
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I´m the only person who haven´t any problem with the protection??? i only copied the .MT2S files and made 3 things:
1)store the mt2s files on the hard drive of my laptop till the day that i can buy a video card for my pc
2) With too much patience i made an HD rip of all the bonuses (for my own temporal use) cause as my pc hasn´t a video card the raw mt2s file had problems with audio/video sync... rip the &%$ blu ray subtitles was all an oddysey i have to admit....
3) a dvd with the documentary and another dvd with the bonus cause i haven´t a standalone Blu ray player
yeah... i have to work too much (with a dvd all is more easy) but i NEVER have problems with copy protections or something like that (and as i used FREE software i haven´t spent a cent)
Togg wrote: Sorry but welcome to the 21st century... if you want to watch Blu rays in that way you have to be prepared to update it every ten mins and have major issues when new disks get released.Blu Ray players are now pretty cheap so I suggest going to buy one and them watching it on a decent TV screen. The way you are doing it is madness. It has nothing to do with Queen Productions
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Do you people have problems with understanding the written word or is it a problem with my language ? 99% of the posts in this thread have absolutely nothing to do with my first post.
I'm talking about copy protection. I'm talking about the most idiotic "copy protection" ever invented. I am talking about the fact that a video company thinks it has the right to order their customers what they should do with their own property which I consider a seriousmoral problem.
I stopped buying copy-protected CDs, because I have the moral right to rip my own, legally bought CDs to FLAC.
I never bought and never will buy any audio or video from an online store, because they have DRM.
I have stopped buying DVDs from companies which put the idiotic "You would never steal a car" warning on their discs, or which put unskippable trailers and commercials before the main menues.
Now I have added a new item to my "blacklist" - BluRay discs with HDCP "protection".
All that I was trying to say is that I'm gonna vote with my wallet and in the case that Universal / Queen Productions will keep producing HDCP-protected BluRays, that this was the LAST of their BluRays which I ever bought.
I apologize for the tone and language used in my first post, but I was very angry and in huge pain.
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I´m the only person who haven´t any problem with the protection??? i only copied the .MT2S files and made 3 things:
1)store the mt2s files on the hard drive of my laptop till the day that i can buy a video card for my pc
2) With too much patience i made an HD rip of all the bonuses (for my own temporal use) cause as my pc hasn´t a video card the raw mt2s file had problems with audio/video sync... rip the &%$ blu ray subtitles was all an oddysey i have to admit....
3) a dvd with the documentary and another dvd with the bonus cause i haven´t a standalone Blu ray player
yeah... i have to work too much (with a dvd all is more easy) but i NEVER have problems with copy protections or something like that (and as i used FREE software i haven´t spent a cent)
bigV
I don't know why they even bother with copy protection. The Blu-Ray rip is already available on several torrent sites.
V.
V.
ParisNair
i have come to accept that you have to upgrade your equipment if you haven't done so atleast in the past 5 years.