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ikantspelwurdz
24th June 2010, 03:20
I have an OEM copy of PowerDVD 7 Ultra. Awhile back, I found that if I update it, I lose the ability to pause BR playback by pressing the space bar. If I want to pause, I have to move the mouse to the pause button and click it. This is more annoying than it probably sounds, so I've been using the OEM version as much as possible.

Some BR's require player updates for presumably some kind of copy protection - when I insert a disc, PowerDVD insists on updating itself. I get around this by ripping to the hard drive with MakeMKV and making an ISO file with IMGBurn. Then I mount the ISO with Daemon Tools, and PowerDVD plays it just fine.

So today, I did this with a copy of "A Fistful of Dollars," from the "Man With No Name Trilogy" on BR. This time, I get a video stream with a message stating:
"WARNING Your Blu-ray Player requires an update in order to play this disc."

Note that this isn't a PowerDVD message. This is a video splash screen that PowerDVD is actually playing when I mount the ISO of the disc.

What should I do? There isn't any way I can update PowerDVD and keep the space-pause functionality, is there (what kind of a stupid regression is that anyway)?

setarip_old
24th June 2010, 05:07
Hi!

Two suggestions:

1) Make sure you're not in any way connected to the Internet

2) Try using "Virtual Clone Drive" instead of Daemon Tools...

ikantspelwurdz
13th July 2010, 04:04
I just figured out what to do. I updated, and then I found this setting:

Right click->Configuration->BDROM->Internet Connection
Uncheck "Enable BDJ keyboard support"

After doing this, space to pause/unpause works again. I have no idea what "BDJ keyboard support" is.

Midzuki
13th July 2010, 05:12
I just figured out what to do. I updated, and then I found this setting:

Right click->Configuration->BDROM->Internet Connection
Uncheck "Enable BDJ keyboard support"

After doing this, space to pause/unpause works again. I have no idea what "BDJ keyboard support" is.

Thanks for sharing. :goodpost: