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    Dell MediaDirect 3.5 Blue-ray

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by number678man, Nov 12, 2008.

  1. number678man

    number678man Newbie

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    When I attempt to play a blue-ray DVD, Media Direct attempts to open the file. I do have a Blue-ray driver. Anyway, when a Blue-Ray DVD is attempting to open, I start to see the movie opening; however, it only goes a very short distance into the movie before it stops, pauses, and then goes black before it starts doing the cycle again. It does this for about a minute continually cycling before the program freezes. I have looked for updates. I'm told there are no updates. Please help.
     
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  2. Stevedore

    Stevedore Newbie

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    Media Direct is in a separate partition unseen by your operating system. If the movie is unsupported by Media Direct, you'll have to play it in Windows.
     
    Stevedore, Nov 12, 2008
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    louisw Notebook Enthusiast

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    I finally gave up on MediaDirect for playing Blu-Ray discs. I bought powerdvd ultra.

    (Ironman wouldn't play.. i know that disc has some problems but powerdvd worked when Mediadirect wouldn't).
     
    louisw, Nov 12, 2008
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    somekevinguy Notebook Evangelist

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    MediaDirect 4 plays Ironman fine for me.
     
    somekevinguy, Nov 13, 2008
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