XP and BluRay?

ArtemisArtemis New
edited August 2010 in Science & Tech
This is a computer problem that's been plaguing me for a while now...

I got a dv6700t HP Pavilion laptop (with Intel processor) in July for college. I don't like Vista though, so I downgraded the laptop to XP Professional (later getting the upgrade for the SP3). It's nice and stable and the battery life is pretty good too.

Anyways, I have a BlueRay drive on my computer. It worked before I downgraded, but now it doesn't work with XP. The DVD software I'm using on my laptop is Nero 8 (with the latest BluRay plug in that enables BlueRay support) but I haven't had any luck.

Are there some additional drivers that I need? I've been on another forum for notebooks and no one had a clue.

BTW, the BlueRay drive model on my HP is MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ-120

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    What's not working? Playback or burning?
  • ArtemisArtemis New
    edited October 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    What's not working? Playback or burning?

    I'm sorry, should have been more specific.

    Playback isn't working at all. I can't even explore the bluray disc.
    I tried both a burned BluRay disc from a friend AND a commercial BluRay disc (as I know some players have trouble playing one or the other sometimes)

    I don't know about burning yet. I'll worry about that once I get playback working.

    It does DVDs/CDs fine though, just not BluRay.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2008
    Download and install these Toshiba UDF 2.5 drivers.

    Universal Disc Format versions iterate the specifications of how a disc is physically written and logically organized in terms of its directory structure. Windows XP cannot natively read or explore Blu-Ray discs because it only comes with UDF 2.0 support. These drivers will correct that issue.

    Blu-Ray uses 2.5 or later, the newest being a subversion of 2.6.
  • ArtemisArtemis New
    edited October 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    Download and install these Toshiba UDF 2.5 drivers.

    Universal Disc Format versions iterate the specifications of how a disc is physically written and logically organized in terms of its directory structure. Windows XP cannot natively read or explore Blu-Ray discs because it only comes with UDF 2.0 support. These drivers will correct that issue.

    Blu-Ray uses 2.5 or later, the newest being a subversion of 2.6.


    Okay thank you!
    It seems like this will work. I followed the directions exactly (not exiting out of the "can't install" message) but I couldn't find the specified directory in my temp folder...I checked ALL of my temp folders too.
    I use firefox too, but I don't think this is a problem, as the guy who posted the directions and drivers has a firefox avatar, so I'm sure he uses the same...
  • ArtemisArtemis New
    edited October 2008
    UPDATE:

    heh, Silly me. After restarting a few times, the directory appeared in my temp folder and I was able to install the files.

    I set up a Blu-Ray disc in my Netflix line-up so that should be here in about a day. (I only had one Blu-Ray and I gave it to my sister before I left for college)

    I'll let you know how it turns out!
  • iimhebertiimhebert
    edited August 2010
    Artemis wrote:
    This is a computer problem that's been plaguing me for a while now...

    I got a dv6700t HP Pavilion laptop (with Intel processor) in July for college. I don't like Vista though, so I downgraded the laptop to XP Professional (later getting the upgrade for the SP3). It's nice and stable and the battery life is pretty good too.

    Anyways, I have a BlueRay drive on my computer. It worked before I downgraded, but now it doesn't work with XP. The DVD software I'm using on my laptop is Nero 8 (with the latest BluRay plug in that enables BlueRay support) but I haven't had any luck.

    Are there some additional drivers that I need? I've been on another forum for notebooks and no one had a clue.



    I had the same problem on my Acer laptop, and went to several different forums. Tried drivers, etc. and got no where. I went to "Taringa.com" did a search for blueray player. Various options came up and I chose Corel Win DVD 2010. Comes with Key and serial, etc. You need to do a little footwork to install the key, etc but it works great. If you don't like that one, there are several other player options complete with crack. Good luck

    BTW, the BlueRay drive model on my HP is MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ-120
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