w1retap,
I have this working but i actually see 2 images (like PIP) while viewing through DVI. My TV does have HDMI but i don't actually have a cable otherwise i would give that a go.
It looks like the main picture is in HD and the smaller one is the down-res'd version.
I'll try to take a screen cap of it. It's behaving very weird. The main menu and intro is in HD but once the movie starts weird things begin happening. Forwarding to another chapter is a no-go. Skipping to another chapter results in seeing whatever frame was being viewed "stuck" but hearing the correct audio from the scene. I will try using PowerDVD 7 Ultra instead.
Hmmm... i see now. It turns out my Westy's DVI ports are also HDCP. I'm using DVI-2 and maybe that's the problem.
More weirdness... i installed the UDF drivers to get XP to recognize the drive as an HD drive but it resulted in the dreaded black screen. It turns out PowerDVD 6.5 is either very buggy or there may be some exploitable holes in the program. I read somewhere that there is a specific file that must be read first before a HD-DVD movie will play. PowerDVD 6.5 now won't automatically play the movie anymore. I have to manually click on this file to get a movie to play. Installing the UDF drivers definitely made the program much worse. Sometimes after the Blue Warning Screen (we all know what that is) the program either crashes, the blue frame stays while audio continues (press next to go to first scene) or it stops playing and gives the warning "can't play this protected content, insert more money" box.
Other things that don't work: Besides the PIP, subtitles stay stuck on and the nothing in the main menu works.
I have this working but i actually see 2 images (like PIP) while viewing through DVI. My TV does have HDMI but i don't actually have a cable otherwise i would give that a go.
It looks like the main picture is in HD and the smaller one is the down-res'd version.
I'll try to take a screen cap of it. It's behaving very weird. The main menu and intro is in HD but once the movie starts weird things begin happening. Forwarding to another chapter is a no-go. Skipping to another chapter results in seeing whatever frame was being viewed "stuck" but hearing the correct audio from the scene. I will try using PowerDVD 7 Ultra instead.
Hmmm... i see now. It turns out my Westy's DVI ports are also HDCP. I'm using DVI-2 and maybe that's the problem.
More weirdness... i installed the UDF drivers to get XP to recognize the drive as an HD drive but it resulted in the dreaded black screen. It turns out PowerDVD 6.5 is either very buggy or there may be some exploitable holes in the program. I read somewhere that there is a specific file that must be read first before a HD-DVD movie will play. PowerDVD 6.5 now won't automatically play the movie anymore. I have to manually click on this file to get a movie to play. Installing the UDF drivers definitely made the program much worse. Sometimes after the Blue Warning Screen (we all know what that is) the program either crashes, the blue frame stays while audio continues (press next to go to first scene) or it stops playing and gives the warning "can't play this protected content, insert more money" box.
Other things that don't work: Besides the PIP, subtitles stay stuck on and the nothing in the main menu works.