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Posted by SportySpice on 10/06/46 11:41
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:22:41 GMT, Steven O. <null@null.com> wrote:
>I've seen other threads about PowerDVD and Interactual Player, so I
>know I'm not the first to encounter problems, but I couldn't find any
>threads that addressed my exact questions.
>
>I just picked up a new DVD (The Butterfly Effect), and to take
>advantage of some of the cool features on the DVD, you need to have
>Interactual Player installed. (Interactual comes on the DVD.)
>
>However, the last time I encountered this, and I installed Interactual
>Player, I ran into two problems:
>
>1. PowerDVD -- which I already have installed, and which I like for
>many reasons -- was no longer the default DVD player. I could not
>figure out how to reset PowerDVD as the default player. (I even tried
>reinstalling PowerDVD, with Interactual still installed, but
>Interactual insisted on remaining the default DVD player. I finally
>had to remove Interactual Player altogether, *then* reinstall PowerDVD
>-- huge pain in the ass....). So Question 1: After installing
>Interactual Player, how can I reset PowerDVD as my default player?
>
>2. Normally, in the Windows Explorer, if I right-click on the DVD
>drive (and if there is a DVD in the drive), there is an option on the
>pop-up menu which reads: "Play With PowerDVD". This is twice now
>that I've had DVDs which wanted to install Interactive Player. In
>both cases, when I put them in the DVD drive -- and without even
>installing Interactive Player -- something very strange happened: the
>"Play With PowerDVD" option doesn't show up on the pop-up menu. Does
>anyone have any idea what's up with that, and how to fix it?
I've read that some DVD's contain a PC-compatible program that runs
immediately after the DVD is inserted in a PC drive, but will be
ignored when the DVD is inserted in a standalone drive. In effect,
WinXP (if that's your OS) will see that disc as a data disc rather
than as a DVD movie, so naturally the "Play with PowerDVD" option will
not be displayed. You should be able to disable the autorun data
program by holding down the left Shift key as you insert the disc into
the drive, holding it until the drive activity stops. At that point,
XP should see the disc as a movie DVD rather than as a data disc, and
the "Play with PowerDVD" option should be available.
At that point, if the 'wrong' player starts to play the movie, go to
Windows Explorer, right click on the DVD drive, select the Autoplay
tab, then select DVD Movie and make sure the 'right' player is listed
as the default player.
Just passing on what I've read. Please come back and let us know if it
works as advertised.
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