Xbox's HDdvd in Vista?

Joe 90 · 05-04-2009, 13:06

afternoon,

so my xbox is dead, but my hd-dvd drive still requires useage. i plugged it all in and it installed just fine, installed PowerDVD 9 Ultra, and put in a Planet Earth Disk.

Every time i select the drive as a source Pdvd says 'file mode' aka - "no!"

VLC also won't play it, comes up with an error i've never seen before.

Does anybody know a way of playing HD-DVD in Vista using this drive?

Flibster · 05-04-2009, 13:16

You need Power DVD 7 or an early version of 8 - was removed from the later versions.

Try MediaPlayer Classic Home Cinema though

Joe 90 · 05-04-2009, 17:52

removed? lame. i didn't think tech took a step backwards, even in the case of failed tech.

MPC HC wont do it, that seems to want a dvd style directory tree on the disk.

i'll try and find an older version of Pdvd

ta.

Psymonkee · 05-04-2009, 23:28

http://www.oldversion.com/PowerDVD.html

try there

Joe 90 · 06-04-2009, 16:19

aye, got hold of 7.3 yesterday and its working

cheers guys.

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Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	You need Power DVD 7 or an early version of 8 - was removed from the later versions. Try MediaPlayer Classic Home Cinema though __________________

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Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	removed? lame. i didn't think tech took a step backwards, even in the case of failed tech. MPC HC wont do it, that seems to want a dvd style directory tree on the disk. i'll try and find an older version of Pdvd ta. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

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Psymonkee A cat wearing a wet suit Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: St.Andrews Posts: 2,023	http://www.oldversion.com/PowerDVD.html try there __________________ Sonisphere FMC Code: 1k949178

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