For those of you who want full Windows Aero effects during PowerDVD Blu-ray/HD-DVD...

[mkanet]

There's a couple of registry changes that will fix this for Nvidia/ATI cards. The 1 year old mystery is now over. No more putting the blame on Nvidia/ATI drivers which were blatantly wrong information from Cyberlink for over the past year. I accidentally first discovered it here in an AVS Forum post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1072044

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8 and set:

UI_AskAero=1
UseNVDWMOn=1 (For Nvidia)
UseATIDWMOn=1 (For ATI)


See the proof in the screenshot below:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h283/mkanet/Screenshot-0501.jpg

[DigiMagic]

Doesn't work on my system, nothing changed in PDVD appearance.
On your screenshot, I see Aero effects only on Nvidia control panel and SageTV windows... am I missing something?

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Doesn't work on my system, nothing changed in PDVD appearance.
On your screenshot, I see Aero effects only on Nvidia control panel and SageTV windows... am I missing something?

It worked on my system for my ATI Radeon HD 4870.

The CyberLink PowerDVD8 window never has the glass effects on my system.

Edit: It is [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8] under Vista x64.

[mkanet]

Yes, PowerDVD8 never had an Aero glass skin :)

It worked on my system for my ATI Radeon HD 4870.

The CyberLink PowerDVD8 window never has the glass effects on my system.

Edit: It is [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8] under Vista x64.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Yes, PowerDVD8 never had an Aero glass skin :)

These same settings also exist under the [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD] key (PowerDVD7). I changed them but haven't experimented yet.

I'm currently testing to see it using the latest HandBrake snapshot (0.9.3 snapshot 3 SVN1797 (http://handbrake.fr/?article=snapshot)) handles an .m2ts created via AnyDVD HD, BDInfo, tsMuxeR and outputs a nice .mp4. :)

[mkanet]

I just rename the m2ts files to .mp4... seems a lot easier :) Of course, unless you need to remux/remove streams...

These same settings also exist under the [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD] key (PowerDVD7). I changed them but haven't experimented yet.

I'm currently testing to see it using the latest HandBrake snapshot (0.9.3 snapshot 3 SVN1797 (http://handbrake.fr/?article=snapshot)) handles an .m2ts created via AnyDVD HD, BDInfo, tsMuxeR and outputs a nice .mp4. :)

[SuperGoof]

Did not work for me, unfortunately.
Also, I think if it was that easy and worked reliably, Cyberlink, Corel and others would enable Aero by default themselves.

[mkanet]

It is that easy :) I hesitated initially to post about the fix until a few people I asked privately try it. I guess there will always be a couple of people who can't get an enhancement tweak to work. I guess, time will only tell.. Of course, this has to be on a machine that fully supports Vista Aero enhancements already; and, you already have the latest Nvidia/ATI drivers. All this tweak does is disable Cyberlink software from disabling Aero effects. If your system can handle it, it should be no problem.

Did not work for me, unfortunately.
Also, I think if it was that easy and worked reliably, Cyberlink, Corel and others would enable Aero by default themselves.

[DigiMagic]

I am a bit slow... :o mkanet, you were right, the tweak works... :bowdown:

[mkanet]

UPDATE:

It seems this tweak definitely seems to work for people in private testing with 8xxx/9xxx Nvidia cards and and the latest ATI cards with the latest respective drivers under Vista. Needless to say, Vista Aero enhancements need to work already. It doesnt seem to work on older GPUs and/or older drivers; nor on GPU's embedded on motherboards; except for the latest Intel motherboard embedded GPU's.

I guess if I was Cyberlink, I wouldnt want advertise this feature either to avoid complaints about why it's not working on older GPUs.

[mkanet]

One thing that I noticed (although shouldnt be a surprise), I can't do a screen capture during Blu-ray/HD-DVD playback with the latest PowerDVD patch 2217u. Not even using Snagit!. They permanently blocked that during protected material. Works fine on ripped blu-ray/HD-DVD movies or old fashioned DVDs.

[James]

One thing that I noticed (although shouldnt be a surprise), I can't do a screen capture during Blu-ray/HD-DVD playback with the latest PowerDVD patch 2217u. Not even using Snagit!. They permanently blocked that during protected material. Works fine on ripped blu-ray/HD-DVD movies or old fashioned DVDs.
No need to rip. Use AnyDVD HD. ;)

[mkanet]

Oh really? I'm curious how youre able to take screen captures during during BD/HD-DVD playback. What feature do you select in AnyDVD HD for this to happen? It must be something really new in AnyDVD-HD. None of the previous versions did this.

Edit: I first thought his might be a newbie response (having no idea what a screen capture is during PowerDVD BD playback), but to my surprise James is a SlySoft Team Member with several thousand posts! I'm curious what allows screen captures during blu-ray playback in PowerDVD. This would be so nice!

Waiting for the magic answer! :)

No need to rip. Use AnyDVD HD. ;)

[damnskippy]

Because AnyDVD removes the encryption so PDVD will allow it.

[Webslinger]

James is a SlySoft Team Member with several thousand posts!

James is more than just a Slysoft Team Member. He is the primary Anydvd, Reclock, and Clonecd developer.

[mkanet]

Uhhh... lol... It's pretty everyone on this forum is using AnyDVD-HD (including me).... especially when they are using PowerDVD bluray.

Id love to see a screenshot of the the active video screen while a blu-ray movie disc is playing in PowerDVD using EVR. (EVR is presumed (title of thread).

Because AnyDVD removes the encryption so PDVD will allow it.

[XxDeadlyxX]

It does work for me in the sense I can play with Aero enabled... but it causes horrible flickering so I turned it off immediately.

[bigian13]

I cannot get this to work at all on Vista x64. I changed the registry entries under WOW6432Node, and just for the heck of it I added the same entries to the Software\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8 folder as well.

I'm using an 8800 GTX, and I've tried this with three sets of drivers (178.24, 180.42, and 180.43) and two versions of PowerDVD (2021 and 2217) and no luck. From everything I've read, there's no reason my system shouldn't be able to run aero with blu-ray playback.

Is this hack just a matter of luck? Or am I missing something here?

[mkanet]

What at the symptoms? I'm guessing you have Windows Vista Ultra with Aero effects working.

When you start playing a blu-ray disc (in the movie it self), does you aero effects get disabled (transparencies go away)? This is what happens by default (before changing the registry settings to enable aero).

Its not a matter of luck. I'm sure is a matter of finding out what's different about your setup verses someone else with Vista Ultra 64.

There are some people who cant get it to work because they dont have a fast enough GPU or their GPU is an older generation GPU (like the older generation 8800GT's or 8800GTXs).

I cannot get this to work at all on Vista x64. I changed the registry entries under WOW6432Node, and just for the heck of it I added the same entries to the Software\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8 folder as well.

I'm using an 8800 GTX, and I've tried this with three sets of drivers (178.24, 180.42, and 180.43) and two versions of PowerDVD (2021 and 2217) and no luck. From everything I've read, there's no reason my system shouldn't be able to run aero with blu-ray playback.

Is this hack just a matter of luck? Or am I missing something here?

[bigian13]

I have Vista Business, with aero effects working properly.

The player still shows default behavior--aero effects get disabled as soon as playback starts, like it did before I changed the registry entries.

My GPU is probably an older generation 8800 GTX; I bought it in January of 2007. I'd thought that with recent drivers, all 8800 cards would support aero during blu-ray playback.

[mkanet]

Yeah, in order for this to work, you need the newer 8800GT/8800GTX cards (or newer) which are based off the G92 GPU that use support dual streams.

I have Vista Business, with aero effects working properly.

The player still shows default behavior--aero effects get disabled as soon as playback starts, like it did before I changed the registry entries.

My GPU is probably an older generation 8800 GTX; I bought it in January of 2007. I'd thought that with recent drivers, all 8800 cards would support aero during blu-ray playback.

[bigian13]

That's too bad...I didn't realize the 8800 GTX doesn't support dual streams.

Thanks for your help, though!

[mkanet]

The old generation of the 8800GTX only I think the new ones use the newer G92 core. For example, my 8800GT supports dual streams. However, the original version of the 8800GT didnt.

That's too bad...I didn't realize the 8800 GTX doesn't support dual streams.

Thanks for your help, though!

[XxDeadlyxX]

I have 2x GTX 280s and yeh it does work other than the flickering.. anyone else with a 260/280 tried it?

[skypx]

There's a couple of registry changes that will fix this for Nvidia/ATI cards. The 1 year old mystery is now over. No more putting the blame on Nvidia/ATI drivers which were blatantly wrong information from Cyberlink for over the past year. I accidentally first discovered it here in an AVS Forum post:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8 and set:

UI_AskAero=1
UseNVDWMOn=1 (For Nvidia)
UseATIDWMOn=1 (For ATI)

Works perfectly. Thanks for the headsup.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

It works for PowerDVD 7.3, as well. Just add the appropriately set registry keys.

[bigian13]

I have 2x GTX 280s and yeh it does work other than the flickering.. anyone else with a 260/280 tried it?

I just installed my new GTX 280 (any excuse to upgrade!) and the hack works perfectly for both 8.0 and 7.3. No problems with flickering or performance.

Maybe it's an SLI issue?

[mkanet]

Cool.. I'm glad to see more and more people who are able to take advantage of this fix.

I just installed my new GTX 280 (any excuse to upgrade!) and the hack works perfectly for both 8.0 and 7.3. No problems with flickering or performance.

Maybe it's an SLI issue?

[bigian13]

Thanks for posting it! I've been waiting and waiting for Cyberlink to make good on their promise to get aero effects working with high-def playback. This fix makes powerdvd feel much more modern and usable.

Now I'm just hoping that they'll stop downsampling audio over analog, but that'll probably never ever happen...

Cool.. I'm glad to see more and more people who are able to take advantage of this fix.

[XxDeadlyxX]

Just did a reinstall of Windows, and now the fix is working fine, SLI and all

Not sure what was causing it before, but it's rocking now :rock:

[andy o]

God, so simple...

Thanks!

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

With the ATI Catalyst 8.11 drivers I have lost Aero using the method here in both PowerDVD8 and PowerDVD7. :( This worked just fine with the previous Catalyst drivers including 8.10.

It had functioned beautifully up until now.

[andy o]

I have a HP DV5 with a nVidia 9200m GS, with the newly released (by nVidia themselves) drivers 179.28 with Vista x64 ultimate, and this doesn't work for me either, it was working with my other PC, I think with an ATI HD3450. Haven't tried with older drivers, but it could be that they disabled it in the drivers. Now, I'm having some other trouble but I'll post a new topic I think.

[mkanet]

It works with Nvidia 180.xx drivers too.

I have a HP DV5 with a nVidia 9200m GS, with the newly released (by nVidia themselves) drivers 179.28 with Vista x64 ultimate, and this doesn't work for me either, it was working with my other PC, I think with an ATI HD3450. Haven't tried with older drivers, but it could be that they disabled it in the drivers. Now, I'm having some other trouble but I'll post a new topic I think.

[andy o]

It works with Nvidia 180.xx drivers too.

The laptop drivers are kind of "special". Nvidia has recently released them, previously you could only get them through the manufacturers, so they're actually at 179.28 betas right now for the 9200m GS.

But in any case, I reverted to the 175 HP drivers, and still no go. May be some hardware limitation. I would think this GPU is dual-stream capable though. It's not a big deal anyway, I had reverted to the original settings on my HTPC with the ATI 3450 because I got some crashes, but not 100% sure if it's related to this (no such crashes after reverting, but it only had happened 2 or 3 times, so no way to tell conclusively). I don't mind Aero not working when watching movies.

[mike_r]

i just tried it with CCC 8.12 on vista x64. works fine.

[mcantu]

this worked for me initially but after a day or so it stopped working in PDVD 7.3 and 8. the changed settings are still there though...

[XxDeadlyxX]

When I initially thought it was Nvidia 180.48 drivers causing the random stuttering problem that pops up randomly during movies, I rolled back to 178.24 and it was still present (not as much though it seemed).

Anyway I figured out what it was... it was this setting. I put it back the way it was and have since had no problems with stuttering regardless of Nvidia driver. So if any of you are having problems then turn this off and see if it helps.

[mkanet]

Thats why Cyberlink has it disabled by default. You need a powerful enough display adapter to handle it. I probably should have put that in the initial post. Sorry.

When I initially thought it was Nvidia 180.48 drivers causing the random stuttering problem that pops up randomly during movies, I rolled back to 178.24 and it was still present (not as much though it seemed).

Anyway I figured out what it was... it was this setting. I put it back the way it was and have since had no problems with stuttering regardless of Nvidia driver. So if any of you are having problems then turn this off and see if it helps.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

This is working for me again under Vista x64 with the Catalyst 8.12 drivers. It didn't work for me using the v8.11 drivers.

[XxDeadlyxX]

Thats why Cyberlink has it disabled by default. You need a powerful enough display adapter to handle it. I probably should have put that in the initial post. Sorry.

Yeh, I have 2 GTX 280s though so I don't think power is an issue lol.

[GLDrescher]

These same settings also exist under the [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD] key (PowerDVD7). I changed them but haven't experimented yet.


I'm using PowerDVD 7.3.4116 under Windows 7 beta, and having the same problem. I don't see the UI_AskAero key there, and setting UseNVDWMOn alone does not fix the problem. Any suggestions? (GTX 260, 181.20)

I tried to work around the problem by directly playing the m2ts file (sole file, created by tsremux). That can be played by either WMP or PowerDVD, but has no audio. (Aero still works when either WMP or PowerDVD plays the file, however.)

Is there a different way I can tsremux my blu-rays so that the m2ts file includes the audio? Then I'd have a viable workaround.

[andy o]

Sometimes, it just doesn't work, especially with later drivers, and I expect PowerDVD builds as well.

[GLDrescher]

Sometimes, it just doesn't work, especially with later drivers, and I expect PowerDVD builds as well.

Oh well. It's disappointing, since Windows 7 is otherwise working well enough that I'd considered migrating to it (from XP) while it's still in beta.

Any idea why there's no audio when I play the m2ts directly? (Pardon my ignorance of Blu-ray formats.) Or any suggestions on how to fix that (using tsremux or whatever)? Thanks!

[nesNYC]

I just installed Windows 7 and am having problems playing .m2ts files that have DTS in them. Other files play pretty good with Vista Codecs for windows 7.

I think there's a problems with the "libdts" filter. Still looking for solutions.

But those of you who upgraded to windows 7 should check out the Vista Codecs (http://shark007.net/index.html) for windows 7 or for Vista 64. I'm running the 64 bit build of Windows 7, BTW.

Oh well. It's disappointing, since Windows 7 is otherwise working well enough that I'd considered migrating to it (from XP) while it's still in beta.

Any idea why there's no audio when I play the m2ts directly? (Pardon my ignorance of Blu-ray formats.) Or any suggestions on how to fix that (using tsremux or whatever)? Thanks!

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Sometimes, it just doesn't work, especially with later drivers, and I expect PowerDVD builds as well.

I can't speak for NVIDIA drivers but, yes, the later Catalyst drivers made this workaround no longer work on my system.

[GLDrescher]

I think there's a problems with the "libdts" filter. Still looking for solutions.

But those of you who upgraded to windows 7 should check out the Vista Codecs (http://shark007.net/index.html) for windows 7 or for Vista 64. I'm running the 64 bit build of Windows 7, BTW.

Am I right to assume that if PowerDVD succeeds in playing the Blu-ray properly (ISO mounted as a virtual drive), albeit with the Aero problem, but drops the audio when it plays the m2ts file directly (from the same virtual drive), then it's not a Codec problem?

[andy o]

Oh well. It's disappointing, since Windows 7 is otherwise working well enough that I'd considered migrating to it (from XP) while it's still in beta.

Any idea why there's no audio when I play the m2ts directly? (Pardon my ignorance of Blu-ray formats.) Or any suggestions on how to fix that (using tsremux or whatever)? Thanks!

It's nice to have Aero, but I don't see how this is so important that you'd not use Win 7 because of it. It's a very good OS. That said, I would NOT recommend migrating to it! I'd installed it in a ESATA external drive, and it was working OK. I then decided to install it in my laptop as the only OS, and it ran mostly fine for some time, and then while installing more programs, it got corrupted, and I was getting errors. My laptop is my test pc though, so no harm done, but you shouldn't install it as a standalone OS.

About the second question, you should read the stickies (FAQ, I think) it's a VERY frequently asked question.

[nesNYC]

I'm not playing the files in PowerDVD, haven't even installed it on my windows 7 build yet but plan to just to test it out. I extracted the main movie file with AnyDVD, installed Vista Codecs and am playing them through Windows Media player and Windows Media Center. Ever since PowerDVD stopped playing files via the hard drive, I practically have given up on it. But I do have the PowerDVD 8 BD edition that came with my LG BluRay dive. I really have no desire to play the files by mounting them as ISO files. I just want to play them using Media Center.

Files with DTS of any kind do not play correctly. If Vista Codecs are not present Windows will play the files using its built in AC3 filter for DD. You heard that right! Windows 7 now playes VC1 files with AC3 natively without the use of third party filters. But I need the vista codecs to play my .ts, .mkv or other non commercial codec files.

BTW, Windows 7 has given me the best and smoothest picture to date! I don't know what they've done but seems hardware acceleration bugs have been worked out and now all my HD movie files regardless of CODEC and player play flawlessly.

Am I right to assume that if PowerDVD succeeds in playing the Blu-ray properly (ISO mounted as a virtual drive), albeit with the Aero problem, but drops the audio when it plays the m2ts file directly (from the same virtual drive), then it's not a Codec problem?

[GLDrescher]

About the second question, you should read the stickies (FAQ, I think) it's a VERY frequently asked question.

Oops, sorry. I did search earlier but I missed it. FAQ item 18 talks about converting HD audio so the m2ts file can be played directly. But the Blu-ray's (sole) audio track was already DTS, not DTS HD, so I'm still not sure what the problem is.

(Suggestion: for the benefit of infrequent visitors who may just google into the middle of some thread, it would be beneficial if the page you get to by clicking on FAQ were to mention that the individual forums have their own FAQs posted in them.)

It's nice to have Aero, but I don't see how this is so important that you'd not use Win 7 because of it. It's a very good OS. That said, I would NOT recommend migrating to it! I'd installed it in a ESATA external drive, and it was working OK. I then decided to install it in my laptop as the only OS, and it ran mostly fine for some time, and then while installing more programs, it got corrupted, and I was getting errors. My laptop is my test pc though, so no harm done, but you shouldn't install it as a standalone OS.

Thanks, I appreciate the warning! By 'migrate', I just meant primarily using the Win7 side of my XP/Win7 dual boot (documents on a separate drive, backed up daily). I agree that Aero is just a superficial feature. But it's a conspicuous one, so I'm reluctant to be an early adopter without fixing the incompatibility first.

[andy o]

I agree that Aero is just a superficial feature. But it's a conspicuous one, so I'm reluctant to be an early adopter without fixing the incompatibility first.

I don't think you're being THAT early of an adopter. Anyway, it's not really an incompatibility, and besides, when I was doing this trick, I got some random PowerDVD crashes. I'm not 100% sure it was because of the trick, but it surely should run better with Aero disabled. I don't even use other windows when watching a movie. Unless you use another screen while watching a bluray, I don't see how you'll even notice Aero is disabled. After all, don't we wanna appreciate the full 1080p glory of the HD formats?

[GLDrescher]

I don't think you're being THAT early of an adopter.

Ok, not that early an adopter. :) But it is still a beta OS.

Anyway, it's not really an incompatibility, and besides, when I was doing this trick, I got some random PowerDVD crashes. I'm not 100% sure it was because of the trick, but it surely should run better with Aero disabled. I don't even use other windows when watching a movie. Unless you use another screen while watching a bluray, I don't see how you'll even notice Aero is disabled. After all, don't we wanna appreciate the full 1080p glory of the HD formats?

I often multitask while watching Blu-rays. I have just one monitor, but displaying 1080p in full glory takes up only about half of my screen's real estate.

I agree the PowerDVD tweak isn't optimal (and doesn't work for me anyway). I'd prefer to solve the m2ts audio problem, if possible, and just use WMP.

[andy o]

Oh, I thought that by "early adopter" you meant PowerDVD and bluray. The issue is not with Win 7 by the way, it also doesn't work in Vista sometimes.

[skypx]

Vista 64 bit aero fix. (works with GTX 280 + 181.22 drivers)

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8

UI_AskAero=1
UseDWMOn=1

Thanks again mkanet. :agree:

[bondwithme]

Hi,

I would like to try this but can someone pls give me step by step instructions to do it.:confused:

[mkanet]

Ironically, this fix no longer works for me using Nvidia 8800GT + drivers 180.xx and greater.

I tried using the UseDWMOn setting instead of the UseNVDWMOn, but that just ended up giving an internal error.

It was nice while it lasted.

[GLDrescher]

Vista 64 bit aero fix. (works with GTX 280 + 181.22 drivers)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8
UI_AskAero=1
UseDWMOn=1
Thanks again mkanet. :agree:

Thanks! I'll try that when I reinstall Windows 7 64-bit (it was working flawlessly for a week, but then it abruptly became unstable, so I'm back to XP for now).

[skypx]

Ironically, this fix no longer works for me using Nvidia 8800GT + drivers 180.xx and greater.

I tried using the UseDWMOn setting instead of the UseNVDWMOn, but that just ended up giving an internal error.

It was nice while it lasted.

I'm pretty sure (not 100%) the GTX 88... does not have hardware acceleration for blu ray playback, but I'm curious about the error you keep getting. Do you use a driver cleaner before installing new drivers?

[GLDrescher]

Vista 64 bit aero fix. (works with GTX 280 + 181.22 drivers)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8
UI_AskAero=1
UseDWMOn=1
Thanks again mkanet. :agree:

Oh well, that still doesn't work for me (PowerDVD 7.3.4116, GTX 260, 181.22, Windows 7 beta 64-bit).

[mkanet]

That was meant for PowerDVD 8.

Oh well, that still doesn't work for me (PowerDVD 7.3.4116, GTX 260, 181.22, Windows 7 beta 64-bit).

Originally Posted by skypx View Post
Vista 64 bit aero fix. (works with GTX 280 + 181.22 drivers)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8
UI_AskAero=1
UseDWMOn=1
Thanks again mkanet.

[luke7]

That was meant for PowerDVD 8.



Originally Posted by skypx View Post
Vista 64 bit aero fix. (works with GTX 280 + 181.22 drivers)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cyberlink\PowerDVD8
UI_AskAero=1
UseDWMOn=1
Thanks again mkanet.

Hi

Any of you knows how to get Areo on with PowerDVD 9 ?

The way I can have Areo on is to use this after Powerdvd has started.

Restart the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager in Services in Control Panel (type Services.msc in Start Search), or run the following commands in a command prompt with administrator privileges:

net stop uxsms
net start uxsms

Not the best fix.

[luke7]

Hi again

Areo now works with Powerdvd9+update 1530 :)

[adachan]

Hi again

Areo now works with Powerdvd9+update 1530 :)

How did you get Aero to work with PowerDVD 9?

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

How did you get Aero to work with PowerDVD 9?

Start PowerDVD9, right-click in the UI window, select Settings..., select the Blu-ray Disc tab, click the Advanced button, select the Windows Aero tab, Uncheck Allow PowerDVD to automatically disable Windows Aero to optimize Blu-ray Disc playback.

Unchecking this setting may cause problems with BD playback since Aero increases the overhead for the graphics. Disabling Aero is wiser on weaker videocards and older systems. If there isn't a problem with the setting disabled then it's fine but if there is a problem I'd advise re-enabling the setting to disable Aero.

[adachan]

Start PowerDVD9, right-click in the UI window, select Settings..., select the Blu-ray Disc tab, click the Advanced button, select the Windows Aero tab, Uncheck Allow PowerDVD to automatically disable Windows Aero to optimize Blu-ray Disc playback.

Unchecking this setting may cause problems with BD playback since Aero increases the overhead for the graphics. Disabling Aero is wiser on weaker videocards and older systems. If there isn't a problem with the setting disabled then it's fine but if there is a problem I'd advise re-enabling the setting to disable Aero.

Thanks!!! Much appreciated.

[ocgw]

I'm pretty sure (not 100%) the GTX 88... does not have hardware acceleration for blu ray playback, but I'm curious about the error you keep getting. Do you use a driver cleaner before installing new drivers?

The 8800GTX does have hardware acceleration for blu ray

ocgw

peace

[Jakobkraft]

Start PowerDVD9, right-click in the UI window, select Settings..., select the Blu-ray Disc tab, click the Advanced button, select the Windows Aero tab, Uncheck Allow PowerDVD to automatically disable Windows Aero to optimize Blu-ray Disc playback.

Unchecking this setting may cause problems with BD playback since Aero increases the overhead for the graphics. Disabling Aero is wiser on weaker videocards and older systems. If there isn't a problem with the setting disabled then it's fine but if there is a problem I'd advise re-enabling the setting to disable Aero.

I just got my first internal blu-ray burner for my pc and it came with PowerDVD9 which works well, except it keeps disabling my aero theme upon playback even though I unchecked the "Allow PowerDVD to automatically disable Windows Aero to optimize Blu-ray Disc playback" option.
I game on my machine and have a very decent Radeon 4800 512MB video card, which could handle blu-ray playback easily without disabling Aero. I also have the latest catalyst drivers for it (ver. 9.12). But PowerDVD9 disables Aero even though it's set not to!

I know it shouldn't matter (I'm supposed to be watching a movie during that time, I know) but it just really bugs me - has anyone had this issue and been able to fix it? I'm using Windows 7, 32-bit, btw.
Thanks in advance!

[deanmc]

This is one of those issues that is a total waste of time non-issue, it switches back on after watching the movie and you can't see it while the movie is playing, so, so what?

[mkanet]

I guess it depends on the person. Some people actually care what their desktop looks like before, during, and after watching a video clip and if features actually work or not. Also, some people dont watch their movies and video clips full screen every single time; so, seeing a nice looking desktop look no-so-good during video playback in a window isn't something some people want to see.

This isn't probably a good comparison, but its sort of like when there was my brother jacket thrown on the living room floor for a couple of days. It obviously didnt bother him one bit. His explanation was it was there when he needed it and didnt really seem to get in the way. But, it sure has heck bothered me :)

A Windows desktop is a person's workspace. So, it depends on how they want to treat it and have it look. I know someone who used to get a benign error message each time they start a video/movie with WMP, it didnt obviously bother them. They, just clicked OK, and the video started. Eventually, I fixed the problem for them; although, to them, it was, "one of those issues that is a total waste of time non-issue" :)

For those of you that have issues with PowerDVD 9 even with the check box to enable Aero enhancement, I wish I could help. The fix I have was meant for an older version of PowerDVD when doing something like this was still considered "unstable". Now, it's considered a supported feature. So, if it bug the person that a feature doesnt work, they need to talk to the people who made the software.

This is one of those issues that is a total waste of time non-issue, it switches back on after watching the movie and you can't see it while the movie is playing, so, so what?

[andy o]

TMT3 is working perfectly for me. I didn't even notice until a while after I installed it that it doesn't switch from Aero, at least for me.

[Tanquen]

On my Windows 7 64-bit install it still disable Aero with the setting unchecked. ??? :(

[andy o]

This ceased to work a long time ago. If you want it to work you'll probably need one of the cards mentioned and one of the versions/builds mentioned. Frankly it's not worth the hassle IMO.

[mkanet]

Does anyone have a clever way to prevent PowerDVD from telling the OS to disable Aero effects? I tried restricting permissions to access the UxSms service in the registry; but it looks like PowerDVD is disabling Aero effects via a different method. I tried a registry monitoring tool, but couldnt find when/where it disables Aero. If I use my remote control, I could have it restart the UxSMS service a second or so after pushing the play button, but I dont have a solution for when I use the keyboard or mouse. Ideally, I would be able to do this by preventing access to the right key via permissions.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Does anyone have a clever way to prevent PowerDVD from telling the OS to disable Aero effects? I tried restricting permissions to access the UxSms service in the registry; but it looks like PowerDVD is disabling Aero effects via a different method. I tried a registry monitoring tool, but couldnt find when/where it disables Aero. If I use my remote control, I could have it restart the UxSMS service a second or so after pushing the play button, but I dont have a solution for when I use the keyboard or mouse. Ideally, I would be able to do this by preventing access to the right key via permissions.

I haven't found a good solution and PowerDVD10 doesn't even acknowledge that I have the setting in the Blu-Ray options to not disable Aero. I just made a batch file with the commands luke7 posted to fix it and I run that after PowerDVD10 disables Aero. I tend to multi-task a lot and losing Aero plain annoys me when my system is more than powerful enough to not need it disabled.

net stop uxsms
net start uxsms

It's a pain that I have to do this myself but it works.

[mkanet]

I can't think of a way to have it happen automatically. The problem with a batch file is you still have to double click it after you push play. If the player disabled aero immediate after startup, it would be a no brainer with a small delay before your batch file restarts the service.

If anyone has an automated way for this to happen or figures out where in the registry we can protect using permissions (to prevent the pdvd process/and respective username to touch the part of the registry that's causing aero to get disabled, please post!

I haven't found a good solution and PowerDVD10 doesn't even acknowledge that I have the setting in the Blu-Ray options to not disable Aero. I just made a batch file with the commands luke7 posted to fix it and I run that after PowerDVD10 disables Aero. I tend to multi-task a lot and losing Aero plain annoys me when my system is more than powerful enough to not need it disabled.

net stop uxsms
net start uxsms

It's a pain that I have to do this myself but it works.

[Ric42]

Is there a tweak that allows vista Aero to still be enabled with TMT3?

thanks

[knight_of_ni]

Is there a tweak that allows vista Aero to still be enabled with TMT3?

thanks

http://www.arcsoft.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6055&PN=1&title=enable-aero-in-tmt-180-public-beta