cannot get power dvd to work

[tangone]

Hope someone can help. About a year ago I got a HP Pavilion dv7 Cto laptop with a bd rom & windows 7 64 bit, quad core i7, 8 gb ram. I then installed 32 bit Vista Business on an additional internal hd just for BD playback from my usb external hds. I then installed Power dvd ultra 7.3319a but cyberlink error code 0012 (video card not compatible) does not play. I have just about the same setup on my desktop except I have a separate video card (Nvivia) & playback is fine. If anyone knows a work around for this problem any info will be greatly appreciated. Perhaps someone out there knows of an alternative software program that allow navigation & playback from my external hds. Tks, tangone

[RBBrittain]

PDVD 7 is pretty much decrepit by now; I abandoned it when it started playing HD DVD audio out-of-sync, with OR without ReClock. The likely problem is your laptop video card is more advanced than PDVD 7 will recognize.

Among the current licensed players, PDVD 13 is reportedly better but ATM doesn't get along well with AnyDVD HD's Cinavia fix (you'll need that for many newer discs); TMT6 works well with the Cinavia fix (and also still plays HD DVDs as an unsupported feature), but is less stable overall. If you don't want either one, I suggest XBMC 12.1; being unlicensed (not to mention free), it will never have any Cinavia to fix.