Hello. I just built a new HTPC. It is connected to my Panasonic Viera 50" Plasma TV via HDMI.
The PC consists of:
Asus P8Z77-M MB w/ Intel HD4000 onboard graphics
Intel Core i7 3770K Processor
8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 RAM
Asus BC-12B1ST internal Blu-Ray drive
Windows 7 Home Primium 64bit
So far everything else works great. I am ripping my DVD collection onto a NAS with AnyDVD and so far they play through WMC without issue.
The problem I am having is the Blu-Ray drive doesn't come with software/codecs to play Blu-Rays and neither does WIndows. Ripping the Blu-Rays isn't practical as the files are too big so I want to be able to play them on the Blu-Ray drive. I downloaded the WinDVD 11 trial version to try out their software and I get this error: "Playback with current display driver is not supported, please update your display driver or restart WinDVD".
I have seen several other forums on the internet where people are getting this same error but I haven't seen where anyone has resolved it yet.
I updated the Bios from Asus to the newest rev with no change.
I tried updating the Intel graphics drivers through Asus but it says what I have is current.
I found this Intel FAQ site with ideas to get Blu-Rays to play on Intel graphics and I tried everything there with no change:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-031600.htm?wapkw=intel+hd+4000+graphics
This FAQ states:
"Intel has worked with key media application vendors to optimize media playback with Intel® HD Graphics. Key media vendors and their applications include ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 5*, Corel WinDVD 11*, and CyberLink PowerDVD 12*."
My frustration level has just about reached its limit. I guess the next step is to get a different video card and not use the Intel HD4000 graphics.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.