Hello,

I would like to inform you that I have the exact same problems since WinDVD was updated this week to version 8.8.0.154. Last week I could play Blu-rays fine, without any problem or hick-ups, but since the update, and the change of the entire layout (the Corel logo is now featured for the first time), none of my Blu-rays appear to work.

I have a Vaio FZ21M, never had any problems playing back Blu-rays in its 3+ years, until this week...

When I insert a disc, it starts spinning and loading WinDVD as it used to. The splash screen appears, but instead of loading the disc, the drive stops spinning completely after several seconds. The splash screen stays idle and nothing happens. When inserting a DVD it starts playing automatically, as it should. I have tried several different typs of Blu-rays, from different movie studios, and none of them appear to work anymore.

It drove me crazy yesterday as I tried to revert back to the previous version without much luck. A windows system recovery to a previous state resulted in an error message of the older version of WinDVD as soon as I tried to start it up. I re-downloaded the update, but that didn't change much. Fortunately I looked around on the internet before complete deleting the application all together, because that would mean I would have to perform a full recovery, which is not something I am planning to do just for a simple error in Blu-ray playback.

The problem has to be a software problem, as I have installed a second Blu-ray playback application (Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre 5) which I was hoping would solve the issue. But it shows a problem as well; when I insert a Blu-ray that automatically starts the movie without the optional language selection screens (e.g. some Warner Bros discs)...the application loads but the screen stays idle or frozen in the loading state. The disc however spins as it should do and I can hear the audio play back to me; but the video is in no way visible. This proofs that there is not a hardware issue with my drive, as the disc's audio can be played indicating that the drive can still read the Blu-ray properly. There seems to be, however, a problem with the video/graphics card of the system, which is unable to render the High Def Blu-ray image that comes from the drive. I never had any issues with this before the update, as stated, so I think there is a problem with the latest update of WinDVD.

I hope this issue gets looked into and a solution is offered soon. I am reluctant to fully format my hard drive just to get the old version of WinDVD back on my system, after which Vaio Update would keep advising me to update it, but I will see it as my very last resort.

I really hate it that my Vaio has since been useless in displaying Blu-ray discs as I used this option very often to watch movies late at night. Besides that, I have bought a laptop with Blu-ray playback capabilities, so it should be able to do that if I please!

I too have just downloaded the latest Vaio update for WinDVD BD. On completion, I found that the update had uninstalled my current version and replaced it with a new one (new desktop shortcut).

This new version does not work and I have been left with no BR disc player. When I try to start the player it say's that SQPlus.dll is missing.

I have tried Systen Restore to before the uninstall but this will not complete because it says it cannot access a file?

HELP! please

LATEST:

After many hours,  I have found the missing SQPlus.dll. It was in my AVG virus vault. I have restored this using "Ignore" and managed to load and use the new WinDVD player but when I restart, AVG prevents it loading again saying there is a virus present.....hopefully not. Is there a fix for this?

Message was edited by: mazurkal

This has happened to me as well amongst several of the many re-installs I performed over the course of a few days. AVG scans the file SQPlus.dll as a threat and, depending on which option you choose, stores it in its virus vault. I researched the file online and found out it couldn't do any harm, so I hit ignore. Starting the WinDVD application afterwards worked fine, but once every now and then AVG acts up again, wanting to move the SQPlus.dll file into quarantine..

My question to you however is if after you managed to start up WinDVD properly, were you able to play Blu-rays? I wasn't, even after I could succesfully start-up the application.

I really hope Sony, or Corel, is able to come up with a solution to this problem soon. In the mean time I must enjoy my Blu-rays through my PS3 :-)

This might be a problem with AVG viruschecker (Mis?) identifying the SQPlus/dll file of the update as a virus. My computer (also a VGN_FZ21M, Vista sp2) throws up an AVG warning notice immediately after inserting any BD disk into the machine, followed by an application error popping up. Are others of you finding the same problem? are we all running AVG, or does the problem occur regardless?

hi

i had all the same problems as everyone on this page im using a VGN-Z21ZN windows 7 Pro windvd bd vaio

i used sonys useless update and i could play blurays and avg said the new corel software is a virus no idea how to fix all that im sure someones working on it.

i did manage to almost return my windvd bd to its original settings

i deleted that rubbish new software download and followed the steps from this forum

it wont let me post the link

ok i googled - vaio windvd bd software universal extractor

the forum is notebook review they had a few helpfull forums there i managed to download the older versions of windvd bd i have all my blu rays working again apart from avatar which was a corel update sdo im not that bothered.

hope this helps