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Blu-ray Disc " Skyfall" Will Not Play
I have just purchased the "Skyfall" Blu-ray DVD Digital Disc and the Blu-ray disc will not play on my Samsung Blu-ray player. I get the 20thCentury Fox logo introwith sound, then nothing. On my machine it says play but every which way I try I can't get the disc to play.
All the other Blu-ray discs in my collection play automatically with no trouble, as I have checked some of them. Am I missing something or have the Blu-ray discs changed? My Samsung model is: BD-P1500 and it is five years old. I have returned the first disc to Amazon thinking it was faulty and received a replacement, but the replacement is just the same. Any help would be gratefully accepted |
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Find someone with a blu-ray player and see if Skyfall plays on it, then you'll know. Try a cleaning kit on yours. Probably it's the first sign that your player is on the way out, so a new one would be a good idea.
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Most likely needs a software update.
Click on firmware link here. http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mo.../XEE-downloads |
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Skyfall won't play on my media pc via TotalMedia 5. All other blu rays play fine on it and just says 'cannot play this disc'. It will play fine via my PS3 which isn't linked to the interweb either so a bit odd.
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Got a copy yesterday and have only just had a quick try so far, not watched it all.
I've got a Sony BDP-S350 so not exactly brand spanking new bleeding edge technology. It did take a while to get past the MGM logo at the start and several skips forward to bypass all the adverts and other junk at the head of the disk. But eventually got the main menu and selected PLAY. And it played OK, or at least the first few seconds anyway. But I get the impression that even those few seconds are more than some have managed. |
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Got a copy yesterday and have only just had a quick try so far, not watched it all.
I've got a Sony BDP-S350 so not exactly brand spanking new bleeding edge technology. It did take a while to get past the MGM logo at the start and several skips forward to bypass all the adverts and other junk at the head of the disk. But eventually got the main menu and selected PLAY. And it played OK, or at least the first few seconds anyway. But I get the impression that even those few seconds are more than some have managed. |
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Blu-ray Disc "Skyfall" Will Not Play
Just done a complete software update. Now works a treat!
Many thanks for the advice and feedback. |
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My advice was dreadful! Sorry about that. Good for grahamlthompson, got it spot on! My NTSC blu-ray of Skyfall also played OK but took ages to get past the MGM logo on my Samsung BD-C5900.
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Edit: it's ok, was being stupid
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I have a Panasonic DMP-BD77 Blu ray player and am having problems with Skyfall.
It loads up then starts at a still frame from within the film,often at the point where I last stopped the movie,the only way I can watch Skyfall,is to 'rewind' to the start,then it plays OK. Anyone got an idea of why that should be?, have the latest firmware,and have even exchanged my first copy for another,thinking that was the problem. Not had Blu- ray for long,so don't know much about it,but all my other Blu-rays play just fine. Should add,that the first time I played it,there was no problem,it's just since then?. |
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I have a Panasonic DMP-BD77 Blu ray player and am having problems with Skyfall.
It loads up then starts at a still frame from within the film,often at the point where I last stopped the movie,the only way I can watch Skyfall,is to 'rewind' to the start,then it plays OK. Anyone got an idea of why that should be?, have the latest firmware,and have even exchanged my first copy for another,thinking that was the problem. Not had Blu- ray for long,so don't know much about it,but all my other Blu-rays play just fine. Should add,that the first time I played it,there was no problem,it's just since then?. As I posted above at the time I only played a few seconds of the beginning of the movie as a test. A couple of days later when I had a chance to watch the entire film I put the disc in and my Sony instantly went to the point I had stopped it previously and offered me the choice of playing from that point or gong back to the start. Maybe your player is doing something similar but without the play options? |
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Maybe there is some sort of "auto resume" mode?
As I posted above at the time I only played a few seconds of the beginning of the movie as a test. A couple of days later when I had a chance to watch the entire film I put the disc in and my Sony instantly went to the point I had stopped it previously and offered me the choice of playing from that point or gong back to the start. Maybe your player is doing something similar but without the play options? Thanks for the input. |
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I have a Panasonic DMP-BD77 Blu ray player and am having problems with Skyfall.
It loads up then starts at a still frame from within the film,often at the point where I last stopped the movie,the only way I can watch Skyfall,is to 'rewind' to the start,then it plays OK. Anyone got an idea of why that should be?, have the latest firmware,and have even exchanged my first copy for another,thinking that was the problem. Not had Blu- ray for long,so don't know much about it,but all my other Blu-rays play just fine. Should add,that the first time I played it,there was no problem,it's just since then?. Not all Blu Ray discs have Auto Resume encoded which is why youve not noticed it on your other discs. 'Rewind'. Can you not just press the Menu/PopUp or similar button on your remote to bring up the popup menu then select Top Menu or select Search and select scene 1? |
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This disc is endcoded with an Auto Resume feature which is probably why it goes straight to the last scene you stopped at.
Not all Blu Ray discs have Auto Resume encoded which is why youve not noticed it on your other discs. 'Rewind'. Can you not just press the Menu/PopUp or similar button on your remote to bring up the popup menu then select Top Menu or select Search and select scene 1? The first time I played the film I got three trailers then,went to the start menu,as it should,but now this does not happen,its just a still frame from the last position I stopped it at. I note that not all discs have auto resume,and suppose that is why my other titles have no issue ref this. Anyway it's an interesting learning curve for me,like I say,only had my first Blu-ray player recently,and this is the first problem . Thanks for the help guys.
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It could also quite possibly be a compatability issue with your player and may require a firmware update. As you say its got the latest then maybe give Panasonic a call and they may be able to investigate further to resolve the issue.
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It could also quite possibly be a compatability issue with your player and may require a firmware update. As you say its got the latest then maybe give Panasonic a call and they may be able to investigate further to resolve the issue.
It certainly has the latest firmware available,it was the first thing I did with it out of the box,and was easy,just over the net upgrade,no messing with discs,or even memory sticks. Must say though,apart from this issue,am very pleased with the player,now have another way of watching the iPlayer,have Netflix and can download video content to a memory stick,and watch on the TV,very nice
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I pity people who might have a Bluray player but don't have a broadband connection...
Would be a take-player-back-to-the-shop job for them.. |
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Yes think I will do that,I feel if I could wipe the memory it would fix the issue,but don't really want to factory reset.
It should only just zap any user settings and whatever memory storage it uses for things like Auto Resume. It shouldn't zap the firmware back to any previous version. All it should mean is that you'll have to put back any user config settings you put in when you took it out of the box. |
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Why not?
It should only just zap any user settings and whatever memory storage it uses for things like Auto Resume. It shouldn't zap the firmware back to any previous version. All it should mean is that you'll have to put back any user config settings you put in when you took it out of the box. Reading about auto resume it seems that many like this feature,I certainly don't,I am the sorts that likes to sit and watch a film from start to end,in one go. From what I read,a lot of people like to watch a film,a bit at a time?,so like auto resume,maybe people just don't have the attention span these days?. |
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I have accepted now that it is just the auto resume on Skyfall,and not,as I first though,some kind of fault with the disc.
Reading about auto resume it seems that many like this feature,I certainly don't,I am the sorts that likes to sit and watch a film from start to end,in one go. From what I read,a lot of people like to watch a film,a bit at a time?,so like auto resume,maybe people just don't have the attention span these days?. |
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Normally you are offered an option, resume or start again. Doesn't the top menu button return you to the Play all/Chapter selection screen ?
Just noticed your chapter selection comment,yes I can go back to the start that way. When I first played the film though I saw three trailers,first,it's not that I 'want' to see them again,but do wonder why I can see them now. Having said that once I powered down the box,with the disc in,and it did start again,including the trailers,but not been able to reproduce this. My interest is technical,it's not that I want to see them,its just why can't I see them
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Not with Skyfall on my player anyway,does it not depend on the disc?,maybe someone could comment who has the Blu-ray of Skyfall,if they have that option?.
It paused at that point and a pop-up box appeared with options to play from where it had paused or go back to the beginning of the movie and play from there instead. I think it it might have offered the option to go back to the top menu of the movie as well. |
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If you go back up a few posts you'll see that I did a quick test of the movie in my Sony. When I went to watch it properly the player went straight to the point I stopped it previously in the brief test play.
It paused at that point and a pop-up box appeared with options to play from where it had paused or go back to the beginning of the movie and play from there instead. I think it it might have offered the option to go back to the top menu of the movie as well. if I put the disc in now, I get the film company logo with music,for a few seconds,then a short load screen,then a still picture of where I last left off.So make of that,what you will,but I am confused .Anyway its not of great concern to me,I can get the film to play easy enough,and that's the main thing really. See how I get on the next time I come across auto resume,have Argo on order,wonder if that one features it?. |
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Hmm - with this much hassle, I think I'll rent and stream the film on Blinkbox...
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I pity people who might have a Bluray player but don't have a broadband connection...
Would be a take-player-back-to-the-shop job for them.. |
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. Thanks for the help guys.
