neil wilkes
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
As we all know, these players have continued to exhibit serious problems with certain discs.
I have found this info published at the Lizard Lounge, which goes a long way to explaining the problems.
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This is massively interesting as it is the first confirmation of our problems that has come direct from Pioneer AFAIK.
and the 578 was also flawed, but it appears there is an update to it's firmware as well.
I have found this info published at the Lizard Lounge, which goes a long way to explaining the problems.
Quoted in full:
Here’s the skinny on the last one: The DVD forum updated the DVD-A specification in 2003 at the behest of Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and a handful of others to allow 2 things: the use of a Video Title Set Menu (VTSM) and an update of CCI (Copy Control Info) rules.
The VTSM allows the user to use the “Menu” button on the remote, and it frees up some restrictions for more flexible authoring. The CCI rules allowed for more diverse numbers to be used, in the “number of copies allowed” sense for legal DVD-A copying. The CCI implementation is what’s biting Pioneer in the rear.
The new CCI setting turns on a bit in the program stream that was previously unused. The Pioneer players are not set to recognize the updated version of the spec, so when they see a new bit that shouldn’t be there (or so the player thinks), it enacts its copy protection mechanism and mutes the audio. It thinks it’s doing the right thing, because it thinks it’s being fed a pirated disc.
This is a continuing problem with Pioneer, as I received a message from a Talking Heads fan with the same player some months ago.
This is massively interesting as it is the first confirmation of our problems that has come direct from Pioneer AFAIK.
and the 578 was also flawed, but it appears there is an update to it's firmware as well.