A-110: external Bluray player

[eddy123]

Will the A-110 support a Bluray player via USB or via the Lan network in future? I do have tried to search the answer but couldn't find it.

Ed

[nuke12]

Nope. The A-110/100 will NEVER support playing the blue-ray structure.

[RaenonD]

"Never say never"

I'd honestly be surprised if anyone was able to make it work, but it's possible that at some point in the future someone could figure out some workaround...
It's safe to say that it won't be officially supported, however.

[eddy123]

(08-16-2009 08:57 PM)RaenonD Wrote:  "Never say never"

I'd honestly be surprised if anyone was able to make it work, but it's possible that at some point in the future someone could figure out some workaround...
It's safe to say that it won't be officially supported, however.

I assume that is it technically possible as for the C-200. We only need to wait that somebody will hack this into the A-100/A-110.

ed

[dc11ab]

llink has basic BD and HD-DVD playback:
* UDF 2.50 BD5-ISO support: provides basic playback of Bluray and HD-DVD.

There's no fancy titles, but I think you should be able to mount the disc and play the file. Not sure about encrypted retail discs, though. I'd think not, but I have no attachable BD-Rom yet to test with.
The llink-nmt version is available in the CSI (nmtinstaller.com). Let us know how it works out if you decide to test it.

[Pendragon]

(08-17-2009 09:50 AM)dc11ab Wrote:  llink has basic BD and HD-DVD playback:
* UDF 2.50 BD5-ISO support: provides basic playback of Bluray and HD-DVD.

There's no fancy titles, but I think you should be able to mount the disc and play the file. Not sure about encrypted retail discs, though. I'd think not, but I have no attachable BD-Rom yet to test with.
The llink-nmt version is available in the CSI (nmtinstaller.com). Let us know how it works out if you decide to test it.

If i get hold of a Working PCH A-110 "Having issues with sound trough HDMI on a new PCH *See my first post by looking on my profile* then i can buy a BluRay DVD Drive and hook up to an external cabinet we have at work at Psxcare and test
If it works then ill order a BluRay player from Us. and have two cabinets to swap

[dc11ab]

For Bluray playback; C-200 is the way to go. But as you are a psxcare guy 'the chase is better than the catch' ?

[Pendragon]

(08-17-2009 11:47 AM)dc11ab Wrote:  For Bluray playback; C-200 is the way to go. But as you are a psxcare guy 'the chase is better than the catch' ?

Hell yeah
Ive modded almost everything i own and i was the one that cracked the PSone console first in the world by just exchanging the Bios with a Chip lockout on the Bios to an old bios from the first Playstation 1 consoles that hit the market ( had lots of dead modbos lying around ) Just by trail and error i managed to desolder the bios with our hor air units and pop on a old one

After that i got Bootlegged discs to boot with a ( Low serial Bios trick ) and then i probed the darn sucker and soldered a 4wire chip in then we began to write a chip that ovverides the BIOS by soldeing on two wires on it

Good times..

But i got this from PCH support:

Quote:PCH A-100 and A-110 chipset would not support BluRay player plug-in via USB. The only PCH product support BluRay drive plug-in is C-200.

And my PCH that didn´t give sound via HDMI was exchanged and the new one with an older FW sounds great

Still i have some days on me left to return it and a C200 would be a mouch better toy for me now i think when i know that the A-110 and my Samsung 55" LED communicates okay.
I was thinking of modding some DVD tray so i can fit two Slimline BluRay units and attatch a Switch on it so i can install a US BluRay player and a Sewdish Europeand BluRay player enablng me to watch A + B Regions or what the heck its called A dream would be ABC Regions but hey

[Guus-tc]

Haha very nice Pendragon. But i think it must be possible. It is also possible to watch dvd's when you have an dvd in you dvd player and then share your dvd player with other computers in the network.

The same has to be with blu-ray but then you need an blu-ray reader (writer) and you need the programm anydvd because that (no freeware) programm can encrypt the blu-ray and dvd's so you can watch official blu-raydisc and dvds.

[chris57]

I do not think that there will be any need for different BD ROM's for different regions.

You need a BD license which currently only the C200 has to play BD with menus/full features. Plus 1Gb of space for BD live and extra RAM and cpu power that the 8644 chip brings. Again only in the C200.

[Guus-tc]

Yeah i think you are right... The problem is that de A-110 and the HDX-1000 don't have jave support so they can never support blu-ray menu's.

[Pendragon]

(08-18-2009 07:11 AM)chris57 Wrote:  I do not think that there will be any need for different BD ROM's for different regions.

You need a BD license which currently only the C200 has to play BD with menus/full features. Plus 1Gb of space for BD live and extra RAM and cpu power that the 8644 chip brings. Again only in the C200.

If one BD rom can play A, B and C regions that would be super.
Im thinking of returning my A110 and gettign a C200 instead but PCH.com supportcant give me a streetdate so i don´t know if its worth it for me.