What's the current status of PowerDVD inserting what seemed like half a dozen things to run at startup, taking over as the default media player for all extensions without asking, have they stopped doing that in 2018? PowerDVD 17 is the newest version available. I can't comment on Catalyst Media Center since I don't believe I've ever used it or if I have it was so long ago I can't recall. PowerDVD isn't perfect but it's not as bad as it once was. CyberLink has actually made some improvements. I switched back to using PowerDVD after I dumped TMT. With respect to Arcsoft TMT, I used it for a number of years and preferred it over PowerDVD but somewhere along the line I felt it went off the rails and became even more buggy than PowerDVD.
#Arcsoft totalmedia theater update#
On top of that Microsoft isn't going to tweak such a serious update that mitigates such a huge issue just to play nice with an old version of a protection mechanism found in an out-dated, obsolete, and abandoned piece of software.
If my suspicion is correct then the solution would be for Arcsoft to update TMT to remove the use of Themida or re-release it with an updated version of the protection. Since the mechanism plays around with the kernel I suspect that is the problem. Arcsoft made use of Themida to protect the software from tampering. The issue with the Windows update to handle Meltdown is the changes to the kernel. as it stood there were already driver issues with Windows 10 and TMT functioning properly. Sadly, PowerDVD is really the only viable licensed DVD, Blu-ray, and UHD playback option these days, IMO.
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