InterActual DVD Player

[bostondriver]

I installed EMC 9. I removed all of EMC 8 prior to doing this.

 

Shortly after everything was done, I went to play a DVD in my PC. It tried to play with something called InterActual DVD Player. This never happened before. Did this software come with EMC 9?

 

I ask for several reasons. It seems to be built by Sonic and it suddenly appeared after EMC 9. However, it doesn't play the DVD (where other players on the machine, including DVD Max and CinePlayer do.

 

The other thing I don't understand is why it shows up "early" in Start --> All Programs. What I see isn't alphabetical. EMC 9 and something called xingtone show up at the end. I would have expected this InterActual player to be at the end too if EMC 9 (or its content disk) installed it.

 

Does anyone know where it came from? What version it is (e.g. should I download the free upgrade to 2.6) found here ??

 

Thanks,

BD

[ggrussell]

I think there is some InterActual technology used in Cineplayer, but not a separate player. There are some commercial DVDs that will install the InterActual player when inserted.

[bostondriver]

I think there is some InterActual technology used in Cineplayer, but not a separate player. There are some commercial DVDs that will install the InterActual player when inserted.

 

Thanks! I should be able to remove it then. For all I know, it may have "came with the laptop".

[bimicher]

Thanks! I should be able to remove it then. For all I know, it may have "came with the laptop".

 

InterActual is a part of the "Sonic Solutions Company" but the player is not really needed to play the DVD. It is most often found on DVDs that have some inter-active "extras" on the DVD which may not be accesible with other software DVD players such as CinePlayer or PowerDVD. I have always prevented the installation when I tried to play such a DVD.

[james_hardin]

It is part of Cineplayer. If you look around in there you will see InterActual as a choice.

 

This version of CinePlayer looks like Swiss Army knife! It wants to do everything instead of just playing a DVD. But instead of writing one colossus program, it is using other programs and acting as an interface.

[bostondriver]

It is part of Cineplayer. If you look around in there you will see InterActual as a choice.

 

I can't find it. I'm looking in "settings".

 

What other choices are there?

[james_hardin]

My bad, it confused me!

 

As you can see both Cineplayer and InterActual are showing in Digital Media Experience.

[bostondriver]

My bad, it confused me!

 

As you can see both Cineplayer and InterActual are showing in Digital Media Experience.

 

I get three to pick from.

 

- Watch DVD (Cineplayer)

- Media Experience (which I'm guessing is InterActual)

- Media Manager

[grandpabruce]

I get three to pick from.

 

- Watch DVD (Cineplayer)

- Media Experience (which I'm guessing is InterActual)

- Media Manager

 

Strange, but I get the following: It must be dependent on the Custom Install. I installed all but Drag to Disc.

[jeanrosenfeld]

It does get installed with EMC 9, at least it did for me. The player is in C:\Program Files\InterActual\InterActual Player (iPlayer.exe).

 

I certainly did not have it on my system before installing EMC 9, and the folders containing the Interactual files (C:\Program Files\InterActual and sub folders) have the same date created time stamp as the Roxio folders ( C:\Program Files\Roxio), give or take a few minutes (the install of EMC 9 took several minutes)

 

So I'm pretty certain it was installed with EMC 9.

 

I've only tried it once, don't need it, but can't be bothered to uninstall it (only 13.3 MB). It does not appear explicitly in Add/Remove.

 

 

PS the version is 2.60.12.405

[bostondriver]

It does get installed with EMC 9, at least it did for me. The player is in C:\Program Files\InterActual\InterActual Player (iPlayer.exe).

 

I certainly did not have it on my system before installing EMC 9, and the folders containing the Interactual files (C:\Program Files\InterActual and sub folders) have the same date created time stamp as the Roxio folders ( C:\Program Files\Roxio), give or take a few minutes (the install of EMC 9 took several minutes)

 

So I'm pretty certain it was installed with EMC 9.

 

I've only tried it once, don't need it, but can't be bothered to uninstall it (only 13.3 MB). It does not appear explicitly in Add/Remove.

PS the version is 2.60.12.405

 

My folders show the same time stamp. What is puzzling is why it showed up "early" in START --> All Programs (as described initially). More puzzling is why it doesn't show up there now at all!

 

I'm guessing EMC 9 installed it (or "updated it"), as any DVD I try to play since EMC 9 now starts with iPlayer.exe. Not what I expected.

 

I have the same version (2.60.12.0405) as you do as well.