I have powerdvd5 and it was working perfectly and today i am getting an error 80040216 help please. i have downloaded the patches but nothing helps. upgraded the drivers also.

Please update your graphics card driver.
Please check the hardware acceleration function is enabled.
(1) Go to Control Panel->Display property setting -> advanced -> Troubleshoot.
(2) Check the Hardware acceleration status.
(3) The Hardware acceleration should be set to "Max"
Please update your PowerDVD 8 to the latest version.
Please click here to download the patch.
If you still receive the error code, please provide the information listed below, and send it to CyberLink Customer Support.
The name of the movie title and the region.
CyberLink BD Advisor log: Please get this tool from this link (http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/bd-support/diagnosis.do) and install it, save the detection results

Power DVD is a quirky program. Try VLC media player instead. It will play DVD's and almost any other video format. You can download it here:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Read the thread from forum.cyberlink.com - Error 80040216 Power DVD!

There are many free DVD software you can use, why use Cyberlink 'buggy' software?

If you are on a Windows OS platform,
Here are some free Players eg. VLC Player, MPStar Player or Windows Media Player 11.
Download the codec package and install either "K-Lite Codec Pack or K-Lite Mega Codec Pack" from http://www.free-codecs.com/index.htm. With these you should be able to play most of the Audio and Video formats.

Hope it helps.

1. Please update your graphics card driver. For that Download this http://www.devicedoctor.com/device-doctor-download.php It will update(Download) all the drivers needed by your PC
2. Please check the hardware acceleration function is enabled.
   (1) Go to Control Panel-

Hi there,

Microsoft might help you in this metter, check solution on this link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/234292

Make sure you choose correct version of your operating system & media player.

Thanks

This error message can be caused because you do not have an audio output device such as headphones or loud speakers connected.

ok go on the ps3 website and find error codes then it will say enter error code from there youre on your own. thank you please rate!

Here is Apple's definition of the error."kLSServerCommunicationErr -10822
There is a problem communicating with the server process that maintains the Launch >Services database.". Have you repaired permissions? Are you sure this software is Mac compatible for your Mac be it Intel or Power?

You may just need to update your CyberLink software. They have released a series of patches for various issues including yours. Here is the link to the upgrade patches:

http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/patches_1_en_US.html

Let me know if that does not fix it or if you need more help.

upgrade the video driver to a latest from the manufacturer's page I spent the same and it resolved so