hondaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says: > I have lots of archived dvd images in .iso format. Some of them play, > some of them dont. Is there an easy explanation why? The ones that > dont play in mythtv play on my pc using vlc so I know they work.
VLC (and Xine) support DVD menus; mplayer (which I'll bet you're using as the MythVideo player for .isos) does not support menus. I'll bet that your player command line for .iso looks something like mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device %s This plays the first track, which on most DVDs contains the movie (as opposed to the trailer, special features, etc.). However, not all DVDs adhere to this standard. What you'll have to do for those that don't is to create a special mplayer command. If track five contains the movie (as is the case on one of my DVD images) you'd amend dvd:// to dvd://5. The easier solution may be to switch to xine, which can also play .isos straight from the command line although I don't have the proper syntax right in front of me. I haven't made the change myself yet, but probably will as DVD menu support is, after all, a nice thing, and the mplayer featureset hasn't seen meaningful changes in years. It's sad as a longtime user and fan to say so, but I fear that the mplayer developers' notorious obstinancy has finally caught up to them. -- Yeechang Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | +1 650 776 7763 | San Francisco CA US
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