On 01/20/2006 02:39 PM, Todd Ignasiak wrote:
> On 1/19/06, *Steve Hodge* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     On 1/20/06, Todd Ignasiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>     > The file layout is something like:
>     >
>     >      /XMas_2002/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
>     >      /Wedding/VIDEO_TS/{*.IFO, *.VOB}
>     >
>     > Where the top directory is the name of the DVD, the second is always
>     > VIDEO_TS, and the DVD data files are below that.  Ideally, I
>     would like to
>     > treat the top dir as the title, and associate a JPEG image with
>     that, and
>     > have a view launched that treats VIDEO_TS as a DVD.
>
>     You could try having a single directory somewhere with links to the
>     vob files in each subdirectory. You could write a shell script to
>     create the links automatically from the top directory names. 
>
>
>
> Thanks for the response.    
>
>  The VOBs all use the same filenames, so there would be conflicts.  
> But, I guess the links could use different names.  But, then it would 
> break the relationship between the IFO file and the VOB data.  So, DVD 
> menus and language support would be broken.
>
> If I go this route, I think I would change my DVD's to single file 
> videos, either one huge VOB, MPEG2 file, or H.264 file.    The 
> downside there is that I lose DVD Menus, chapters, etc.

How about:

ln -s /path/to/XMas_2002 /myth/videos/XMas_2002.dvdrip

with a command that plays it back like:

xine --no-splash --auto-play=fhq dvd:%s

associated with the ".dvdrip" extension

And, you might want to check out

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/142951#142951

(if you do the offline stuff, use the updated prompt_for_media script at 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/143035#143035).

Mike

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