VLC problems

Telstar

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Apr 18, 2008, 6:28:45 PM4/18/08

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Several of us with MacBooks of various types cannot get VLC or iDVD to
play Video_TS structures. The DVD menu appears in VLC, but clicking a
chapter simply
aborts back to the play list.

Any advice appreciated.

Calum

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Apr 19, 2008, 8:31:26 AM4/19/08

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Use the OSX DVD player instead? It can play VIDEO_TS folders too.

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Jolly Roger

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Apr 19, 2008, 2:30:55 PM4/19/08

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In article <slrng0k53o....@cerebus.local>,
Lewis <g.k...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <fucomv$d2i$2...@reader01.news.esat.net>

> Calum <com....@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:
> > Telstar wrote:
> >> Several of us with MacBooks of various types cannot get VLC or iDVD to
> >> play Video_TS structures. The DVD menu appears in VLC, but clicking a
> >> chapter simply
> >> aborts back to the play list.
> >>
> >> Any advice appreciated.
>
> > Use the OSX DVD player instead?
>

> Ewww ick! First thing I do on a Mac is create and archive of DVD Player
> and throw the app out.

How come?

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Telstar

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Apr 19, 2008, 6:19:57 PM4/19/08

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"Calum" <com....@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote in message
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Not in 10.4 or 5....it proclaims it is not a movie.

Telstar

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Apr 19, 2008, 6:21:12 PM4/19/08

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"Telstar" <no...@none.net> wrote in message
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That brings me to: Just what CAN play Video_TS on a hard drive on Mac OSX
10.4?

nospam

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Apr 19, 2008, 6:37:19 PM4/19/08

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In article <fudr90$9ov$1...@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu>, Telstar <no...@none.net>
wrote:

> >> Use the OSX DVD player instead? It can play VIDEO_TS folders too.
> >
> > Not in 10.4 or 5....it proclaims it is not a movie.
>
> That brings me to: Just what CAN play Video_TS on a hard drive on Mac OSX
> 10.4?

dvd player and vlc both do. it sounds like the video_ts folder isn't
valid.

Calum

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Apr 19, 2008, 6:40:47 PM4/19/08

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I'd suggest that is more than likely your problem with VLC too, then.

Calum

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Apr 19, 2008, 6:42:01 PM4/19/08

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Lewis wrote:
> In message <fucomv$d2i$2...@reader01.news.esat.net> Calum
> <com....@scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:

>> Telstar wrote:
>>> Several of us with MacBooks of various types cannot get VLC or iDVD to
>>> play Video_TS structures. The DVD menu appears in VLC, but clicking
>>> a chapter simply
>>> aborts back to the play list.
>>>
>>> Any advice appreciated.
>
>> Use the OSX DVD player instead?
>

> Ewww ick! First thing I do on a Mac is create and archive of DVD Player
> and throw the app out.

Why bother archiving it if you hate it that much? It plays DVDs, I can
use my remote with it, personally that's about all I need of a DVD player.

sbt

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Apr 19, 2008, 7:04:25 PM4/19/08

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In article <fudr6l$9o6$1...@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu>, Telstar <no...@none.net>
wrote:

DVD Player will play VIDEO_TS folders on both my 10.4.x machines
(800MHz G4 iMac and 800MHz G4 PowerBook) and my 10.5.x machines (dual
2GHz G5 PowerMac and 2GHz MacBook), so long as they are valid VIDEO_TS
folders.

The behavior you describe for VLC matches what I've seen with an
invalid VIDEO_TS structure -- attempting to play that structure with
DVD Player got an outright refusal to even load it. Neither app gives
what I would consider a good error message; however, if I attempt to
burn said folder in Toast 8 (or 9), it tells me that the VIDEO_TS
structure is damaged.

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Telstar

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Apr 19, 2008, 9:11:18 PM4/19/08

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"nospam" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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I can play it on absolutely every player in Linux and Windows...just not on
the Mac.

Telstar

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Apr 19, 2008, 9:14:30 PM4/19/08

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PS

I will these these hypotheses by authoring the video_ts with various
programs and report back. I do not author these files on the Mac.

Eric Lindsay

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Apr 21, 2008, 2:49:47 AM4/21/08

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In article <fudr90$9ov$1...@zinnia.noc.ucla.edu>,
"Telstar" <no...@none.net> wrote:

DVD Player
Front Row (in 10.5)
VLC

At least, they play every Video_TS I have ever ripped or been given.
Problem with the chapter structure?

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Telstar

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Apr 21, 2008, 7:46:22 PM4/21/08

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"Eric Lindsay" <NOwebma...@ericlindsay.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps the chapter structure of the program I am using....but it never
appears a problem in a dvd player, on any player on the Mac or under Linux.

Note the following re DVD Player:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/mac_os_x_tigers_dvd_player_wont_play_video_ts_files.html

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Telstar

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Apr 21, 2008, 8:56:57 PM4/21/08

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Corrected below --

"Telstar" <no...@none.net> wrote in message

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> appears a problem in a dvd player, on any player on the *PC* Windows XP or

Telstar

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Apr 23, 2008, 8:57:46 PM4/23/08

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"nospam" <nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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I will not go into technical details, but this turns out basically correct.
Although the Video_TS folder was valid enough for players under Linux and
PC, VLC and iDVD would not play the file. Some corrections made it
universally playable.

Thanks for the suggestions.