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5th January 2005, 21:05 | #1 | Link |
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Multiple DVDs on Hard Drive - Home Theatre
Has anyone managed to store several DVD's on a hard disk and access them via a simple click or double click icon/hyperlink?
I have tried having some authored via TMPGEnc DVD but the authoring process is required every time you update with another DVD. You see I got this 1000GB disk for my Home theatre to record HiDef TV programs and thought I could load up all my DVD's on the disk also for quick selection as required. Of course chapter points need to be retained - so I guess it's not that simple. Any ideas? |
6th January 2005, 19:44 | #3 | Link |
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Hmmmm....Interesting....
Could you help me a little more?
Setup a shortcut on my desktop or in a web page snapshot of the movie and link code would look like....? mplayerc.exe /dvd "pathname" eg: movies are stored in; G:\Movies\Bridget_Jones_Diary-Dead_Man_Walking-Ferris_Buellers_Day_Of-Phenomenon\VIDEO_TS Yes - that's four movies....each one being Vts_01_1.vob + Vts_01_2.vob Vts_02_1.vob + Vts_02_2.vob...etc...etc.... Keeping in mind - at the moment - when I double click on them - I dont get chapter settings - which is a little inconvenient. |
6th January 2005, 23:53 | #4 | Link |
Really? Really really!
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Am I missing something? Wouldn't you get chapters if you choose the ifo-file instead of the vob-file?
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7th January 2005, 00:04 | #5 | Link |
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Just a suggestion.
I have just started to put my dvd collection on hard drive. But I an encoding them with Nero Recode into MP4's. They come out to be an average of 900MB each and look great. They are also 1 file each. I rip about 15 dvd's a day, import them to recode set size for each and encode. I also use Sage as my interface. although, as of yet does not support HD recordings. What HTPC software do you use? |
7th January 2005, 00:04 | #6 | Link |
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I'd say rip each movie to a separate folder
Then you could just create a shorcut in your desktop to run this: "C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.exe" /dvd "G:\Movies\Bridget_Jones_Diary" Same for each other movie/folder |
7th January 2005, 20:38 | #7 | Link |
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Someone suggested....
I could make a folder a virtual drive...
Not sure what software to use for this - tweaknow? I dont have a copy - so will have to go out looking...... Any freeware out there that I might be able to try? I might head over to Cyberlinks PowerDVD website and post on a forum over there. I tried the following command line in a shortcut "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\MPLAYER2.EXE" /dvd "G:\Movies\Bridget_Jones_Diary-Dead_Man_Walking-Ferris_Buellers_Day_Of-Phenomenon\VIDEO_TS"- but Media Player - says - "does not compute" Thanks all - Keep the suggestions coming. PS - I have 100 movies and 1200 music video clips to setup like this. Lucky I got me a terabyte. |
7th January 2005, 22:40 | #8 | Link |
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Uh...what I told you is valid for Media Player Classic (MPC for short) by Gabest (http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=84358), not lame M$ Windows Media Player 6.4...
As far as I'm concerned, MPC with /dvd switch expects for a full dvd file structure under "pathname" That is to say, a VIDEO_TS folder and (I'm not sure if this one is mandatory) an AUDIO_TS one So your command line would be: "C:\Program Files\Media Player Classic\MPLAYERC.EXE" /dvd "G:\Movies\Bridget_Jones_Diary-Dead_Man_Walking-Ferris_Buellers_Day_Of-Phenomenon" I don't know what you did do to get those 4 movies vob files under the same directory, so it might not work (that's why I said rip each one to a different folder) As for virtual drive, look for Daemon Tools: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/download.php |
8th January 2005, 19:35 | #9 | Link |
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Aye - There's the rub - maybe ....
I'm running Win98SE on this particular computer....although my HTPC is running XPsp2. Universality would be good though as I plan on having the two networked.
the link you gave me was for xp-me versions of WMPC - any for 98SE? |
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