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legoman666
14th April 2007, 20:41
I'm backing up my blu ray and hd dvd movies to h264 720p for use on my htpc thats hooked up to an hdtv. (the htpc isnt fast enough to decode the original hd dvd or blu ray streams @1080p but it does 720p just fine)

Currently, the method im using is:
1. demux the audio and video
2. converting the video to h264 and leave the audio untouched. Depending on the length of the movie, I'll either do 1 single layer dvd or a single dual layer.
3. mux the video and audio into an mkv
4. split the resulting file into 1000mb chunks (1gb file size limit on dvd's)
5. create an m3u playlist of the chunks so that I can just chuck the dvd in the drive on the htpc and open the m3u and it'll automatically play in vlc
6. burn it to dvd

Now, my question is, is there a way to make this dvd autorun when I insert it into the computer? maybe include a copy of vlc on the dvd and have the auto run a batch file which would open vlc with a few command line options (fullscreen, open the playlist, close after playback is finished, etc)

Is this possible? thanks :D

legoman666
14th April 2007, 21:52
ah, i figured it out. made a file called "autorun.inf " that had the following text in it:
[autorun]
OPEN="vlc.EXE playlist.m3u vlc:quit -f"
ICON="favicon.ico"

and playlist.m3u is just a list of the files.

yay!

LoRd_MuldeR
15th April 2007, 20:34
Put MPlayer.exe + MPUI.exe on that disc and use MPUI's autorun feature :)

[AutoRun]
icon=MPUI.exe
open=MPUI.exe

[MPUI]
AutoPlay=1