On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:47:11 -0800, Jerry Houston wrote:

I have our whole DVD collection (hundreds of them) copied to a hard drive on my server. They're in individual folders per title, with subdirectories named AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. In the VIDEO_TS directory is a file called VIDEO_TS.IFO, which I can use to launch the DVD from my Windows laptop (using InterVideo WinDVD), which is connected to my plasma screen TV and home-theater audio system.

It's a whole lot better than handling individual discs and their cases.

I'd really like to replace Windows on that machine with SuSE Linux, but I haven't yet discovered how to do the same thing with it. Does any of this sound familiar to other SuSE users? Can you recommend an application that will allow me to play these movies the way the Windows laptop plays them?

Thanks in advance for a clue!

"xine dvd:///path/to/dvd/root" seems to work pretty well for me. xine dvd:///home/jhenderson/DVD/ For example...With the requisite libraries installed, of course. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hello, On Mon, 01 Dec 2008, Jerry Houston wrote: [playing VIDEO_TS folders]

I'd really like to replace Windows on that machine with SuSE Linux, but I haven't yet discovered how to do the same thing with it. Does any of this sound familiar to other SuSE users? Can you recommend an application that will allow me to play these movies the way the Windows laptop plays them?

vlc dvd:///path vlc dvd:///path@2 # for e.g. title 2 or (IIRC wrt to the device option): mplayer --dvd-device=/path dvd:// mplayer --dvd-device=/path dvd://2 # for e.g. title 2 where /path is the folder holding the VIDEO_TS, or the mountpoint of a mounted ISO file. mplayer and vlc play just about anything, on Linux and Windows. -dnh -- We are Linux of Borg. Resistance is futile, Open your source code and prepare for assimilation. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2008-12-01 at 19:47 -0800, Jerry Houston wrote:

I have our whole DVD collection (hundreds of them) copied to a hard drive on my server. They're in individual folders per title, with subdirectories named AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. In the VIDEO_TS directory is a file called VIDEO_TS.IFO, which I can use to launch the DVD from my Windows laptop (using InterVideo WinDVD), which is connected to my plasma screen TV and home-theater audio system.

It's a whole lot better than handling individual discs and their cases.

I'd really like to replace Windows on that machine with SuSE Linux, but I haven't yet discovered how to do the same thing with it. Does any of this sound familiar to other SuSE users? Can you recommend an application that will allow me to play these movies the way the Windows laptop plays them?

I belive both xine and mplayer can do that - but not the version shipped with the distro, but the one from packman, or one you compile yourself. Well, actually, what you need is the dvdcss library wich is on another site. Have a read here http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats, there are explanations and one-click-install buttons. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkk1DtMACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XyGACgjYVE3QE2uyWSZ3s7MooufTJ7 Zp4AoIvO5mJ5ychpDil/zGrrMRa+vQkv =3fIk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org