[mythtv-users] problems with VIDEO_TS directories

[Joey Morris]

Joey Morris <rjmorris at nc.rr.com> wrote on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:51:55PM -0500:
> I'm starting to rip my DVD collection to my hard drive with the intent
> of watching them in MythVideo. I started with ISO, but I ripped the
> last couple as VIDEO_TS. I'm able to play the VIDEO_TS directories
> (except see below), and I'm able to set a bookmark when I exit in the
> middle of the movie or episode. However, when I play the same VIDEO_TS
> later, expecting to resume at the bookmark, MythVideo simply starts at
> the beginning without offering me the option to resume. The ISOs
> respect the bookmark. This is on 0.24.1. Is this expected behavior? If
> so, will 0.25 behave the same way? Am I better off just sticking to
> ISO?

The frontend log reports the following when I exit playback of a
VIDEO_TS and ask to set a bookmark:

  DVDPlayer: DVD has no name and serial number. Cannot set bookmark.

I don't get that message when exiting an ISO and setting a bookmark. I
can confirm that this is the problem by viewing the dvdbookmark
database table. As you would expect from that log message, dvdbookmark
isn't updated when I set a bookmark in a VIDEO_TS. It is updated for
ISOs.

Why can't MythTV find the name and serial number in the VIDEO_TS
structure? Is it a limitation inherent to VIDEO_TS?