[mythtv-users] problems with VIDEO_TS directories

[Marc Randolph]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Joey Morris <rjmorris at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
> I've had one problem playing the VIDEO_TS directories. I've had to
> first play an ISO (any ISO, even just for a second) before I could
> play a VIDEO_TS. Without playing the ISO first, I'd get the "Please
> Wait..." message for 30 seconds or so and then I was returned to the
> menu. I've only tried this a couple of times, so maybe it's just a
> fluke. I did see it on two different frontends, however, trying and
> failing with multiple VIDEO_TS directories before playing an ISO,
> after which the VIDEO_TS directories started right up.

You say you are running 0.24.1... do you mean that literially, or are
you running 0.24-fixes, which might be labeled somewhere/somehow as
0.24.1?
If you aren't running 0.24-fixes, I would encourage you do to so...
even if a number of users (including myself) continue to have DVD and
ISO playback issues, I seem to recall that there are some related
issues that were resolved on the 0.24-fixes branch after the 0.24.1
snapshot was taken.

Good luck,

    Marc