[Macpaul]

I know this is simple but I've tried a disk image and just copy to HD but can't male it play in DVD player.

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
Use an app like DVDBackup to copy and decrypt the DVD properly to folder. The newest release of DVDBackup, at least, names this new folder VIDEO[/u]TS as it should be anyway.
Than, go to DVD Player-->File-->Open VIDEOTS Folder (Command + D)-->Select this new VIDEOTS folder you created-->Open-->Press Play button
MacCheetah3
Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium 1GHz, 1GB, 60GB, SuperDrive, Airport, Mac OS X, 20GB iPod (4G)
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[lkalliance]

Cheetah, my G4 has no DVD drive, thus the DVD player is deactivated. But my wife's iMac has a SuperDrive. If I use DVDBackup to space-shift a DVD to her hard drive and then transfer the media to my drive, what can I do to be able to play it on my computer?

[gyroscope4]

you can use vlc to play the dvd if you can get the videots folder onto your hard drive. i think mplayer will work too, but i've never found anything that vlc couldn't play so i haven't used it.

[Macpaul]

Well, I had a Video_TS without DVDBackup but it wouldn't play. I guess I need another program?

[gyroscope4]

one of the things dvdbackup does is remove encryption. that gives you a decrypted video_ts folder which ought to play.

[Macpaul]

It is one of my own video DVD's that I no longer had on my machine.

[BigFatDuck]

apple's own dvd player app will play from a video_ts folder stored on the HD. rather well too i might add.

[Macpaul]

That's what I thought it should do, but didn't. What did I do wrong?

[MacCheetah3]

Hi

In reply to:

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If I use DVDBackup to space-shift a DVD to her hard drive and then transfer the media to my drive, what can I do to be able to play it on my computer?

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Did you follow my instructions? Except, after using DVDBackup, transfer it to your Mac and than open it with Apple's DVD Player
MacCheetah3
Apple PowerBook G4 Titanium 1GHz, 1GB, 60GB, SuperDrive, Airport, Mac OS X, 20GB iPod (4G)
Debug Computer Services http://www.click2debug.com

[gyroscope4]

at least one other poster recently discovered that apple's dvd player app wouldn't run on his computer without a built-in dvd drive, but vlc worked fine. did you try vlc?

[Macpaul]

Not to be rude, because I appreciate the help, but my sig. says Superdrive. The DVD plays flawlessly. I wand to load it onto the HD, and play it from there. This should be simple. I don't have vlc, only 4 other players, and a Mac shouldn't need another player for something it created.

[lkalliance]

I mean on the computer I wish to use to view the video, Apple DVD Player isn't there: it doesn't have a DVD drive, and I guess it wasn't installed or activated.
Computer A has a SuperDrive and AppleDVD player, but it's not the computer I want to watch on. Computer B has no SuperDrive or DVD-ROM drive, and thus no AppleDVD Player, but that IS the location where I want to view. I can transfer the files via wireless or wired connection, but I was anticipating not being able to open it with the AppleDVD player for these reasons.
Unless the creation of the DVD files on Comuter B will somehow activate the AppleDVD Player?

[Macpaul]

It makes it so much harder for the origional poster to get the answer he needs, and the answers get all confused. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif