[plugin] DVD Library (Sept 7 Update)

[RobbieWilkes]

Was finally able to drop back by here and saw that the update was available. Loaded and have now added the batch of movies that was waiting.

As always, thanks for your fantastic contribution!

[OldTechGuy]

I've been using BTV and BM for awhile now. I figured it was about time that I started using this plugin.

It's a cool piece of work. I'm using ISO's created by DVD Fab.

I'm able to load and play the movies.

However I have a couple of questions.

• When selecting the play option from DVD Library, you can hear the audio but the video doesn't start. I have to go to the DVD player in BM to play the DVD once loaded by DVD Library. Is this Normal and expected?
• Also, this process does not seem to work when another DVD Disk is in the Physical DVD Drive.

My initial expectation was that the selecting play in DVD Library would cause the DVD to play back through the BM DVD play automatically.

If anyone has any input on this I would appreciate it.

Thank you

[OldTechGuy]

I tried ripping the folder level. I like this method better. It plays right away in the DVD player. Also, I can rip just the main movie for a smaller foot print on the Drive than the whole ISO.

[Joebob]

Originally Posted by OldTechGuy

I tried ripping the folder level. I like this method better. It plays right away in the DVD player. Also, I can rip just the main movie for a smaller foot print on the Drive than the whole ISO.

I have had several times when ripping to folders wouldn't reliably burn to a disc. For some reason Nero thinks it knows more than the movie publishers and attempts to "fix" things. As you probably expect, the "fix" applied by Nero succeeds in destoying the movie.

For the above reason, I rip everything to ISO. Playback takes about 10 seconds longer to start because of the mount process, but that isn't a big deal.

I also rip just the movie to save on space. If you use DVD Shrink instead of DVD Fab, you can pick and choose exactly what you want to rip (I pick main sound track and movie only) and also rip to ISO. I don't use DVD Shrink to decrypt the files for me, I prefer AnyDVD HD($) because I have yet to find something it couldn't rip.

[CdrKuhn]

I just switched to Windows 7 Ultimate and I am anxious to see if this program works on it. Since Beyond Media has left the building with no further support... we will see. I actually only use beyond TV and this plugin anyway.

Since this plug-in's inception my library went from a few thousand to nearly 10,000. So... I am using terabytes upon terabytes of space being that I never compress. Jason... it has been a loooong time. I have been attempting to contact you a few times over the past few months. I have been wanting to have specific programs done as we once spoke of a few years back. Anyway... back to this... Having large libraries is one thing... going through them is another. I thought I might "suggest" the idea of separate "FAVORITES" area on the menu where each person in a family may pick their own lists from the giant libraries people now have. What do you think?

[scottlindner]

If you have troubles withi Win7, don't forget to try the virtualized XP license. Just be sure to enable Virtualization in your BIOS.

Scott

[CdrKuhn]

Originally Posted by scottlindner

If you have troubles withi Win7, don't forget to try the virtualized XP license. Just be sure to enable Virtualization in your BIOS.

Scott

That is a great idea Scott... I had forgotten it offered that option... Thanks!

[CdrKuhn]

One more thing... this plugin was originally written for BM. It would be awesome to be able to install it on it's own... and then choose which media player to use with it. I know we can choose one now, but still with BM running. Is it possible to make this a stand alone program?