[macvoiceover] Re: DVD
- From: Travis Siegel <windowbridge@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 20:49:07 -0500
A lot of it depends on how the dvd was burned.
If there is a directory in the root of the dvd disk that is called
video_ts, and the video files are in that directory, then the mac will
pick it up, and play it directly w/o any intervention on your part.
If it's a disc you've played before, it will ask you if you want to
begin where you last played, start at the beginning, or some other
option I can't remember at the moment.
However, the apple dvd player still isn't accessible as far as
controls and navigating disc contents (yet) I suspect this will change
as apple gets more into making apps accessible.
In the meantime, you can get my dvd player from my page
(homepage.mac.com/windowbridge, and download the softcon dvd player.
It allows you to navigate the disk by selecting titles directly (only
the first 5) next/previous title, next/previous chapter, change camera
angles (admittedly not much use for us) and most important of all,
allows language selection all via keyboard controls, something apple's
dvd plyer does not.
I'm still working on it to add audio only playing/extraction (in case
you want to save the soundtrack to your ipod or something) and a few
other features in the works, but it does give you a lot more control
over the dvd playing, so you may like it better.
Of course, you may not like it better too, and that's ok as well.
*grin*
On Sep 15, 2007, at 8:10 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Hello listers I am in Florida (my favorite hideaway ) and I open my
Mac Book Pro and it says I don't have any trusted wireless
connections available. Do I want to connect to the hotel's network?
This happened as soon as I turned on the computer. It said the
hotels name, but I don't remember it. I recognized the name because
hours earlier I had to go to the control panel of my Windows laptop
and configure it myself (what I now know is a pain). If I am allowed
to curse in a good way (not flaming a lister), that was the coolest
shi* I have ever seen. Sorry, I had to get that out! Now for the
question: I solved the problem of wondering why I had another
component showing up next to my HD. It was a DVD....This brings me
to the day that I wanted to test if things "just work on the Mac".
So I set up my computer using no sighted assistance using VO. Cool
it worked, now I want to play a CD. I put it in and wa la I Toones
popped up and played the CD without a long Windows I Toones wait. Oh
and it actually was assessable....Now lets try a DVD. So I put my
problem in its beautiful slot and this program popped up. It doesn't
play and I am stuck one month later. The program says that it is
"unknown" and will not to my knowledge play. It is a bootleg DVD,
but should work just fine. Can someone help.
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