[macvoiceover] Re: Playing DVDs

  • From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:28:11 -0700

Hi Amanda,

I finally got the menus to open for me too, but choosing a title number doesn't 
seem to move to the next episode... I'll keep playing with it though.

Thanks,

RussellRussell
On 2010-01-24, at 6:40 PM, Amanda wrote:

> HI,
> 
> Thanks to those who helped with this.
> 
> After much experimentation, I've discovered that I can move through my Walk 
> at Home dvd by using the go menu, and selecting title.  The titles are 
> numbered.  After inserting the dvd and pressing enter a few times, the dvd 
> started at the beginning.  Then I went to the go menu and selected title, and 
> was able to move through the episodes on the DVD.  I didn't have any success 
> with the chapter menu though.  This was using Snow leopard with the builtin 
> dvd player.
> 
> Regards
> Amanda
> On 25/01/2010, at 8:19 AM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm using the DVD player that is part of Snow Leopard, but can't seem to 
>> find a way to switch between different episodes of Corner Gas on my DVD.  I 
>> tried going into the menus, and they look promising... there are menus for 
>> "Controls", and "Go", but I can't get these menus to open.  If I press VO 
>> down arrow, the Apple menu opens rather than the menu I am currently sitting 
>> on.  Is the DVD player that comes with Snow Leopard at all accessible?  If 
>> not, is there a DVD player that works well with VO and allows one to choose 
>> episodes of a program from a menu, or at least to switch between episodes?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Russell
>> On 2010-01-24, at 11:18 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>>> Have you tried looking at the menus on the menu bar?  You can jump to 
>>> chapters and so forth, but I have found, from experience, that this depends 
>>> on the DVD.  Also, the command left and right arrows sometimes work to move 
>>> through a DVD.
>>> 
>>> Take Care
>>> 
>>> John Panarese
>>> 
>>> On Jan 24, 2010, at 12:21 AM, Amanda wrote:
>>> 
>>>> HI,
>>>> 
>>>> I've worked this out.  I just had to press enter a couple of times and 
>>>> this would play the DVD.  I know that the DVD I am playing has an 
>>>> audiodescription track.  Does anyone know how I can access this track?
>>>> 
>>>> regards
>>>> Amanda>
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