Hello mediadogg,

Im having an issue with this plugin.

The PlayFromDisk.bat doesn't seem to be working for me.
Its not getting anything passed to %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9.

I have "play" in Location. Play %5 Value = Sort Title

PlayFromDisk.bat

Quote:
@echo off
echo %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
pause

I get.

Quote:
ECHO is off.
Press any key to continue . . .

It is working if I use the "file" in Location option and have the filepath in the Notes and have .iso associated to VLC.

Is there something im missing when im trying to use PlayFromDisk.bat.

Thanks.

Tested this on Vista(64bit)(sp1) and WinXP(sp2).
DVD Profiler 3.1.1 Build 1171
LoadDVD V1.44

Ok here is what I came up with for my PlayFromDisk.bat.
All I need to do is have "play" in Location and have the name of the folders the same as the Sort Title.

Quote:
@echo off
set Title=%5

Rem -- Location of VLC -- XP-Vista
if exist "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" set vlcPath="C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" set vlcPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

Rem -- Location of the DVD Folder --
if exist I:\dvds\\%5 set dvdPath= "I:\dvds"
if exist J:\dvds\\%5 set dvdPath= "J:\dvds"
rem if exist <DrivePath>\\%5 set dvdPath= "<DrivePath>" -- for expandability
rem if exist <DrivePath>\\%5 set dvdPath= "<DrivePath>" -- for expandability

if %7=="DVD" %vlcPath% %dvdPath:~1,-1%\%Title:~1,-1%\Video.iso

Rem -- Saved for if/when I get any HD or BlueRay DVDs -- 
rem if %7=="HD"    echo Do whatever for an HD disc
rem if %7=="BluRay" echo Do whatever for an BluRay disc
rem pause

Thanks MD for a great plug-in.   - I almost have a hole page to myself lol

Tested this on Vista(64bit)(sp1) and WinXP(sp2).
DVD Profiler 3.1.1 Build 1171
LoadDVD V1.43

opps  I had that backwards in my first post. I was using "play" for the PlayFromDisk.bat and not "file". Ill fix that post.

confirmed V1.45 is OK for PlayFromDisk.bat

Hello guys, I just read through nearly every page in this thread and obviously there is quite a bit of information listed here.  However, most of it is a little bit over my head.  That said, as many of you are already trying to accomplish, I am in the process of digitalizing my entire DVD collection via DVDfab platinum and DVD Profiler.  Since I like the interface of DVD Profiler for navigating my collection, I would like to be able to search for the movie(s) I want to watch and then click on the cover art of the movie to play it.

I understand that there is a way to set up Profiler to play the movies via the LoadDVD plug in.  However, I am having trouble understanding how to get LoadDVD to point to the location where my movie files are so that they will play from the Hard Drive.  The LoadDVD function only seems to work when the movie is in the DVD-Rom player. 

Can any one tell me a simple way (read: newbie way lol) to get DVD Profiler/LoadDVD to "point" to the location of the movie file, and play it by clicking on the cover art?  I am trying to interface this with TheaterTek's DVD player by the way.  Any feedback is appreciated.  Thanks.   

Mediadogg,

I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my post although the tone of your reply seems to indicate that you are a little offended by my questions.  My post was not intended to offend you nor undermine anyone who has worked hard to contribute towards your creation.  However, I was merely implying that the information I have read in this thread is a little overwhelming and I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to how to use this information.

Yes I have read through the majority of the pages in this thread.  There is a lot of the information in this thread (especially in recent posts) that seems to reference PlayFromDisk.bat which from what I gather is obviously some type of command that is needed in order to get LoadDVD to associate with files from the hard disk.  There is also a previous post written by dogvomit that contains a code which seems to do exactly what I am looking for LoadDVD to do.  However, as you can tell by my confusion here, I have no idea where to input this code, nor how to use it.  Now, while I certainly  have no problem with figuring things out for myself, it certain helps if someone can point me in the ballpark for getting started (especially if it involves something that I am unfamiliar with). 

I have been playing with DVDprofiler and your plug in for the past week trying to learn how things work, and I have done a lot of research in looking up information from the net and other forums so I apologize if I gave you the perception that I was someone who just tried one or two things and gave up to seek answers from anyone who could basically do it for me.  I turned to this forum because I simply wanted to understand how I can get this product work in the ways that I need it to.

If you still find what I am asking to be offending, then perhaps you are correct in you assumptions that maybe this isn't the program for me.  However, I think it would be a shame because I feel that DVD profiler is an great product and your plug in provides an excellent, and much needed addition to benefit the program.

Cheers...

this is a continuation of my thread "run a folder out of LoadDVD".

Issue: I like to run out of DVD Profiler the DVD player SW TotalMedia Theatre with the "open a DVD from folder" option availabe in TotalMedia Theatre. With that I could run a Blu-Ray and/or HD  DVD directly out of DVD Profiler.

I run normal DVDs by making a link to the ISO files. But the conversion of BR DVDs to ISO files is not properly working: menus and features are lost or do not work properly.

Just open the correct file (normally the biggest in the BR folder) is also not the solution, as I cannot select sub-titles and navigate through the menus (I like to watch original versions with English sub-titles.

So my preferred solution would be to start a macro out of DVD Profiler that starts the TotalMedia Theatre SW with the attribute to open a specific folder on my hard disk. The folder name and location I would enter in the profile of the movie in DVD Profiler.

Any hint how to do this?

Quoting Martin_60:

Quote:
So my preferred solution would be to start a macro out of DVD Profiler that starts the TotalMedia Theatre SW with the attribute to open a specific folder on my hard disk. The folder name and location I would enter in the profile of the movie in DVD Profiler.

Any hint how to do this?

We have done better than that:

(1) Explicit instructions and examples of PlayFromDisk.bat in my first post in this thread
(2) 10 - 20 subsequent examples throughout the thread
(3) A set of step-by-step instuctions from my hero: Giga Wizard

Check out his many instructive posts, especially this one.

Edit: Oh yeah, another hero - northbloke on the case! (Do I have enough green arrows today? ...  )