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need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:58 am
by friesepferd
I am using WMS to play movies and such from my desktop computer on my projector via my PS3.
I have it set up and dont have any problems playing files that are on my desktop hard drive and have also successfully streams podcasts using WMS.
One thing that I can't figure out how to use that is very important to me is playing DVD disks which are put into the DVDrom drive on my desktop computer.
I have added that drive to my folder list and everything and I can see that it is there in the WMS folder list.
I have tried opening the video under transcoding, then the dvd drive name, but what I get is a ton of different folders and subfolders all containing video files, and I cant seem to find the one I want (that being the full movie).
All I gets are parts of movies, most of which dont even work.
Can someone please tell me how to set it up so that I can watch the dvd, and preferably set it up so that I can easily find the file I need whenever I put in a new dvd?
Thanks!

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:53 pm
by Eugene
Settings - "Media-resources"- Scanning - turn on "Creating DVD structure folders for DVD directories", rescan folders

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:49 pm
by friesepferd
okay, now when viewed within WMS, the folders and files make more sense, but when viewed through my device (PS3), those entire folders are not there at all.
I go to transcoding, then media resources folders and its not there. i also dont see it anywhere else when i look around.

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:06 pm
by friesepferd
sorry. ignore that last post, i was in the wrong spot.
i can find where all the files are now, but there are still tons of them and im not sure which to pick.
many of them i picked just didnt play anything (black screen) and another started to play the movie but the video and sound was all messed up.
how to i figure out which file is the one i want? or is there another setting to only show the ones that are the full correct movie?
the other program I use does this fine and you only have to select which language / subtitle combination you want. I'm sure I am just still missing some setting somewhere.

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:50 am
by friesepferd
anyone?

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:30 pm
by friesepferd
why do i have a feeling that to get anyone to answer a post, you need to have a new post which appears under the "unread posts" thing?

bah. ill just go back to using PS3 Media Server for dvds like that. With it, I could just pop in the dvd, select the language on the ps3, and away it went.

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:47 am
by Isaac
I don't see how that's better than just using inserting the DVD into the PS3 itself.

Re: need help! how to play dvd from dvdrom drive

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 5:17 am
by friesepferd
there is a specific reason why i need to play it through my computer.
they are region 2 dvds, which an american PS3 cant play w/o hacking. My PC is set to play region 2 disks