VLC 0.9.3 does not play "DVD on disk"

Ok so here is a little bit about this bug.

There is a workaroud to open a "DVD on disk" (as it is called on some players like PowerDVD), it is to go to Media / Open a disc... and browse to the directory where the DVD has been ripped.
So basically you are replacing /dev/scd0 (the default DVD) by /home/Videos/Directory_of_my_DVD_on_Disk on the "Open a disc..." dialog box.

This way to open a "DVD on Disk" was working as well on VLC 0.8.6 Hardy
It does NOT work on Windows VLC 0.8.X because Windows VLC 0.8.X needs a volume letter like D: to read DVD. Even if you do a subst to supply a volume letter to your directory, it won't read.
I didn't try WIndows VLC 0.9.X

So let's recap :

Open Directory...
=> Windows = OK
=> Hardy = OK
=> Intrepid = KO

Open Disk... (and supply a directory)
=> Windows = KO
=> Hardy = OK
=> Intrepid = OK

So may be "Open directory" does not support anymore reading a DVD, and now the official method to read a "DVD on Disk" is to go through "Open disk" (it makes sense).

So "Open Directory" would now make sense only to read music directories.

Is my understanding correct ?

If so, this bug can be made a suggest : "Open directory..." should detect we have a DVD structure (VIDEO_TS) and play it as DVD, or as if the user had choosen "Open a disc..." and entered the same directory.

No, you are not correct.

Open directory uses a bunch of files and the correct way to open a Disc is to "Open a disc...", even if it is on disk.

However, VLC 1.0 will work in both case detecting that a Open Folder is VIDEO_TS.

Ok, so it IS a bug ;-)

In fact a regression.

You say : However, VLC 1.0 will work in both case detecting that a Open Folder is VIDEO_TS.

But 0.8.6 was already detecting that pretty well, I've been using "Open directory" to watch movies on VLC for ages. But on the 0.9.3 it seems that it was un-implented, and now the only working method is "Open Disk".

What I was trying to explain is that I got used to "Open Directory" because it was the only way you could watch "DVD on Disc" on Windows. Because the Windows wxWidget asks for a volume letter in the "Open Disk" interface, and even if you do a subst to make a volume from your directory, it won't play like that. So I hope you changed the interface for Windows users because otherwise they have no way anymore to watch a "DVD on Disk"... and I glad I'm using Ubuntu now because at least I can still do that!

Anyway it's wise to think to put this function back in 1.0

And as we still have an official way to play "DVD on Disk", you could mark this thread as: suggestion / scheduled for 1.0

I'm experiencing the same thing. What's up with the "Open Directory" in the new version. I also always used this to watch dvds from my hard drive.

Thanks for the workaround! It is a very silly bug, hope that its get fixed on 1.0!

This bug was fixed in the package vlc - 1.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1

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vlc (1.0.0~rc2-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

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vlc (1.0.0~rc2-1) experimental; urgency=low

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vlc (0.9.9a-3) unstable; urgency=low

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 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:28:15 +0200