Ant: [PD] loading dvds in gem

[B. Bogart]

Heya,

On OSX Gem loads VOB files created with dvd::rip (on linux).

It is just using transcode in the backend, but does an easier job.

there must be some libdvdcss thingy for OSX?

They playback very well on OSX.

 >B

Thoralf Schulze wrote:
> Tim,
>
>
>>is it possible to read dvd VOB files in gem?
>
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> If you're on win, it should be possible with avisynth.
> You'll need Avisynth (which is a frame server,
> http://www.avisynth.org)) and the appropriate mpeg2
> decoding plugins (dgdecode,
> http://neuron2.net/dgmpgdec/dgmpgdec.html)
> I can't test it right now (not sitting on my real
> computer), but it should work along these lines:
>
> 1. create a d2v file of your dvd by running
> dgindex.exe. This produces an index file that contains
> mainly the frame order of your dvd.
>
> 2. create an avisynth script that reads your vobs
> using the index file. It should contain the following
> lines at least:
>
> LoadPlugin("c:\path\to\dgdecode.dll")
> mpeg2source("c:\path\to\indexfile.d2v")
> converttorgb32()
>
> you could add filters for deinterlacing or some other
> stuff here as well, just add them before the
> converttorgb32() line.
>
> 3. Open this avs file with gem and see if it works. If
> it doesn't, drop me a mail ...
>
> You shouldn't try to reverse the video and avoid
> arbitrary jumps within, since avisynth is not exactly
> optimised to do that sort of things.
>
> I have no clue on how this could be done with linux
> ... One would need a frameserver for this sort of
> thing. It might be possible to open a dvd with the vlc
> client and stream it locally, I remember vaguely that
> pdp is capable of opening network streams.
>
> hope this helps,
> Thoralf.
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