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If I copy a DVD to the hard disk I can't use the "Open Disc" command to play that as I could in previous versions of VLC.

After command Open Disc I get the "Open Source" dialogue box. I then click "Open VIDEO_TS folder" and go to the local DVD copy. But no matter what I do it never changes the Media Resource Locator or plays the VIDEO_TS directory I indicated.

If I navigate to the top of that DVD copy on the local hard disk in Finder and drag & drop that onto VLC then it can play that correctly.

File a bugreport.

Just noting that this appears to work for me under 10.7, so maybe just a 10.6 and earlier issue.

What is the file path in both cases? Just wondering whether something in the path may be screwing things up?

The path is to the DVD image /Volumes/t19/foo. t19 is a ZFS volume.

If the DVD image is copied to a Apple_HFS volume then VLC's "Open Disc" seems to work correctly.

It's not just ZFS however: "Open Disc" also fails on a DVD image over a network (SMB, to a Samba server on FreeBSD).

Hmm, could it be the API not reporting that as a folder?

I'm having a similar problem with VLC 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 on OS X 10.7.3.

Since I was having problems, I uninstalled VLC 2.0.1 and used the script that comes with the app to trash the prefs... after running the script once successfully, I ran it again and got a message saying that it was not able to find any prefs, so it seemed to work. Next, I installed v2.0.0, since I still had the dmg in my Downloads folder and tried using it...

In 2.0.0:
When the source video_ts directory was a home movie DVD on my local drive (that works fine in Apple's DVD Player), VLC crashes.
When the source video_ts directory was a DVD that I ripped (Sneakers), it plays.
When the source video_ts directory was a copy of the same Sneakers DVD files that worked above, but they were mounted via AFP (on my AirPort Extreme), I clicked, "File > Open Disc... > Open VIDEO_TS folder", then I select the Sneakers VIDEO_TS folder, click Open, then the final "Open" button is still grey (so I can't open the files). (The "MRL" text box is empty.)

In 2.0.1:
I am able to open Sneakers on my local disk... when I try to open it up on the AFP mount, it fails to open Sneakers, and decides to open up my MacBook's video camera... great!? (Then I have to Force Quit VLC to get it to close.)

In 1.1.12:
VLC can open all of the above files, on local disk, as well as the AFP mount.

I guess I'm going to revert to 1.1.12 until 2.x is more mature...

We have a ticket on that (ticket 6108) and I hope to fix this in time for 2.0.2

Awesome - thanks for the info!

FYI, if you have any trouble reproducing the issue, would like any logs, or would like me to test out a nightly build, just say the word.

Thanks!

Thanks, I'll update this thread accordingly!