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Posted: **09 Nov 2013 18:27**

A family member asked if I could put some music they had on a dvd onto a disk. I thought sure no problem 5 minute thing. Well, it turned out this thing has a goofy setup, and I can't seem to figure out why VLC won't open my disk.

First the DVD Structure:
e:\ - 1950's & 1960's Rock-In-Roll
Titles 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11 each have 99 chapters each chapter is a song.

The Code which runs in a batch file:

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set DVDDrive=e:
set DestPrefix=C:\TEST\
set Title=1
set FirstChapter=2
set LastChapter=5
for /L %%i in (%FirstChapter%,1,%LastChapter%) do "c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep --sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=%DestPrefix%_c%%i.wav}" dvdsimple://%DVDDrive%\@%Title%:%%i-%Title%:%%i

When I run this I get the same error:
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.13 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open \\e:\@2:2-2:2 with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open \\e:\@2:2-2:2 for reading
[00dfb958] dvdread demux error: DVDRead cannot open source: \\e:\@2:2-2:2
[00dfb958] main demux error: Playback failure
[00dfb958] main demux error: DVDRead could not open the disc "\\e:\@2:2-2:2".
[00e03da8] main input error: open of `dvdsimple://e:\@2:2-2:2' failed
[00e03da8] main input error: Your input can't be opened
[00e03da8] main input error: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvdsimple://e:\@2:2-

I have tried an assortment of different ways to open the disk
Setting the DVDDrive to E:\, E:\[the dvd title], e:\[the dvd title]\
I've tried an assortment of different chapter start and end points
I've tried changing the @ to a # as I read someplace in version 1.2 that changed

Regardless of what I do I get the same error. I suspect this is something dumb and obvious, but your input or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

J

Posted: **09 Nov 2013 19:35**

I fixed it!
For any future nerds that happen to find this the corrected code is as follows.

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    set DVDDrive=e:
    set DestPrefix=C:\TEST\
    set Title=1
    set FirstChapter=1
    set LastChapter=99
    for /L %%i in (%FirstChapter%,1,%LastChapter%) do "c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1 --sout-keep --sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=%DestPrefix%_c%%i.wav}" dvd:///%DVDDrive%\#%Title%:%%i-%Title%:%%i vlc://quit

It was mega Lame..
I had dvdsimple:// and it should have been dvd:///
Also, the @ should be a #
Interwebs for the win.

Oh this wiki page (https://wiki.videolan.org/Extract_audio/) should be edited as this is where I found the original code. This just needs to be pasted in:
set DVDDrive=F:
set DestPrefix=\\\\Server\Qmultimedia\Music\wav_files\audio
set Title=3
set FirstChapter=1
set LastChapter=38

rem the following has line breaks for legibility. Remove them so it's all on one line.
for /L %%i in (%FirstChapter%,1,%LastChapter%) do "c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
-I dummy --no-sout-video --sout-audio --no-sout-rtp-sap --no-sout-standard-sap --ttl=1
--sout-keep --sout "#transcode{acodec=s16l,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=wav,dst=%DestPrefix%_c%%i.wav}"
dvdsimple:///%DVDDrive%\#%Title%:%%i-%Title%:%%i vlc://quit

Your program pwns. Thanks again!

J

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