DVDSimple command with VLC v2.01

[kevandju]

I have 2 Windows 7 PC's, one is 64bit and one is 32bit.

On the 64bit I can send the command

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vlc dvdsimple://D:

and it will play the DVD in drive D: with no issues.

On the 32bit I send the command

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vlc dvdsimple://D:

and it errors.

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "\\D:".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvdsimple://D:'. Check the log for details.


On the 32bit I can send the command

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vlc dvdsimple:///D:

and it plays fine.

On the 64bit I send the command

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vlc dvdsimple:///D:

and it errors.

Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/D:".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvdsimple:///D:'. Check the log for details.


If I uninstall v2.01 and install v1.1.11 then both the 32bit and 64bit work fine with

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vlc dvdsimple://D:

. Any ideas on this? I discovered that 3 slash method worked because I opened VLC v2.01 on the 32bit system and looked at the command in the GUI under Open Disc when I chose to play without menus and it had

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vlc dvdsimple:///D:

as the command.

[VLC_help]

You will get more messages if you open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) and click play button.

[kevandju]

I tested on 2 more Windows 7 32bit PC's and both of them needed

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vlc dvdsimple:///D:

to play the movie. Again with v1.1.11 using only 2 slashes on Windows 7 32bit worked fine. I will set verbosity to 2 and report back messages.

[kevandju]

Here is log from 64bit using dvdsimple:///D:

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main debug: processing request item dvdsimple:///D: node Playlist skip 0 main debug: resyncing on dvdsimple:///D: main debug: dvdsimple:///D: is at 0 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvdsimple:///D:' main debug: thread started main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:220) main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\KBRAIN~1\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `dvdsimple:///D:' gives access `dvdsimple' demux `' path `/D:' main debug: creating demux: access='dvdsimple' demux='' path='/D:' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: /D: main debug: no access_demux module matching "dvdsimple" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.000 ms - Total 1.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.000 ms) main debug: creating access 'dvdsimple' path='/D:' main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates main debug: no access module matched "dvdsimple" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main error: open of `dvdsimple:///D:' failed: (null) main debug: finished input main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m0.003000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.000000s main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvdsimple:///D:' : 3.000 ms - Total 3.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3.000 ms) main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play

Here is log from 32bit using dvdsimple://D:

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main debug: processing request item: dvdsimple://D, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on dvdsimple://D main debug: dvdsimple://D is at 0 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'dvdsimple://D' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\jwhitton\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `dvdsimple://D:' gives access `dvdsimple' demux `' path `D:' main debug: creating demux: access='dvdsimple' demux='' location='D:' file='\\D:' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 1 candidate dvdread error: DVDRead cannot open source: \\D: main debug: no access_demux module matching "dvdsimple" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1.362 ms - Total 1.362 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1.362 ms) main debug: creating access 'dvdsimple' location='D:', path='\\D:' main debug: looking for access module: 0 candidates main debug: no access module matched "dvdsimple" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.139 ms - Total 0.139 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.139 ms) main error: open of `dvdsimple://D:' failed main debug: dead input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'dvdsimple://D' : 2.551 ms - Total 2.551 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 2.551 ms) main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) main debug: nothing to play

[VLC_help]

Seems to be issue in dvdread or in VLC parsing since \\D:

[kevandju]

So is this a VLC bug then? If so does it need submitted some where?

[VLC_help]

I try to replicate this during this weekend.

[VLC_help]

Does the dvdsimple:///D:\VIDEO_TS work with all machines?

[kevandju]

I will try this in the next few days and report back. Did you have any luck replicating this?

[VLC_help]

I don't have DVD drive in my 64 bit Windows box so I cannot test it with that.

[kevandju]

On VLC v1.1.11 on 64bit Windows 7 I get this

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Playback failure: DVDRead could not open the disc "/D:\VIDEO_TS". Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvdsimple:///D:\VIDEO_TS'. Check the log for details.

On VLC v2.0.1 on 64bit Windows 7 dvdsimple:///D:\VIDEO_TS and dvdsimple:///D:\ plays fine.

It looks like I was reporting this wrong as I didn't realize that for some reason v1.1.11 was present on my machine at C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC, while v2.0.1 is present C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC.

So in short dvdsimple:///D:\ works fine on both 32bit and 64bit. My question is was the bug with v1.1.11 that allowed it to work on both machines with 2 slashes or is the bug with v2.0.1 requiring it to use 3 slashes? I ask because I hardcode this command into my software and don't want to change the code if format of the command is going to change again in upcoming releases.

[VLC_help]

The syntax changed in VLC 2.0.x to match some standard for URIs. So three slashes is correct one now.