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Florin CriÅŸan · 11/05/2009, 11:02 am

Howdy folks,

I finally got around to inserting the Sam & Max season 2 DVD I ordered some time ago in my drive (I played most of the game downloaded directly from the site - I couldn't wait

) and I noticed that it says "play this in your DVD player for bonus video content."

That's all fine and dandy, except that some folks like me just have a laptop and want to keep it that way.

I for one would much rather like to have a button in the launcher that just plays the DVD in Windows Media Player, by doing something like "wmplayer /play /fullscreen /device:dvd" behind the scenes.

I came across this blog post on Google, maybe it's of some help to somebody.

Just my 2 cents.
(I wanted to insert U+00A2, but I remembered that the forum doesn't support Unicode; a problem that I complained about here.)

Y'all take care now.

Molokov · 11/05/2009, 05:41 pm

You can just open the VOB file in your favourite software DVD player - VLC is a good example of a free video player that will also handle such files

Florin CriÅŸan · 11/06/2009, 08:28 am

Sure you can; that's not the point

I just want a button in the launcher. Maybe when Monkey Island is finally released on DVD.

bobdevis · 11/06/2009, 09:24 am

Why would you want a uniform solution when right now you have a choice what player to use?
Having DRM-free VOB files on the disk that the user can chose how to play for himself is basically as convenient as you can get, right?

Florin CriÅŸan · 11/06/2009, 02:26 pm

Call it a déformation professionnelle; I think all options should be available from the menu

I did know that you can play it on a PC, I just found it annoying to start the player myself. (Yes, I am quite lazy.)

As for Media Player, that was just a ideea how to implement it. If there is a generic way to start the user's preferred player, that's even better.

bobdevis · 11/06/2009, 04:44 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Florin CriÅŸan

Call it a déformation professionnelle; I think all options should be available from the menu

It's amusing that you put it that way. I am biased the other way around

I am a Linux user and I have to band over backwards to run DirectX games. I am always very thankful when I am offered a generic solution so I don't have to use a specific Windows-only tool for the job.

TTG games already call Internet Explorer (the launcher is an IE thingy). It's ugly and inconvenient (for me) but I guess they need it for the DRM.
If they also integrate WMP, I'll cry......

11/05/2009, 11:02 am	#1
Florin CriÅŸan Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	Playing the DVD without a DVD player Howdy folks, I finally got around to inserting the Sam & Max season 2 DVD I ordered some time ago in my drive (I played most of the game downloaded directly from the site - I couldn't wait ) and I noticed that it says "play this in your DVD player for bonus video content." That's all fine and dandy, except that some folks like me just have a laptop and want to keep it that way. I for one would much rather like to have a button in the launcher that just plays the DVD in Windows Media Player, by doing something like "wmplayer /play /fullscreen /device:dvd" behind the scenes. I came across this blog post on Google, maybe it's of some help to somebody. Just my 2 cents. (I wanted to insert U+00A2, but I remembered that the forum doesn't support Unicode; a problem that I complained about here.) Y'all take care now.

11/06/2009, 09:24 am	#4
bobdevis Penguin Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 197	Why would you want a uniform solution when right now you have a choice what player to use? Having DRM-free VOB files on the disk that the user can chose how to play for himself is basically as convenient as you can get, right? __________________ If you don't like this post, please go make another one yourself and show me where I can improve my language.

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Molokov Dingo in a Maternity Ward Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,138	You can just open the VOB file in your favourite software DVD player - VLC is a good example of a free video player that will also handle such files

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Florin CriÅŸan Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 6	Call it a déformation professionnelle; I think all options should be available from the menu I did know that you can play it on a PC, I just found it annoying to start the player myself. (Yes, I am quite lazy.) As for Media Player, that was just a ideea how to implement it. If there is a generic way to start the user's preferred player, that's even better.