Quoting sliege:

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MyMovies does it because I did do the file association! When I double click my IFO files, it starts WinDVD without trouble. So, I guess it just happens to work (I used the trial version only). I see no magic here.

Well LoadDVD does exactly the same thing when the association is correct. At least, it works on my system. WMP plays the DVD when I click on the LoadDVD icon, or when I click on the file in windows explorer. I think you just didn't have the file associations set corectly when you ran LoadDVD. If so, I really don't think all that fuss about complications and how well some other program that you didn't want to buy does it, was totally unfair and not appreciated by me.

Quoting sliege:

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Quoting mediadogg:

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Well LoadDVD does exactly the same thing when the association is correct. At least, it works on my system. WMP plays the DVD when I click on the LoadDVD icon, or when I click on the file in windows explorer. I think you just didn't have the file associations set corectly when you ran LoadDVD. If so, I really don't think all that fuss about complications and how well some other program that you didn't want to buy does it, was totally unfair and not appreciated by me.

I apologise if i have looked unfair this was neither what I meant nor what I was aiming at. I would just suggest that you re-read this conversation with the idea that I had no negative intention in mind.

I am sorry about that.

Ok, I also got your PM. I'm waiting for you first plugin and I'll smile quietly when some guy comes along in your plugin thread ...     
Keep me posted on your progress, and I hope you get approved to the developers forum. Your plugin sounds interesting, and I'm sure people will enjoy it.

Hi again,

I'd like to go back to the initial subject. I have carried on with my tries and my problems with WinDVD. Here are the latest conclusions:

I have made an update of WinDVD 9. Since this update, it seems that the problems I had have gone. These problems were: erratic behaviour; very slow loading of files; no loading of files when path was containing spaces.

I have done some tests as well with VLC and VLC is working just fine.

Just for the sake of it I repost my PlayFromDisk.bat  :

if %7=="DVD" "C:\Program Files\Corel\DVD9\WinDVD" %6
if %7=="HD" "C:\Program Files\Corel\DVD9\WinDVD" %6
if %7=="BluRay" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %6

I'll run some more tests obviously but it seems that it is now working fine.    As I suspected, WinDVD was not innocent. 
Maybe I should say that I also have associated IFO files with WinDVD in my system, but I did that even before having troubles.

Quoting sliege:

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So, you can actually use DVDProfiler for managing your videos and start them even if they are not DVD formats! You can probably use it with any format that your media player is capable of reading.

And multiple media players, directly connected changers and IR controlled players as well ...

You are discovering some of the features that we announced over a year ago, and are discussed at length in this thread. Welcome to the party! Wonder how long it will be, 10 pages from now, we are pointing some person to your posts with "hey, didn't you read all those cool instructions posted a couple months ago by sliege ..."   

I don't think there have been (m)any posts about WinDVD. Thanks for adding to our arsenal of tips and hints.

Geez, sounds like you took my comments to be critical. To the contrary, I was trying to say "good job." 

It is amazing how people start off with rude comments and then ask for help. So what if you had to do some reading. Poor baby. I spent hundreds of hours to give you something free. If you got nothing, then you got what you paid for. If you think you can make a better explanation, then why don't you do so, and I will use it. That would be a positive contribution.

If you are using the latest version of LoadDVD, then it should play ISOs with the file command. I don't understand your use of the "A" drive. Unconventional.

Also, I don't understand all those quotes you put into the filepath. Where did you read to do that?

By the way, the last person that reported thiis bug created his own thread to talk about it. I responded, then fixed it, realeased a new version. Do you think I even got a response ... nada. Plugins used to be fun, but I'm very close to withdrawing them all and finding more interesting things to do with my time.

mediadogg ... sometimes people are just complaining but it doesn't mean directed at you ... they're just ... COMPLAINING !!!

OK, I've done some more work on PlayFromDisk.bat.  First, a few assumptions:

. I have VCD (SlySoft VirtualCloneDrive installed)
. I have added usb drives to hold all the ISOs
. All the ISOs are stored at the root level of each usb drive
. ISOs do NOT have spaces or special characters
. ISO filenames are NOT longer than 25 chars

That said I changed PlayFromDisk.bat to do the following:

. unmount drive L (this is the disk I have assigned to VCD)
. using %8 (remainder of Location field), I look at each possible drive (whether it exists or not) for a file called %8.iso
. the reason I look thru drives is because I sometimes move ISOs from one drive to the other
. if %8.iso is found at the root level of that drive, mount it with VCD
. because drive L is associated with VCD and now that the ISO is mounted, start PowerDVD ... on drive L:

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REM
REM *** UGLY CODE ***
REM
"C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" /u
IF EXIST A:\NUL IF EXIST A:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" A:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST B:\NUL IF EXIST B:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" B:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST C:\NUL IF EXIST C:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" C:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST D:\NUL IF EXIST D:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" D:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST E:\NUL IF EXIST E:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" E:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST F:\NUL IF EXIST F:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" F:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST M:\NUL IF EXIST M:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" M:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST N:\NUL IF EXIST N:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" N:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST O:\NUL IF EXIST O:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" O:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST P:\NUL IF EXIST P:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" P:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST Q:\NUL IF EXIST Q:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" Q:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST R:\NUL IF EXIST R:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" R:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST S:\NUL IF EXIST S:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" S:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST T:\NUL IF EXIST T:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" T:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST U:\NUL IF EXIST U:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" U:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST V:\NUL IF EXIST V:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" V:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST W:\NUL IF EXIST W:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" W:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST X:\NUL IF EXIST X:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" X:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST Y:\NUL IF EXIST Y:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" Y:\%8.ISO
IF EXIST Z:\NUL IF EXIST Z:\%8.ISO "C:\Program Files\Elaborate Bytes\VirtualCloneDrive\VCDMount.exe" Z:\%8.ISO
"C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD\PowerDVD.exe" L:

Finally, from DVD Profiler, for each dvd/blu-ray in my library, I simply enter "play {filename}" in the Location field (ex; "play memento", "play TropicThunder", "play STAR_WARS_IV").  The movie title does not seem to be space significant.  There is nothing in the Notes section or any other section.  That is it.

Now, there are a few "opportunities for improvement".

. DOS - I wish there was a better way to "loop" thru possible drives
. DOS - For some reason, drives G thru J produce DOS ERROR 24 (abort, retry...).  So I took those lines out.
. DOS - Sometimes, PowerDVD starts before VCD finishes mounting the drive and displays a quick error message.  I just click "ok" and PowerDVD still loads and plays the correct DVD anyway.  However, the message is a bit annoying.
. Sometimes, in DVD Profiler, I make a typing error when typing "play {filename}" in the Location field.

Can anyone add improvements?  Is this a good start to aid people using Slysoft VirtualCloneDrive?

Quoting jaja714:

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sometimes people are just complaining but it doesn't mean directed at you ... they're just ... COMPLAINING !!!

Well, when you complain in my thread specifically about words I worte about a program that I wrote, it is awfully hard to not take it personally. Being mindful of this, or simply saying "I'm sorry" will probably be more helpful to you later in life than attempting to make them understand why you insulted them.