Comments on: Matinee VIDEO_TS Launcher

By: MIghtyDave

MIghtyDave — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:16:30 +0000

Hey – don’t get me wrong. I downloaded the app and am using it – It’s great! It’s now a part of my Mac mini home theater set up. I was just mentioning the fact you could open a video_ts folder with DVD Player app – which is better than choosing severl video ts files and playing them.

This app will definitely be a hit. No doubt about it.

By: Abraham

Abraham — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:36:30 +0000

I know you can open VIDEO_TS folders directly from inside DVD.app. That is part of how Matinee works. But say you want to watch your movie at full screen and with the controller hidden. After you open your movie with DVD.app you have to go back inside the menu bar to sets these preferences (new users aren’t going to know the hot keys).

Or, you can set these preferences once in Matinee and it will do that for you every time you launch a movie. The interface of Matinee is small and is designed to be parked some where on your desktop for quick use so if you want to change movies you hit one button and go back to what you were doing.

It may not be for you. It does only work with DVD.app (currently). But is is free, easy to use and has over 6,200 satisfied users.

By: B.Greenway

B.Greenway — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:48:41 +0000

Sure you can do this with VLC, but I was really speaking to those that have never used a Mac much less VLC. lol you guys don’t really count as novices.

By: MIghtyDave

MIghtyDave — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:29:51 +0000

You can also do this with OS X’s DVD Player app. File > Open Video_TS Folder …

I posted on my site of this solution for my Mac mini set up. Super easy. Though the interface on Matinee looks pretty nice too. I may be switching!

By: Zeno

Zeno — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 08:05:00 +0000

You can do this within VLC.
Launch VLC, hit Command-D, select the “VIDEO_TS folder” radio button and choose your VIDEO_TS folder, then click OK