Comments on: VIDEO_TS playback for Front Row

By: rY.

rY. — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:43:19 +0000

I finally installed DVD Assist (now up to version 1.4.7) and, while it was born and will likely die as a “kludge” (should Front Row ever include Video_TS playback natively, that is), until such time it’s really the best thing we’ve got going.

I really like how you stay inside Front Row as long as possible before being “seamlessly” deposited, full-screen, into the Apple DVD Player app. Also, with a little fiddling with QuickTime Pro, it is possible to substitute a movie trailer or a poster still for the QuickTime movie that activates the DVD player.

Really very slick!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:56:53 +0000

I cannot seem to get the videoa to play if shared on another imac…i have my macbook conncted to my hdtv…the movies are on my imac…front row does not find the shared movies…any ideas?

By: Squished Squirrel

Squished Squirrel — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 13:22:32 +0000

If you have version 1.3.1, look at the second directory example in the docs. It shows how to configure thing to avoid seeing the video_ts folder, or its contents.

By: Dan Lynch

Dan Lynch — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 19:40:53 +0000

Great app…wish the cover art could be shown as in the trailers…my version still shows the Video_TS text after I select the movie…am i doing something wrong in hiearchy?

By: Squished Squirrel

Squished Squirrel — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:07:36 +0000

Reactivating Front Row would be cool, but to do it right has a few problems. I’ve already found that Applescript doing certain tasks in the background are already enough to cause playback glitches on non-dvd movies in Front Row, and it wouldn’t look right unless it was a seamless transition (desktop doesn’t show up.)

Solving those issues come after fixing the movie pauses… I think I have it nailed, but need time to work on it.

By: yanchu

yanchu — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:48:52 +0000

DVD Assist v1.3 is now available from Squished Squirrel.
http://rapidshare.de/files/31632076/DVD_Assist_1.3.1.dmg.html

By: yanchu

yanchu — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:24:07 +0000

Great piece of work. It’s not crucial but would be nice if Front Row is again reactivated once DVD Player is stopped. That would mean another script to sense when DVD Player stops and to start Front Row? I am not too familiar with AppleScript. Thanks for your work!

By: Squished Squirrel

Squished Squirrel — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:05:21 +0000

So THIS is why the download count jumped from 50 to 290 in a day

By: Adam Nagy

Adam Nagy — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:44:47 +0000

Hi All,

This ap works really great. I will certainly use it to play some of my regular dvd’s although the usual limitations of Front Row apply. So far there have been no problems with it and as I have the Mpeg2 decoder in Quicktime the setup was real easy too.

I will test over the next couple of days and get back with any possible improvements.