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21.06.2008 14:40:09

VIDEO_TS Movie Problem / Movie Library

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Hi there,

i followed the FAQ and structured my movie folders accordingly:

/movie/movie name - author/VIDEO_TS/some file name.[avi|mov]

I added the folder /movie/ to Remote Buddy and the movies get listed in the Movie Library.

Now, when I click a movie with my remote, VLC gives me the following error:

vcd: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
vcd: failed to get the TOC
vcd: no movie tracks found
access_file: file /dev/rdisk3 is empty, aborting
cdda: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
cdda: failed to get the TOC
cdda: no audio tracks found
vcd: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
vcd: failed to get the TOC
vcd: no movie tracks found
access_file: file /dev/rdisk3 is empty, aborting
cdda: search for kIOCDMediaClass came up empty
cdda: failed to get the TOC
cdda: no audio tracks found
main: no suitable access module for `/dev/rdisk3'
main: thread 2685792160: mutex_lock failed at misc/variables.c:805 (22:Invalid argument)
main: thread 2685792160: mutex_unlock failed at misc/variables.c:811 (22:Invalid argument)

The VLC playlist shows: "VIDEO_TS" - a folder name, not the movie name. The movie plays well in VLC via drag&drop.

What am I doing wrong? Could someone help me?
Best wishes!

These entries from the FAQ may be relevant to this topic:

Behaviours

Can I also add DivX/AVI/MOV files to the built-in movie library and not just VIDEO_TS folders? (FAQ015E0200)
Yes. All you need to do is to install VLC and organize your files in a given folder structure. It's also possible to add covers then. If, for example, you want to add the file MyMovie.avi, the folder structure should look like this:
```
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie.avi
Title of my movie/File with Cover.jpg
```
You can add movies that are split up into several files the same way. The folder structure then looks like this:
```
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 1.avi
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 2.avi
Title of my movie/VIDEO_TS/MyMovie part 3.avi
Title of my movie/File with Cover.jpg
```
The names of the movie- and coverfiles are freely choosable - you only need to make sure the suffix fits the format of the file. Supported formats for cover files include JPEG, PNG and GIF.

In Remote Buddy's menu, you can then start playback of your movies complete with existing covers in the context menu of the VLC Behaviour.

Hardware - Apple® Remote

After uninstalling/quitting Remote Buddy, my Mac® no longer reacts to the Apple® Remote. (FAQ015E0241)
To enable you to use all capabilities of the IR Receiver of your Mac®, Remote Buddy is using its own driver. In contrast, all other applications with integrated Apple® Remote support usually use the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

As long as you're running Remote Buddy, Remote Buddy and its driver are responsible for turning the received button presses into actions. As soon as you quit Remote Buddy, this task is again handled by the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem.

If other applications don't use the interface to the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem correctly, this can lead to the effect that nothing happens when you press a button on your Apple® Remote. For as long as you're running Remote Buddy, issues like this are covered by Remote Buddy and it's driver and are therefore not visible to you. However, as soon as you quit Remote Buddy, the OS X Apple® Remote subsystem is back in control and any issues caused in it by other applications become visible.

Therefore Remote Buddy is neither the cause of the issue nor is it responsible for it. Instead, the cause of the issue exists independently of Remote Buddy. It's located elsewhere and can also only be solved there.

Although our products can't cause any such issues, we're regularly contacted about such issues and asked for help. In order to make locating and fixing the cause of such issues as easy and efficient as possible, we've developed a free diagnostics tool: Remote Control Diagnostics. It can locate issues with a single click and will provide you with information about the issue as well as with instructions on how you can fix it.

User

23.06.2008 14:45:16

Re: VIDEO_TS Movie Problem / Movie Library

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Thanks for asking.

Remote Buddy will always submit the VIDEO_TS folder to VLC. Usually,
if it contains movies, VLC will scan the directory for movie files it
can play back and start playback.

There is a known bug in VLC, though, where it *might* not work
correctly with VIDEO_TS directories, if they are located in a disk
image (dmg / sparseimage / FileVault). The same is probably true if
you burned the movies on a CD/DVD and try to play it back from there.

DVD Player - on my MacBook Pro - will quit with an error message when
I try to play back regular DVDs, if I'm inside an account that's
FileVault-encrypted. Creating a new account that doesn't use FileVault
did then let me play back my DVDs without problems.

Having said that: where did you store the movie files?

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

23.06.2008 16:25:32

Re: VIDEO_TS Movie Problem / Movie Library

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Hey,

thank you for your reply...

Having said that: where did you store the movie files?

It seems you are pointing to the right direction. Yes, I am using FileVault and that is probably the cause.

A quick search did not reveal anything about this problem (searched for "vlc filevault"). Do you know any workaround or if the developpers fix this it?

Best wishes!

User

23.06.2008 20:26:17

Re: Re: VIDEO_TS Movie Problem / Movie Library

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I did a quick search on the VideoLAN (makers of VLC) forum for
FileVault and a report of a problem identical to yours (just that in
that case, the users drags a folder of movies onto VLC) dates back to
August 2007:

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=40188&p=125237&hilit=filevault#p125237

I'm afraid I can't do anything about this problem, since this really
seems to be a general VLC problem with folders stored in FileVault (or
more general: all kinds of OS X disk images).

Since FileVault basically means that your account runs in an encrypted
sparseimage, you should be able to at least work around that problem by

1) either moving the movies out of your user folder (mounted at /Users/
yourusername), f.ex. to /Movies
2) or disabling FileVault for your account.

Please be sure to report the bug to the VLC team, so they are aware of
it and can fix it with future releases.

Best regards,
Felix Schwarz

User

24.06.2008 10:42:31

Re: VIDEO_TS Movie Problem / Movie Library

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Hey Felix,

thank you! It is obvious to me that you are right with your assumption. I tried to drag & drop a movie folder directly into my VLC playlist and the same error occured. As described in your link above, it is altough possible to drag and drop an mov or avi file directly into the playlist without any problem.

Now I will contact videolan and let them know.

Best wishes!

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