DVD folder issues

[Bdbssb]

I ripped all my DVDs to a USB drive. Wd lives media library notices some of the folders as a video file but others it puts in another folder. The only issue this causes is it makes the sorting a mess. How can I fix this issue?

[Techflaws]

Really weird behaviour, convert them to ISOs as a workaround.

[Bdbssb]

Thought of that but I've got around 400 DVDs in folder content. Was hoping for a better option. Thnx for the input.

[Techflaws]

Well, with 2 HDDs you could batch convert. Dunno if LUK finally has automated adding layer breaks with ImgBurn in the meantime, though.

[Zayle]

I came across this problem as I am currently putting my burnt DvD's back onto some MyBookLIve drives and using the Media Library function on the WD TV live.

Since I ripped my DvD's then burnt them to disc they are in VOB files with the folder structure example of

D:/SUPERMAN/VIDEO_TS/(vob files here)

Now back on NAS drive I removed the VIDEO_TS folder and the VOB files sit in the single MOVIE folder for each title.

MBL:/MOVIES/SUPERMAN/(vob files here)

MBL:/MOVIES/BATMAN/(vob files here)

etc etc So check you don’t have a folder in a folder then movie files.

Then the other thing that I noticed was the way my folders were named for example a folder named BATMAN (single word titles) would show as a movie icon but something like BATMAN_AND_ROBIN will treat is as a folder but if I renamed it to Batman and Robin then went back out a folder level and rescanned that folder it would eventually become a movie icon and the content info would show up.

Renaming the folders and even deleting the .xml .metathumb .backdrop folder then rescanning seems to be working slowly. I am very new to this and have no idea how to edit the .metathumb file yet which probably has the answers I need but I have been able to use an XML editor to change the thumbnail if it picks a foreign cover or rename the title the way I want it to read, even changed a trailer link that wouldn’t play due to HD mode and changed it to another website with less quality.

Let me know how renaming folders goes for you.

[Techflaws]

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Zayle wrote:
Now back on NAS drive I removed the VIDEO_TS folder and the VOB files sit in the single MOVIE folder for each title.

MBL:/MOVIES/SUPERMAN/(vob files here)

So check you don’t have a folder in a folder then movie files.

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Mmh, that should result in breaks during playback when a new VOB is loaded. Since day one of the original WDTV having files in a VIDEO_TS folders was necessary for consecutive playback.

[Zayle]

You would think that could be an issue but I use the Media library function to play the movie from start to finish there is no break at all in the playback.

Even watching the start of a vob file just to see where the join is you would never notice where it was during normal playback.

[richUK]

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Zayle wrote:

You would think that could be an issue but I use the Media library function to play the movie from start to finish there is no break at all in the playback.

Even watching the start of a vob file just to see where the join is you would never notice where it was during normal playback.

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Unfortunately you also lose chapters as it is now not recognized as a DVD and plays in normal video mode.

[Zayle]

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richUK wrote:

Unfortunately you also lose chapters as it is now not recognized as a DVD and plays in normal video mode.

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If you go to Setup/Video Settings and turn DvD Menu on you still have chapter functions and can jump to the title menu at any time through the options button.

I personally have that switched off because most of my early rips were of the whole dvd with the main movie plus any extras and when I hit play I like it to go straight to the movie now without having to go thru the dvd menu structures.

Back to original topic about renaming folders as I am still only begun to put my ripped movies from dvd back onto hard drives I have found some folders still going back to showing the folder view and not the straight out content info.

I have searched for something that edits metathumb files or view and edit the  .cas2 file as I really want to see why these titles are becoming a folder or a movie icon and making sorting impossible.

[richUK]

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Zayle wrote:

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richUK wrote:

Unfortunately you also lose chapters as it is now not recognized as a DVD and plays in normal video mode.

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If you go to Setup/Video Settings and turn DvD Menu on you still have chapter functions and can jump to the title menu at any time through the options button.

I personally have that switched off because most of my early rips were of the whole dvd with the main movie plus any extras and when I hit play I like it to go straight to the movie now without having to go thru the dvd menu structures.

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Are you saying that you have DVD Vobs in a directory which is not labeled VIDEO_TS and you get chapter and menu support with the DVD setting turned on. Try it before you answer.