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Slack · 2006-04-09, 16:00

WMP9 will not play the .VOBs as it does not consider the .VOB extension to be a valid file type.

I was very surprised to find this limitation in MP. Given that XBMC can play VOBs and whatsmore, the OSD can be used to switch audio tracks and subtitles etc...MP seems a step backwards.

I was wondering if it would be possible to change MP such that the external player can be extension specific. I.E. only feed video containers that MP has trouble with to the external players. The video containers that MP handles remain on the internal player and teh benefits of the OSD are kept for those file types that work with mp.

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Slack Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NC, USA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WMP9 will not play the .VOBs as it does not consider the .VOB extension to be a valid file type. I was very surprised to find this limitation in MP. Given that XBMC can play VOBs and whatsmore, the OSD can be used to switch audio tracks and subtitles etc...MP seems a step backwards. I was wondering if it would be possible to change MP such that the external player can be extension specific. I.E. only feed video containers that MP has trouble with to the external players. The video containers that MP handles remain on the internal player and teh benefits of the OSD are kept for those file types that work with mp.