Watching DVD images without mounting?

guppi · 2007-06-10, 23:33

I'm not sure if this is the right category for this question, but anyhow...

Is there a way to watch dvd images without mounting them with daemon tools?

The way I've got everything setup right now is giving me headaches. Basically I have all my dvd-images on another computer and I mount these through a network with media portal and daemon tools. I access these dvd-images with mediaportal through "My Videos". Anyways this all works great till the point where I set the HTPC into hibernation and later turns it back on, then when I enter "My Videos", media portal hangs, because of the mounted dvd-image. I don't know why, because I am waiting till the network is back on before accessing "My Videos". And there's no problems accessing the mounted image outside media portal.

Anyways, the best solution I can think of is if this whole mounting procedure could be removed and I could just watch the dvd-image anyways.

I can do this by using an external player such as VLC which directly plays any dvd-images without the need of mounting them. But I don't want to use an external player :/ Because then I need to write a new remote plugin for my remote heh...

mrkaras · 2007-06-11, 08:44

no I don't think so

and-81 · 2007-06-11, 10:47

out of interest, what remote do you have?

NickName · 2007-06-11, 13:08

I & many others watch all of our ripped DVDs without mounting but they are not 'images', just files & folders...
It may be worth extracting them to folders as it works a treat :-)

mrkaras · 2007-06-11, 15:03

I will agree with that, you can watch them if they are the disc contents in a folder rather than an ISO.

Ynot · 2007-06-11, 15:15

just thought I'd add,
winrar can read .iso images (treats them as an archive) and so you can extract them to folders

2007-06-10, 23:33	#1 (permalink)
guppi Portal User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Watching DVD images without mounting? I'm not sure if this is the right category for this question, but anyhow... Is there a way to watch dvd images without mounting them with daemon tools? The way I've got everything setup right now is giving me headaches. Basically I have all my dvd-images on another computer and I mount these through a network with media portal and daemon tools. I access these dvd-images with mediaportal through "My Videos". Anyways this all works great till the point where I set the HTPC into hibernation and later turns it back on, then when I enter "My Videos", media portal hangs, because of the mounted dvd-image. I don't know why, because I am waiting till the network is back on before accessing "My Videos". And there's no problems accessing the mounted image outside media portal. Anyways, the best solution I can think of is if this whole mounting procedure could be removed and I could just watch the dvd-image anyways. I can do this by using an external player such as VLC which directly plays any dvd-images without the need of mounting them. But I don't want to use an external player :/ Because then I need to write a new remote plugin for my remote heh...

2007-06-11, 10:47	#3 (permalink)
and-81 Portal Developer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Melbourne Age: 27 Posts: 2,251 Thanks: 30 Thanked 145 Times in 88 Posts Country: My System	out of interest, what remote do you have? __________________ - Aaron. IR Server Suite - Version 1.0.4.1 MCE Replacement Plugin - Version 1.0.4.1 You don't need the MCE Replacement Driver

2007-06-11, 13:08	#4 (permalink)
NickName Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 283 Thanks: 13 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Country:	I & many others watch all of our ripped DVDs without mounting but they are not 'images', just files & folders... It may be worth extracting them to folders as it works a treat :-) __________________ Before, I could never finish anything I started but now I Last edited by NickName; 2007-06-11 at 13:09. Reason: typo

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2007-06-11, 08:44	#2 (permalink)
mrkaras Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 350 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	no I don't think so

2007-06-11, 15:03	#5 (permalink)
mrkaras Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 350 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I will agree with that, you can watch them if they are the disc contents in a folder rather than an ISO.

2007-06-11, 15:15	#6 (permalink)
Ynot Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 26 Posts: 49 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country: My System	just thought I'd add, winrar can read .iso images (treats them as an archive) and so you can extract them to folders