Open DVD Menu with VLC from command line
For some DVDs, VLC opens track 1 when I open a DVD. I prefer to open the menu. Is there a way from the command line that I can have VLC open the DVD menu? Currently I have to open it and then right click and go to Playback > Title > DVD Menu.
dvd vlc-media-player
asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
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For some DVDs, VLC opens track 1 when I open a DVD. I prefer to open the menu. Is there a way from the command line that I can have VLC open the DVD menu? Currently I have to open it and then right click and go to Playback > Title > DVD Menu.
dvd vlc-media-player
asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
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For some DVDs, VLC opens track 1 when I open a DVD. I prefer to open the menu. Is there a way from the command line that I can have VLC open the DVD menu? Currently I have to open it and then right click and go to Playback > Title > DVD Menu.
dvd vlc-media-player
asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
13015
For some DVDs, VLC opens track 1 when I open a DVD. I prefer to open the menu. Is there a way from the command line that I can have VLC open the DVD menu? Currently I have to open it and then right click and go to Playback > Title > DVD Menu.
dvd vlc-media-player
dvd vlc-media-player
asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
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asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
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asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
Xu WangXu Wang
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asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
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asked Aug 17 '15 at 5:28
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You can just pass the name of the folder or drive, e.g.
vlc dvd://d:
See the command line reference manual for more details: https://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html
answered Jan 1 '16 at 9:07
David d C e FreitasDavid d C e Freitas
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This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
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I needed to create a script that would determine the drive the DVD was in, if there was a drive, and if there were to many drives tell the user that it can't figure out what drive to do. This is what I came up with:
#Begin Script
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Get-CDDrives {
@(Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -filter 'DriveType=5' |
ForEach-Object { $_.DeviceID })
}
$Drive = Get-CDDrives
if ($Drive.count -gt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Unfortunately, you have more than one DVD drive, and I'm not smart enough to know which one to use for you video." , "Error" , 0)}
if ($Drive.count -eq 1) {& "C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLCvlc.exe" dvd:///"$Drive"}
if ($Drive.count -lt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Hmmm... I can't seem to find a DVD drive on your computer." , "Error" , 0)}
#End Script
Obviously, change the path to the VLC EXE if you need to. Here are the pictures of some of errors:
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
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You can just pass the name of the folder or drive, e.g.
vlc dvd://d:
See the command line reference manual for more details: https://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html
answered Jan 1 '16 at 9:07
David d C e FreitasDavid d C e Freitas
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This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
add a comment |
You can just pass the name of the folder or drive, e.g.
vlc dvd://d:
See the command line reference manual for more details: https://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html
answered Jan 1 '16 at 9:07
David d C e FreitasDavid d C e Freitas
2,96331927
This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
add a comment |
You can just pass the name of the folder or drive, e.g.
vlc dvd://d:
See the command line reference manual for more details: https://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html
answered Jan 1 '16 at 9:07
David d C e FreitasDavid d C e Freitas
2,96331927
You can just pass the name of the folder or drive, e.g.
vlc dvd://d:
See the command line reference manual for more details: https://www.videolan.org/doc/play-howto/en/ch04.html
answered Jan 1 '16 at 9:07
David d C e FreitasDavid d C e Freitas
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This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
add a comment |
This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
This for me is not equivalent to opening, right-clicking and going to playback > title > DVD Menu. Any way to do the equivalent of that right-click and playback > title > DVD menu from the command line?
– Xu Wang
Feb 3 '16 at 7:14
add a comment |
I needed to create a script that would determine the drive the DVD was in, if there was a drive, and if there were to many drives tell the user that it can't figure out what drive to do. This is what I came up with:
#Begin Script
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Get-CDDrives {
@(Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -filter 'DriveType=5' |
ForEach-Object { $_.DeviceID })
}
$Drive = Get-CDDrives
if ($Drive.count -gt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Unfortunately, you have more than one DVD drive, and I'm not smart enough to know which one to use for you video." , "Error" , 0)}
if ($Drive.count -eq 1) {& "C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLCvlc.exe" dvd:///"$Drive"}
if ($Drive.count -lt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Hmmm... I can't seem to find a DVD drive on your computer." , "Error" , 0)}
#End Script
Obviously, change the path to the VLC EXE if you need to. Here are the pictures of some of errors:
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
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I needed to create a script that would determine the drive the DVD was in, if there was a drive, and if there were to many drives tell the user that it can't figure out what drive to do. This is what I came up with:
#Begin Script
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Get-CDDrives {
@(Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -filter 'DriveType=5' |
ForEach-Object { $_.DeviceID })
}
$Drive = Get-CDDrives
if ($Drive.count -gt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Unfortunately, you have more than one DVD drive, and I'm not smart enough to know which one to use for you video." , "Error" , 0)}
if ($Drive.count -eq 1) {& "C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLCvlc.exe" dvd:///"$Drive"}
if ($Drive.count -lt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Hmmm... I can't seem to find a DVD drive on your computer." , "Error" , 0)}
#End Script
Obviously, change the path to the VLC EXE if you need to. Here are the pictures of some of errors:
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
6911
add a comment |
I needed to create a script that would determine the drive the DVD was in, if there was a drive, and if there were to many drives tell the user that it can't figure out what drive to do. This is what I came up with:
#Begin Script
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Get-CDDrives {
@(Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -filter 'DriveType=5' |
ForEach-Object { $_.DeviceID })
}
$Drive = Get-CDDrives
if ($Drive.count -gt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Unfortunately, you have more than one DVD drive, and I'm not smart enough to know which one to use for you video." , "Error" , 0)}
if ($Drive.count -eq 1) {& "C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLCvlc.exe" dvd:///"$Drive"}
if ($Drive.count -lt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Hmmm... I can't seem to find a DVD drive on your computer." , "Error" , 0)}
#End Script
Obviously, change the path to the VLC EXE if you need to. Here are the pictures of some of errors:
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
6911
I needed to create a script that would determine the drive the DVD was in, if there was a drive, and if there were to many drives tell the user that it can't figure out what drive to do. This is what I came up with:
#Begin Script
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
function Get-CDDrives {
@(Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldisk -filter 'DriveType=5' |
ForEach-Object { $_.DeviceID })
}
$Drive = Get-CDDrives
if ($Drive.count -gt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Unfortunately, you have more than one DVD drive, and I'm not smart enough to know which one to use for you video." , "Error" , 0)}
if ($Drive.count -eq 1) {& "C:Program Files (x86)VideoLANVLCvlc.exe" dvd:///"$Drive"}
if ($Drive.count -lt 1) {[System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("Hmmm... I can't seem to find a DVD drive on your computer." , "Error" , 0)}
#End Script
Obviously, change the path to the VLC EXE if you need to. Here are the pictures of some of errors:
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
6911
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
edited Sep 2 '16 at 18:58
Mokubai♦
58.1k16139157
58.1k16139157
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
6911
answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
randomhelpfulnessrandomhelpfulness
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answered Sep 2 '16 at 15:58
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