Playing movies copied to hard drive with PowerDVD

beachbxx

Newbie Joined: Jun 03, 2013 19:40 Messages: 4 Offline

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Jun 03, 2013 20:08

I purchased PowerDVD so that I play movies that I ripped (legally purchased DVDs) to my hard drive. I used DVD cloner and it seemed to work well. I was doing a full copy and not using any of the compressed versions. Now I recently ripped another DVD and instead of showing up as a single movie, I get 5 to 10 separate video files.

Any help as to what I am doing wrong?

I am moving overseas and I really wanted to save shelf space and shipping costs.

jb

CyberLink-Michael

Senior Contributor Location: Europe Joined: Apr 18, 2007 04:05 Messages: 7418 Offline

Jun 04, 2013 02:50

Hi,
in order to playback the DVD structure from HDD you must ensure that the ripping contains the full DVD structure and not only parts of it (like t Video_TS folder only)

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beachbxx

Newbie Joined: Jun 03, 2013 19:40 Messages: 4 Offline

Jun 04, 2013 04:09

Thanks for the information.
The software creates a top level folder with a short name of the movie, e.g., the Doors. Then there are two subfolders Audi_TS and Video_TS. It appears the audio folder is empty and the Video_TS folder contains 11 files: 2 .bup files, 2 .ifo files and 7 .vbo files.

Does this sound like a complete rip?

stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jun 04, 2013 10:34

Yes. .
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beachbxx

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Jun 04, 2013 13:05

SteveK

If I am getting a complete file structure, why is CyberDVD not linking the individual files?

It has been a while since I was ripping videos as I typically just use a DVD player. But I am sure that my testing when I first used the product confirmed that I had no problem navigating to and playing these movies from my hard drive. Now, I get a folder view, click on the folder and just see the individual files inside. I can click on those and watch individual segments. It seems like my difficulties began when I upgraded my version of Cyberlink from 11 to 12, but honestly it has been so long, I can't actually recollect.

Any advice?

M8R

Member Joined: Dec 31, 2010 18:41 Messages: 89 Offline

Jun 05, 2013 03:43

Make sure you use folder playback and then choose the folder with the movie name (e.g. The Doors), not a file or subfolder. See here.

beachbxx

Newbie Joined: Jun 03, 2013 19:40 Messages: 4 Offline

Jun 05, 2013 06:08

Duh, thanks a bunch. I guess I had found that before, but I was sure not recollecting it.