I ordered a free DVD from a boat company and here is what I got.

On my PC I see a FISHING show which is not the content I ordered at all but is still pretty cool.

On other office PC-s as well as my DVD player at home I see the promo movie from the boat company.

On all PC-s a program called InterActual run and asks to pick from
a: Play DVD with enhanced features
b: Play DVD without enhanced features

Doesn't make any difference which I click, the results are the same.

So the question is, how can this happen and how can I control what I view?

Thanks



I suspect, that DVD contains two movies in two different formats. On a top of it, your home computer, and your office computer may have different codecs INSTALLED, so your home computer picks up movie A, and your office computer, movie B.
Look at that DVD in Windows Explorer, and see what files you have there.I don't see anything on Explorer that looks like the "meat" of a video.

I have :

Folder common
Folder mac
Folder PDF Files ( the boat folks included some PDF files)
Folder SlideShow (more PDF stuff from the boat folks)
Folder Video_TS
Folder win
AUTORUN.INF
disc.id
ialaunch.exe
IAPlayer.dmg
MacOS.htm
README.htm

I assume that I cannot really see the "meat" on Explorer.

Can I See/Determine/Decide which Codec is used by each PC.

Is one of those "The standard is that there is no standard" deals?

Thanks


The Video_TS folder will hold the actual video files. What are the names, formats, and sizes of the files in that folder?Ok, partial contents of Video_Ts are below. The rest is just repeated through filename VTS_23 or so:

By clicking on the VOB-s I can TELL that they all belong to the promo from the boat folks.
I don't know what the .BUP-s & .IFO-s are but I get the feeling that there is still a large file on this cd that I can't see with Explorer.

My VXA backup tape software TRIED to claim the .BUP files but it was wrong. I tried to open one of them with DVD software and it didn't like it much more than the tape backup did.


Volume in drive D has no label.
Volume Serial Number is A2C5-68B8

Directory of D:\VIDEO_TS

01/19/2007 01:25 PM .
01/19/2007 01:25 PM ..
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 40,960 VIDEO_TS.BUP
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 40,960 VIDEO_TS.IFO
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 8,192 VIDEO_TS.VOB
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 22,528 VTS_01_0.BUP
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 22,528 VTS_01_0.IFO
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 784,384 VTS_01_0.VOB
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 272,277,504 VTS_01_1.VOB
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 20,480 VTS_02_0.BUP
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 20,480 VTS_02_0.IFO
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 8,192 VTS_02_0.VOB
01/19/2007 01:25 PM 437,133,312 VTS_02_1.VOB


Chapter 1: 01/19/2007 01:25 PM 272,277,504 VTS_01_1.VOB

Chapter 2: 01/19/2007 01:25 PM 437,133,312 VTS_02_1.VOB

There are your two movies.VTSxxxxx.VOB is a movie file.
As I suspected, you have two movies there:
- 437,133,312 VTS_02_1.VOB
- 272,277,504 VTS_01_1.VOB
As for, why different devices will play different movies, I'd put it into category "quasi-normal".
Computer A, computer B, DVD player may have different codecs installed, and that's why they pickup different movies.
IMHO.LOL..posted at the same time.Quote from: Broni on December 06, 2007, 05:46:26 PM

LOL..posted at the same time.

if I remember right, just opening those files directly makes them play in your default DVD player software