On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 05:01:41PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:44:17PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
I can play movies from a USB stick. I cannot play DVDs with one. A DVD is not a file; it holds files.
A DVD contains multiple files. Placing all those files in a directory works the same as being on a DVD to many player programs and gives you all the menus and special features and everything. You simply tell VLC to open the folder, not the file.
If I don't have a DVD player, how can I transfer a DVD to anything?
You get external DVD drive, you use dvdbackup to transfer the disc to a folder, then bring the folder on your harddisk or a usb key and play it when you want. The external DVD drive can stay home unless you plan to transfer a new DVD while out. Conviniently external DVD drive can work with a new machine in the future that does not have an internal DVD drive (seems hardly any do anymore). -- Len Sorensen